HIAB0109EU MIS, Culture, Power, History: Perspectives from South Asia

Volume 2023/2024
Education

Udbydes efter:

Bacheloruddannelsen i moderne Indien og sydasienstudier 2019

Bachelortilvalg i japanstudier, kinastudier, koreastudier (asienstudier) og moderne Indien og sydasienstudier 2019

Content

How do ideas of culture, power, and history intersect to shape diverse forms of social lives in South Asia? This course revisits old debates around tradition vs modernity, the economy of power relations, and memory and public history to investigate how lived ‘everyday’ experiences intertwine with transformations in the political economy as well as structures of caste, class, and gender. It does so by exploring a range of phenomena such as the making of ethnolinguistic and religious identities, public/private distinctions, and engagements with many forms of popular culture, new and old folklore, and intellectual histories. The course will draw on ethnographies of the region and its diasporas, as well as audio-visual materials such as films, documentary footage, music, and fiction.

Learning Outcome

Bacheloruddannelsen i moderne Indien og sydasienstudier 2019
Moderne Indien og sydasienstudier realia B (aktivitetskode: HIAB10161E )

Modern India and South Asian Studies Content Course 2 (compulsory and constituent) ( activity code HIAB00981E)

Bachelortilvalg i japanstudier, kinastudier, koreastudier (asienstudier) og moderne Indien og sydasienstudier 2019
Moderne Indien og sydasienstudier realia 1 (aktivitetskode: HIAB10121E)

Exchange Students BA level: (aktivity code:HIAB10161E)

 

The teaching material will be available on Absalon

 

Under studieordningen Bachelortilvalg i japanstudier, kinastudier, koreastudier (asienstudier) og moderne Indien og sydasienstudier 2019 udbydes Moderne Indien og sydasienstudier realia 3 (Aktivitetskode: HIAB10141E) kun som en del af et studiemønster, mens Moderne Indien og sydasienstudier realia A (aktivitetskode HIAB10151E) og Moderne Indien og sydasienstudier realia B (aktivitetskode HIAB10161E) er enkeltstående tilvalg.
The lessons will be based on a mix of lectures, discussions, film viewings, written assignments and group activities such as excursions. In order to benefit from our small class sessions, it is important to read the assigned material before each class. Students are expected to participate actively and take part in forming the course according to their preferences and needs.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 84
  • Preparation
  • 328,5
  • Total
  • 412,5
Oral
Individual
Collective
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Other
Other
Criteria for exam assesment

Academic targets

 

At the examination, the student can demonstrate:

Knowledge and understanding of

important processes or significant problems in specific periods of the history, society or culture of the country/region studied.

the position of studied country/region in a historical and contemporary context in interaction with the outside world.

important institutions and structures of importance to history, society and culture in the area studied. 

 

Skills in

identifying, delimiting and applying relevant academic literature and other source material.

correctly using notes, references and bibliography.

critically assessing scientific literature and the empirical material in their research context.

 

Competencies in

navigating sources for understanding the history, society or culture of the country/area studied.

adopting a critical, reflective and analytical approach to a specific topic.

applying research methods and theories relevant for a specific topic to analyse the topic in a critical way

Written communication.

 

Syllabus

The take-home assignment is written on the basis of 1,200 standard pages of academic literature. A bibliography of pages read and a specification of the topic must be enclosed with the synopsis. 

The bibliography and topic/problem formulation must be approved by the examiner and enclosed with the take-home assignment. The examiner may decide that the literature used in the instruction must be included in whole or in part.

The time of the signing of the bibliography is to be agreed between the student and the examiner.

For group exams with two participants, a minimum of 1,800 standard pages are required, and with three participants, at least 2,400 standard pages of academic literature.

 

Teaching and working methods

The teaching and working methods may include both combinations of lectures and exercises with the active involvement of the students, e.g. in the form of a student presentation or a paper on a delimited assignment, as independent study combined with individual supervision.

 

Exam provisions

 

Form of exam: Take-home assignment, optional subject.

Scope: 16-20 standard pages.

Assessment: Internal exam with a single examiner with assessment based on the 7-point grading scale.

Regulations for group exams: The exam can be taken individually or as a group (max. 3 students) with individual assessment. If several students work together on an assignment, each participant’s contribution must constitute a distinct unit that can be identified and assessed separately. The joint part must not exceed 50% of the total.

Take-home assignments for group exams are: 24-30 standard pages (2 students) or 32-40 standard pages (3 students).

Exam language(s): Danish or English.

Permitted exam aids: All.

Make-up exam/resit: Conducted in the same manner as the ordinary exam.

Special provisions: The topic of the take-home assignment must be approved by the examiner and differ from topics covered by other realia subjects.