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Root number
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484585 |
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Semester
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HS2023 |
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Type of course
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Seminar |
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Allocation to subject
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Social Anthropology |
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Type of exam
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not defined |
| Title |
MA (BA) Seminar: Mobility Conflicts, Border Forensics |
| Description |
Be aware: if you sign in for the course, you signed in for the exam!
This course will introduce students to the “forensic turn” in human rights practice and social sciences – the use of novel techniques to make traces of violence emerge and present them in various forums. It will focus specifically on attempts to document and demand accountability for the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. As a result of the conflict between the movements of migrants towards Europe on the one hand, and the exclusionary regulations and bordering practices of European states on the other, illegalised migrants have resorted to crossing the sea in precarious conditions, and more than 30.000 migrants’ deaths at sea have been recorded since the beginning of the 1990’. Drawing on the research conducted since 2011 within the Forensic Oceanography project, this course will introduce students to the shifting policies and mechanisms leading to migrants’ deaths at the maritime frontier, the novel methodologies developed to account for them – from satellite imagery analysis to 3D modelling, and the challenges of seeking accountability. Based on this, the course will address a wide range of questions: how can we understand and register violence in its many different guises? How can we navigate complex regimes of (in)visibility, in which deaths can be hidden but also spectacularised? What is the politics of different technologies and methods used to reconstruct cases of violence? In a time when right-wing populists have little regard either for facts or the law, how effective is “speaking truth to power”? What are the potentials, limits and ambivalences of strategic litigation and the language of the law? |
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ILIAS-Link (Learning resource for course)
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Registrations are transmitted from CTS to (no admission in ILIAS possible).
ILIAS
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Link to another web site
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| Lecturers |
Dr.
Charles Sebastien Paul Heller, Teaching Staff, Faculty of Humanities ✉
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ECTS
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7 |
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Recognition as optional course possible
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Yes |
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Grading
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1 to 6 |
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| Dates |
Friday 09:15-13:00 Fortnightly
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Friday 29/9/2023 09:15-13:00
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| Rooms |
Seminarraum F -123, Hörraumgebäude Unitobler
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Seminarraum 324, Mittelstrasse 43
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| Students please consult the detailed view for complete information on dates, rooms and planned podcasts. |
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