OVp124 Introducing Postcolonial Studies

Faculty of Education
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Gigi Adair, PhD. (seminar tutor), PhDr. Mgr. Radim Štěrba, Ph.D., DiS. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. Radim Štěrba, Ph.D., DiS.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Mon 12. 2. 9:20–11:55 učebna 41, Tue 13. 2. 9:20–16:30 učebna 41, Wed 14. 2. 9:20–16:30 učebna 41, Thu 15. 2. 9:20–16:30 učebna 41, Fri 16. 2. 9:20–11:55 učebna 41
Prerequisites
Link to the Timetable: https://katedry.ped.muni.cz/obcanska-vychova/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/12/timetable-introducing-postcolonial-studies.pdf
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
After completing this course students will have a good understanding of the development of the field of postcolonial studies, the primary questions that motivate the field, the potential methods and objects of analysis in postcolonial studies, and the ability to offer a postcolonial analysis of a range of objects, including political discourse, literature and visual media.
Learning outcomes
After completing this course students will have a good understanding of the development of the field of postcolonial studies, the primary questions that motivate the field, the potential methods and objects of analysis in postcolonial studies, and the ability to offer a postcolonial analysis of a range of objects, including political discourse, literature and visual media.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to postcolonial studies, including a brief introduction to European colonial history and a consideration of how postcolonial studies might relate to Czech history and the present day. 2. Colonial discourse and discourse analysis: introduction to key themes. Group work analysing short texts and pictures. 3. Empire and race, including how racism justified colonialism and European ideas of race developed alongside colonial rule. 4. Empire and gender: how did ideas about gender, both in the European metropoles and in the colonies, shape colonization, and how were gender norms affected by colonialism in return? 5. Colonialism and the university: examples from anthropology and medicine. 6. Anti-colonial nationalisms in the 19th and 20th centuries, and debates over nationalism in postcolonial studies. 7. Colonized subjectivities, racism and resistance. Examples from theoretical and literary works. 8. Hybridity and mimicry: overcoming colonial binaries in postcolonial theory. 9. Postcoloniality and gender. 10. Postcolonial science. 11. Is postcolonial studies useful for understanding globalization? Debates within the field. 12. Conclusion and review.
Literature
    required literature
  • M. Jacqui Alexander and Chandra Talpade Mohanty (eds), Feminist Genealogies, Colonial Legacies, Democratic Futures
  • Sandra Harding (ed), The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader
  • Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Outside in the Teaching Machine
    recommended literature
  • Ania Loomba, Colonialism/Postcolonialism
  • Paul Gilroy, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack
  • Ann Laura Stoler, Race and the Education of Desire
  • Frantz Fanon, White Skin/Black Masks and The Wretched of the Earth
  • Talal Asad (ed), Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter
Teaching methods
The course will include some short lectures on introductory topics, group work and class discussion, analysis of written texts and visual sources (both historical and contemporary), and critical reading and discussion of theoretical material.
Assessment methods
20% Active participation, 40% written and oral seminar work (short analyses and short presentations), 40% essay approx. 2,000 words (due after completion of block seminar).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught each semester.
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