OVp124 Introducing Postcolonial Studies

Pedagogická fakulta
jaro 2018
Rozsah
0/2/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
Gigi Adair, PhD. (cvičící), PhDr. Mgr. Radim Štěrba, Ph.D., DiS. (zástupce)
Garance
PhDr. Mgr. Radim Štěrba, Ph.D., DiS.
Katedra občanské výchovy – Pedagogická fakulta
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra občanské výchovy – Pedagogická fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 12. 2. 9:20–11:55 učebna 41, Út 13. 2. 9:20–16:30 učebna 41, St 14. 2. 9:20–16:30 učebna 41, Čt 15. 2. 9:20–16:30 učebna 41, Pá 16. 2. 9:20–11:55 učebna 41
Předpoklady
Link to the Timetable: https://katedry.ped.muni.cz/obcanska-vychova/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/12/timetable-introducing-postcolonial-studies.pdf
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 25 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/25, pouze zareg.: 0/25, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/25
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
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.
Výstupy z učení
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.
Osnova
  • 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.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • 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
    doporučená literatura
  • 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
Výukové metody
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.
Metody hodnocení
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).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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