Sylabus
Week 1— Course introduction, syllabus KK/ZL 3.10.2023
Week 2 — What is Area Studies? KK 10.10.2023
Szanton, David L., The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies and the Disciplines, University of California Press, 2004. Introduction.
Week 3 — World-systems analysis and area studies ZL 17.10.2023
World-systems analysis - Immanuel Wallerstein (2013)
The Modern World-System as a Capitalist World Economy - Immanuel Wallerstein 2004 (Chapter 2)
Week 4 – Conducting Area Studies Research 24.10.2023
Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams: The Craft of Research. University of Chicago Press, 2005. (Part I, pp. 1-15, 35-72)
David E. McNabb: Research Methods for Political Science, M.E.Sharpe, New York, 2004 (pp. 13-33, 67-78).
Week 5— Week 5: Periphery, Semi-periphery, and Core in the Modern World-system ZL 31.10.2023
Rise And Demise: Comparing World Systems - Christopher Chase-dunn, Thomas D Hall 79-98 (1997)
Week 6 — Physical geography and Area Studies KK 7.11.2023
Ricardo Hausmann: Prisoners of Geography. Foreign Policy, January, 1999.
Week 7— Current issues through Area Studies: Poverty & Development ZL 14.11.2023
A framework for understanding poverty -Benjamin Curtis and Serena Cosgrove (p.1-23) https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/books/mono/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9781003043829&type=googlepdf
The Slum - Al Jazzera Pick at least one episode to watch https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzGHKb8i9vTzzdepVrNsOATf9u44nfIXH
Week 8 — Identity and Area Studies KK 21.11.2023
Benedict Anderson: Fictional Communities, Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, Verso, 1991, Introduction (pp.1-9)
Benedict Anderson: Fictional Communities, Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism, Verso, 1991, The Origins of National Consciousness (pp. 37-47)
Week 9: Current Issues through Area Studies: Climate Change and Migration ZL - 28.11.2023
Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Migration - 2021 (Sections I & II)
Week 10: Clash of Civilizations? KK
Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations, in: Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006. - 5.12.2023
Edward Said: Reply to Huntington, in: Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006.
Week 11 — Student Presentations KK/ZL - 12.12.2023
Week 12 – Student Presentations KK/ZL - 19.12.2023
Anotace
The course introduces Area Studies and focuses on theoretical as well as methodological approaches to the subject. The critical dichotomy between area specific knowledge and general theory will be highlighted.
Practical implications of area studies research will be covered throughout the class as well.