Dr. Andrew Brogan
Lehrveranstaltungen
Freedom in European Modernity (FiEM) examines the concept of freedom in relation to a series of different social, cultural, scientific, political, and economic elements in Europe in the last 400 years. The aim of the module is to provide a starting point for key themes and questions which may come to guide your own studies in the Studium Individuale programme. In each session is a pairing of ‘Freedom and…’ giving us a way to examine a wide range of changes in different areas of society and for different people.
“Resistance! Theory and Practice” introduces students to different conceptualisations of unarmed forms of resistance, and challenges them to analyse a contemporary case study of their choice.
The opening phase of the seminar will explore ‘resistance’ in theory offering insights from the interdisciplinary field of Resistance Studies, which combines insights from social movement studies, political science, peace studies and gender studies. This broad foundation prepares students to discuss ‘resistance’ to many forms of domination in the second part of the seminar.
The second phase focuses on the practice of resistance and asks students to select a contemporary resistance example and to present the case-study in the seminar. This example can be drawn from any field (political, environmental, class, gender, cultural etc.). The presentation will identify and analyse aims and methods, and review and discuss outcomes and consequences of the practice. The open choice of cases ensures a seminar that is responsive to students’ interests.
Assessment will be done via Combined Scientific Work with the participants preparing and presenting a case study of their choosing (70%), and acting as a critical discussant for a peer (30%).
Students will benefit from a team-taught seminar combining the political background and knowledge of Dr. Ina Friesen, and educational and pedagogical insights from Dr. Andrew Brogan in both the design and the contents of the seminar.
The opening phase of the seminar will explore ‘resistance’ in theory offering insights from the interdisciplinary field of Resistance Studies, which combines insights from social movement studies, political science, peace studies and gender studies. This broad foundation prepares students to discuss ‘resistance’ to many forms of domination in the second part of the seminar.
The second phase focuses on the practice of resistance and asks students to select a contemporary resistance example and to present the case-study in the seminar. This example can be drawn from any field (political, environmental, class, gender, cultural etc.). The presentation will identify and analyse aims and methods, and review and discuss outcomes and consequences of the practice. The open choice of cases ensures a seminar that is responsive to students’ interests.
Assessment will be done via Combined Scientific Work with the participants preparing and presenting a case study of their choosing (70%), and acting as a critical discussant for a peer (30%).
Students will benefit from a team-taught seminar combining the political background and knowledge of Dr. Ina Friesen, and educational and pedagogical insights from Dr. Andrew Brogan in both the design and the contents of the seminar.
The skills required to pursue a degree in the Studium Individuale are, of course, likely to vary considerably according to the individual path taken. But there are shared approaches underlying these differences which are fundamental to the particular challenges of this program:
1) Asking good questions.
2) Knowing how to approach answering them.
3) Having a sound general academic literacy and the ability to interpret diverse subjects.
4) The ability to develop independence and deal resiliently and productively with difficulty, uncertainty and unfamiliarity.
This course asks you to be active, engaged, reflective, self-reliant. And it provides you with the tools and support with which to pursue an ambitious project across the semester.
The vital skills we want to begin to develop are “knowing how to know” and fostering a continually reflective outlook within the pursuit of self-directed learning. We also want to instil the basis of skills which can then be honed and developed through practical application and ongoing experiment, within this course and ultimately beyond it.
If we assume that – as your degrees unfold – your questions are likely to imply complicated and connected methodological approaches, then what you need to develop is a roadmap for navigating diverse approaches and their intersections.
1) Asking good questions.
2) Knowing how to approach answering them.
3) Having a sound general academic literacy and the ability to interpret diverse subjects.
4) The ability to develop independence and deal resiliently and productively with difficulty, uncertainty and unfamiliarity.
This course asks you to be active, engaged, reflective, self-reliant. And it provides you with the tools and support with which to pursue an ambitious project across the semester.
The vital skills we want to begin to develop are “knowing how to know” and fostering a continually reflective outlook within the pursuit of self-directed learning. We also want to instil the basis of skills which can then be honed and developed through practical application and ongoing experiment, within this course and ultimately beyond it.
If we assume that – as your degrees unfold – your questions are likely to imply complicated and connected methodological approaches, then what you need to develop is a roadmap for navigating diverse approaches and their intersections.