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| Udgave: |
Forår 2013 |
| ECTS points: |
10/15 ECTS (the difference between 10 and 15 ECTS lies in the examination form and the scope of the syllabus - see exam form and the study curriculum) |
Semester: |
Spring 2013 |
| Institutter: |
Centre of African Studies, Købmagergade 46, 4., 1150 Copenhagen K. |
| Studieordning: |
2005 curriculum, revised version 1 Sep 2012 (www.teol.ku.dk/cas/studentinformation/study_curricula) |
| Uddannelsesdel: |
Kandidat niveau |
| Kontaktpersoner: |
Julie Oxenvad, Centre of African Studies, e-mail: cas@teol.ku.dk, tel: 35 32 25 86 |
| Andre undervisere: |
Lecturer: Steffen Jensen, Andrew Jefferson and Jacob Rasmussen |
| Skema- oplysninger: |
 Vis skema for kurset
Samlet oversigt over tid og sted for alle kurser inden for Lektionsplan for det Interdisciplinære kursusudbud Forår 2013 |
| Indhold: |
Human rights have become a central issue in Africa in recent years. Rights discourse has become a dominant lens through which Africa is understood and rights-based development a dominant paradigm through which to ‘reform’ Africa. This course examines the ‘practice of human rights’ with a particular focus on the ways in which rights discourse is translated and appropriated in relation to violence. The lectures will pay meticulous attention to both rights-based reform practices and to Africa ‘in and for itself’ covering issues such as authority, legal pluralism, colonial history, youth violence, violent institutions and networks as well as understandings of confinement and the relation between benefactors and beneficiaries.
The course will take the form of a seminar series consisting of a series of discrete lectures and discussions linked to the over-arching theme of the course.
Through discussion of empirical cases we will explore the common assumptions and conceptual links between a variety of interventions from police and prison officer training to truth commissions and tribunals. Participants will learn about everyday life, political culture and ways of understanding and attempting to counter violence in Africa. Through the cases, the seminars will draw attention to the dilemmas and paradoxes of rights practice and the conceptual ambivalence of human rights when applied to violence in Africa. The focus on the practices of implementing human rights in Africa and the subjects of human rights interventions hopefully offers a counter-balance to the usual legal/normative approach to rights.
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| Tilmelding: |
Please see: www.teol.ku.dk/cas/studentinformation/courses/course_registration |
| Eksamensform: |
10 ECTS: Written paper
15 ECTS: Oral examination with synopsis
Please see www.teol.ku.dk/cas/studentinformation/exams and the study curriculum |
| Kursus hjemmeside: |
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| Kursus hjemmeside: |
www.teol.ku.dk/cas/studentinformation/courses |
| Undervisnings- sprog: |
Kun engelsk
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| Sidst redigeret: |
16/11-2012 |