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Social Movements and Human Rights (Teilbereich MR)- Lecturer
- Prof. Dr. Katrin Kinzelbach
- Details
- Hauptseminar
2 cred.h, compulsory attendance, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
Bachelor, Sprache Englisch, ECTS-Credits: 5 (alte PO: 8); Bei Beleg des AM6b-Moduls werden 10 ECTS vergeben (mit entsprechend längerer Hausarbeit).
Time and place: n.V.; comments on time and place: Ganztägige Workshops am 7/8 Juni und 28/29 Juni: FAU Human Rights Campus in Tennenlohe und KH 0.023. Einzeltermine im digitalen Seminarraum: Mo 14:15 - 15:45. Erste digitale Sitzung am 27.4.
- Prerequisites / Organisational information
- This seminar will include two components: a long-distance digital segment and two in-person, intensive workshops in June. Each student will have to complete a group research assignment using open source data and write an individual seminar paper. Active participation in digital exercises and the workshops is expected. Please register via StudOn.
Das Seminar wird eine digitale Komponente und zwei intensive Workshops im Juni umfassen. Der Leistungsnachweis wird über die fristgerechte Abgabe der Hausarbeit erworben und setzt eine Gruppenleistung im Seminar voraus, in der sich die Studierenden mit open source-Daten beschäftigen werden. Eine aktive Mitarbeit im digitalen Seminar und den Workshops wird erwartet. Die Anmeldung für die Veranstaltung erfolgt über StudOn.
- Contents
- The seminar covers select historical and current examples of social movements that struggle for or undermine human rights. We will study the emergence and end of social movements (including violent crack-down), examine organizational and decision-making structures, analyze specific demands, narratives, aesthetic as well as visual means of struggle, and discuss the relationship between opportunity structures and tactical repertoire. We will also discuss the influence of social movements - what role do they play in the (international) politics of human rights? Under what conditions can social movements turn power relations upside down? Does digitalization empower marginalised and oppressed groups? What does digital surveillance mean for human rights movements and how do they respond? In addition to these questions, the seminar will provide space for methodological reflection: Which methods are suitable for the study of social movements? During two intensive workshops, students will learn how to use and analyse open source data for the study of social movements.
- Recommended literature
- Jeff Goodwin, James M. Jasper (eds): The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts, 3rd edition, Wiley Blackwell, 2014. Charles Tilly, Sidney Tarrow: Contentious Politics, fully revised and updated edition, Oxford University Press, 2015. Erica Chenoweth, Maria J. Stephan: Why Civil Resistance Works. The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, Columbia University Press, 2012. Zeynep Tufekci: Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, Yale University Press, 2018. Donatella della Porta (ed.): Methodological Practices in Social Movement Research, 2014, Oxford University Press.
All compulsory readings will be made available in digital form.
- ECTS information:
- Title:
- Social Movements and Human Rights
- Credits: 5
- Prerequisites
- 5-10 ECTS
5 ECTS (old examination regulations BA PolSci: 8)
AM6b module: 10 ECTS
- Contents
- The seminar covers select historical and current examples of social movements that struggle for or undermine human rights. We will study the emergence and end of social movements (including violent crack-down), examine organizational and decision-making structures, analyze specific demands, narratives, aesthetic as well as visual means of struggle, and discuss the relationship between opportunity structures and tactical repertoire. We will also discuss the influence of social movements - what role do they play in the (international) politics of human rights? Under what conditions can social movements turn power relations upside down? Does digitalization empower marginalised and oppressed groups? What does digital surveillance mean for human rights movements and how do they respond? In addition to these questions, the seminar will provide space for methodological reflection: Which methods are suitable for the study of social movements? During two intensive workshops, students will learn how to use and analyse open source data for the study of social movements.
- Additional information
- Expected participants: 25, Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 30
Registration is required for this lecture.
Die Registration via: StudOn
- Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
- Startsemester SS 2020:
- Menschenrechte (AM6b)
- Department: Institute of Political Science
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