120.385 (20S) The situation and perspectives of Austrian minorities
Overview
- Lecturer
- Tutor/Tutors
- Course title german PF 8.2 Situation und Perspektiven der österreichischen Minderheiten
- Type Seminar (continuous assessment course )
- Hours per Week 2.0
- ECTS credits 4.0
- Registrations 8 (35 max.)
- Organisational unit
- Language of instruction German
- Course begins on 29.05.2020
- eLearning Go to Moodle course
Time and place
Course Information
Intended learning outcomes
The students will.be able to identify and interpret current political and social developments and their immediate or long term effect on minorities in Austria, be they autochthonous groups such as Slovene-, Croatian-, Hungarian-speakers or speakers of Czech, Slovak, different Romani dialects and other significant minority groups. The emphasis will be on the interrelation between such factors as language, religious affiliation and social status, as well as on the possibility of using these different sociological markers for political mobilisation.
Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools
The course will present first a short overview of the historical background of Austrian minority politics. After this initial stage central documents will be presented, studied and discussed with the students, analysing their impact on central topics of the course.
This course will/can be held in German and/or English. Students should have a good command of English - meaning that they can understand everyday English spoken at a normal speed. They should be able to express their thoughts and ideas.
The Course will be interactive in the sense that
a) I will engage in open dialogue with the students, discussing input,
b) students will have to analyse documents and prepare German/English texts and present them (we will discuss how to present at the beginning of the course),
c) in the sense that the students will work together in pairs or groups (in this pair- or groupwork any language is allowed as long as all participants can take part; summaries for presentation to all have to be in German/English).
Course content
The course will present first a short overview of the historical background of Austrian minority politics from the second half of the 19th century to the end of the Second World War. In a second unit the major stages of Austrian minority politics and policy – from the side of public authorities as well as from the side of minority institutions – will be presented within a theoretical model.
After these initial stages central documents will be presented, studied and discussed with the students, analysing their impact on central topics like official use of language, bilingual/ monolingual education in the mother tongue, cultural organisations, political representation, etc
In a further step these discussions will then examined with the help of theoretical models from the social sciences about ethnicity, ethnic identity, invented tradition, etc.:
In a last step, international as well as European regulations and anti- discrimination agreements concerning minority rights will be discussed, trying to interpret their I applicability to the present situation in Austrian foe autochthonous minority groups as well as migrant populations.
Prior knowledge expected
Basic knowledge of Austrian history oft he late19th and the 20th century,
Basic knowledge of general European history inthe 20th century
Literature
Recommended among others:
Benedict Anderson: Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (1983)
Kochen Blaschke: „Volk, Nation, Interner Kolonialismus, Ethnizität. Konzepte zur politischen Soziologie regionalistischer bewegungen in Westeuropa, Berlin 1985
Ernest Gellner: Nations and Nationalism, London 1983
Eric Hobsbawm und Terence Ranger: The Invention of Tradition, Cambridge 1983
Anthony D. Smith: The Ethnic Origin of Nations, London 1981
Examination information
Examination methodology
The students are required to apply theirknowledge to a current minority problem by making use of texts they workedwith. The students have to use German and English texts. Regardless of thelanguages used students will be required to have their texts proofread tomaximise linguistic correctness.
Examination topic(s)
Applicability of theories and polica texts toconcrete minority problemschosen by student in cooperation with tutor.
Assessment criteria / Standards of assessment for examinations
Analytical depth of dealing with minorityquestion, identifying relevant political tools such as laws and internationalagreements, applying theoretical models form social and cultural sciences tothe description and analysis of the situation discussed. Formal and linguisticcorrectness, i.e handling of footnotes and bibliography
Grading scheme
Grade / Grade grading schemePosition in the curriculum
- Besonderer Studienbereich Besonderer Studienbereich Friedensstudien
(SKZ: 900, Version: 05S)
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Subject: Erweiterungsbereich
(Optional subject)
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Additional Courses from other Curricula (
0.0h / 0.0 ECTS)
- 120.385 The situation and perspectives of Austrian minorities (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Additional Courses from other Curricula (
0.0h / 0.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Erweiterungsbereich
(Optional subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science
(SKZ: 645, Version: 17W.3)
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Subject: Geschlechterbezogene, inter- /transkulturelle und internationale Themen in pädagogischen Berufs- und Handlungsfeldern
(Compulsory subject)
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8.2 Interkulturalität, Transkulturalität und diversitätsbewusste Bildung (
0.0h KS/SE / 4.0 ECTS)
- 120.385 The situation and perspectives of Austrian minorities (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS) Absolvierung im 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
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8.2 Interkulturalität, Transkulturalität und diversitätsbewusste Bildung (
0.0h KS/SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Geschlechterbezogene, inter- /transkulturelle und internationale Themen in pädagogischen Berufs- und Handlungsfeldern
(Compulsory subject)
- Bachelor's degree programme Educational Science
(SKZ: 645, Version: 13W.2)
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Subject: Geschlechterbezogene, interkulturelle und internationale Themen in pädagogischen Berufs- und Handlungsfeldern
(Compulsory subject)
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Interkulturalität und Bildung (
2.0h KU/SE / 4.0 ECTS)
- 120.385 The situation and perspectives of Austrian minorities (2.0h SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Interkulturalität und Bildung (
2.0h KU/SE / 4.0 ECTS)
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Subject: Geschlechterbezogene, interkulturelle und internationale Themen in pädagogischen Berufs- und Handlungsfeldern
(Compulsory subject)
Equivalent courses for counting the examination attempts
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Sommersemester 2019
- 120.385 SE Situation und Perspektiven der österreichischen Minderheiten (2.0h / 4.0ECTS)