Study circle

Nov 8, 2016 study circle: Jessop Bob, Space-related articles

Jan 31, 2017: study circle: texts by Wolf Schäfer and Hagen Schulz-Forberg

Feb 14, 2017: study circle – texts on landscapes and space (log in or ask for membership to access texts)

Mar 7, 2017: study circle – Michel de Certau The Practice of Everyday Life, esp. chapter Walking the City.  18–20 o’clock, D 114.

Apr 4, 2017: study circle: Franz Fanon, “Black Skin, White Masks” (1967)

May 2, 2017: study circle: Arjun Appadurai, Modernity at large

September 19, 2017: study circle: Conrad, Sebastian, What is Global History, Princeton: Princeton University Press 2016. Related link: http://toynbeeprize.org/global-history-forum/global-history-as-past-and-future-a-conversation-with-sebastian-conrad-on-what-is-global-history/

October 17, 2017: study circle :Harvey, David, 1991 The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. London: Wiley-Blackwell. Useful links: http://davidharvey.org/ http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/presentations/w10/harvey/reading-notes/summary-single.html

In this session we are going to discuss two new articles on the spatial turn. The first text focuses on the ‘hybrid turn' and the second on ‘mobilities turn'.

In this study circle session we will discuss pages 1–101 of Mbembe, Achille, On the Postcolony (2001), Berkeley: University of California Press.