Herbstsemester 2023
Lecturer:
Danielle Isler is a PhD candidate at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies researching “Black Subjectivities and Whitened Spaces in Cape Town”. She is a graduate of the Masters’ program in African Studies at the University of Basel.
Understanding Racism. Theory and History of the Concept and Approaches to Overcome and Un-learn (3 ECTS)
Course Description:
The second wave of ‘Black Lives Matter’ protests in 2020 after the murder of African American George Floyed caught the attention of many people for its magnitude and global spread. What is meant by ‘Black Lives Matter’ and how does it relate to power structures in this world? In this course, students learn about the concept of race, racism and its different dimensions (structural, institutional, internalized, interpersonal) in the past and present, as well as its relations to other power structures. In addition, students engage with the question of how internalized prejudices and racist attitudes can be overcome, i.e. unlearned. The course includes in-depth reading of selected texts, group discussions, interactive exercises as well as individual and group work.