M1-MA Advanced Seminar: Globalisation Geography
Instructors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Veronika CummingsShortname: Globalisation Geo
Course No.: 09.050.451
Course Type: Hauptseminar
Requirements / organisational issues
We critically engage and reflect on current concepts and theories of globalisation and development. Students learn to differentiate and contextualise the role of different actors and perspectives (e.g., national policies, supranational institutions, non-governmental activists, civil society, etc.) on global phenomena. Students also learn how to transfer theoretical and epistemological ideas to “real world” issues by discussing current utopias and dystopias that are at stake.Informed by conceptual key readings students will approach and discuss different ideas (e.g., of climate justice, geo-engineering, the sustainability paradigm, postcolonial studies, etc.) in role games, round table discussions etc. to develop a critical understanding for a multi-scalar and multi-perspective argumentation for current global topics and crises.
Participants learn to visually illustrate complex topics and to present them in a poster.
Acquired skills must be demonstrated in an oral examination at the end of the term.
Dates
| Date (Day of the week) | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11/05/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 11/12/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 11/19/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 11/26/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 12/03/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 12/10/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 12/17/2025 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 01/07/2026 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 01/14/2026 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 01/21/2026 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 01/28/2026 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 02/04/2026 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |
| 02/11/2026 (Wednesday) | 10:15 - 11:45 | 04 223 1341 - Naturwissenschaftliches Institutsgebäude |