Compulsory and elective courses

Exhibition of Inuit costumes from Greenland at the National Museum in Copenhagen. Photograph by John Lee. CC-BY-SA

Objectives

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

• describe and explain how basic postcolonial perspectives and concepts are used in various academic disciplines and subjects,
• evaluate the main subject­related similarities and differences between different approaches in postcolonial studies,
• identify and reflect analytically on disciplinary similarities and differences in the use of postcolonial concepts in their own written project.

Content

In this course students develop a critical understanding of colonial and postcolonial studies through the practices of different academic disciplines. The course focuses on different subjects and the methods and postcolonial concepts used by individual researchers in these. The students meet, are challenged by and challenge researchers in subjects such as history, literature studies, religious studies, archaeology, social work and film studies, as researchers explain how they apply postcolonial perspectives in order to understand phenomena in contemporary society. The students have the opportunity to reflect on the multidisciplinary character of the field, and demonstrate and develop their own individual opinions in relation to literature and debates.

First semester compulsory course.

7,5 ECTS

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