Content: This double course (SE + SPJ) explores the ways in which China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is both shaping and re-shaping regional and transregional dis/connections and transforming political, social and cultural configurations across Central Asia and China’s borderlands. The early sessions of the seminar examine historical relations between China and Central Asia before turning to contemporary developments leading up to the BRI. We then turn to detailed case studies of changing patterns of migration and mobility, inter/ethnic relations, natural resource politics as well infrastructure development of transportation linkages, cultural politics and digital technologies. In the double course, political science, anthropological and historical approaches are interlinked. The course structure consists of the development and discussion of relevant academic readings, student research and guest lectures
This seminar is intended to be taken in combination with the accompanying Studienprojekte course of the same name and with the course number 53739.
Learning Objectives:
- To develop group research projects related to the Belt and Road Initiative as well as to present the results of the projects in the framework of a student’s conference
- To learn aspects of research design and methodology relevant to carrying out these projects
Course Evaluation:
- 3 LP (SE) + 3 LP (SPJ) + 4 LP (MAP)
- For Teilnahme in the SE: regular attendance, reading and discussing seminar literature, participation and completion of 2 written assignments
- For Teilnahme in the SPJ: (1) designing a group research project and presentation of preliminary topic & research question; (2) submission of abstract for student conference; (3) presentation of findings at student conference
Requirement: The course is a two-part bundle and consists of SE + SPJ. The prerequisite for participation is that both courses are attended.
MAP: Term paper (about 20 pages) based on conference presentations and feedback.
Contacts:
Prof. Dr. Manja Stephan-Emmrich: manja.stephan-emmrich@hu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Sarah Eaton: sarah.eaton@hu-berlin.de
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