BA Südasienkunde/South Asian Studies (EW: OSW.05746.01; HA: OSW.05745.01; RM: OSW.05742.01)
BA Interkulturelle Südasienkunde (EW: OSW.05746.01; HA: OSW.05745.01; RM: OSW.05742.01)
MA Südasienkunde/South Asian Studies (RV: OSW.05957.01; SE: OSW.05960.01; VH: OSW.05958.01)
Verwendbarkeit in anderen Studienprogrammen gemäß Vorgaben des jeweiligen Studienprogramms
This course is an introduction into the current academic engagements on technology and culture in contemporary South Asia. The region’s composition and contribution is rapidly changing in the context of ever-increasing urbanisation, digitization, industrialisation, and a vast and growing (young) population. Recently, the region has come to the fore in the global arena through projects such as the Indian biometric identity Database (Aadhaar), microbanking, smart-cities, digital villages, outsourcing (call centres/BPOs), as well as a site to anticipate and stage the effects of the growing climate crisis. Through close reading of interdisciplinary texts from various social sciences, as well as supplementary multimedia sources, we explore these themes and the impact they have on the everyday lives and politics in the region.
Please read the two files under "Dateien" before the first class. The texts are from:
Talbot, Ian. A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas. Yale University Press, 2016. Introduction & Chapters 13-15.
