Contemporary Perspectives in Border Regions
Study Board of Political Science, Journalism, Sociology, and European Studies
Teaching language: English
EKA: B300000402
Censorship: Second examiner: None
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Soenderborg
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor
Course ID: B300000401
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 19-03-2019
Duration: 1 semester
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Mandatory prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Students who follow this course are expected to have a basic knowledge in European history and politics. They should be able to apply social scientific methods.
Aim and purpose
The objective of this course is to provide the students with an overview of contemporary perspectives in border region studies. This elective course is organised as a workshop centered on topics and concepts related to actual problems and debates in border regions.
Content
The course will cover the most significant aspects of border studies, paying particular attention to border conflicts, border security, migration, the importance of history in boundary formation and cross-border cooperation.
Learning goals
Description of outcome - Knowledge
•Describe and explain diverse phenomena related to borders and border studies, analyze border conflicts and cross-border co-operation
Description of outcome - Skills
•Compare and analyse the development in diverse European border regions
•Discuss similarities and differences between different sorts of borders
Description of outcome - Competences
-Show a certain degree of the independent reflection and theorising of the chosen topics related to border studies
-Apply key tools for researching and thinking about society in relation to the development in diverse border regions
Literature
Andersen, Dorte Jagetic and Marie Sandberg (2012) ‘Introduction’. In Andersen, Klatt and Sandberg (eds.) The Border Multiple, - The Practicing of Borders between Public Policy and Everyday Life in a Re-scaling Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Anderson, Malcolm (1996) Frontiers, Territory and State Formation in the Modern World. Oxford, Blackwell.
Anderson, Malcolm and Eberhard Bort (eds.) (1998) The Frontiers of Europe, London-Washington, Pinter.
Anderson, Malcolm and Eberhard Bort (Eds.) (1996) Boundaries and Identities: The Eastern Frontier of European Union, Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh.
Castan Pinos, J. (2019) ‘Kosovo beyond Kosovo. The collateral effects on other territorial conflicts’ in Castan Pinos, J., Kosovo and the collateral effects of Humanitarian Intervention. Abingdon: Routledge: 158-177.
Fabry, M. (2012) The Contemporary Practice of State Recognition: Kosovo, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and their Aftermath Nationalities Papers, 40(5): 661–676.
Kardov, K. 2004 Silencing the past: Vukovar between the place and space of memory. In Miroslav Hadžić (ed.) The Violent dissolution of Yugoslavia – causes, dynamics and effects, pp. 227-238. Available on: http://www.bezbednost.org/upload/document/the_violent_dissolution_of_yug.pdf
Kolstø, P. (2006) ‘The Sustainability and Future of Unrecognized Quasi-States’, Journal of Peace Research, 43(6): 723–740.
Parker, Noel et. al. (2009) “Lines in the sand? Towards an agenda for critical border studies”, Geopolitics, 14, 3, 582-587.
Prokkola, Eeva-Kaisa and Dorte Jagetic Andersen: ‘Heritage as bordering: heritage making, ontological struggles and the politics of memory in the Croatian and Finnish borderlands’. Journal of Borderland Studies (forthcoming).
Ó Tuathail, G. (2008) ‘Russia's Kosovo: A Critical Geopolitics of the August 2008 War over South Ossetia’, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 49(6), 670–705.
Pavković, A. and Radan, P. (2011) ‘The Right to Secede: Do We Really Need it?’ in Pavković, A. and Radan, P. (eds.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Rossi, M. (2014). ‘Ending the impasse in Kosovo: partition, decentralization, or consociationalism?, Nationalities Papers, 42(5): 867–889.
Rumford, Chris (2009) Towards a Multiperspectival Study of Borders, Geopolitics, 14, 887-909
Seymour, M. (2007) ‘Secession as a Remedial Right’, Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 50(4): 395–423.
Summers, J. (2011) ‘Kosovo: From Yugoslav Province to Disputed Independence’ in J. Summers (ed.) Kosovo - A Precedent?: The Declaration of Independence, the Advisory Opinion and Implications for Statehood, Self-Determination and Minority Rights (pp. 3–52). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff publishers.
Treisman, D. (2016). ‘Why Putin Took Crimea: The Gambler in the Kremlin’, Foreign Affairs, 95: 47–54.
Teaching Method
The students are expected to participate actively in class. Notes on attendance will be taken. They are required to write a paper on a theme chosen in collaboration with the lecturer. The writing of the paper will be supervised by the lecturer. The paper must be presented and defended in the course.
Lectures, class discussions, student presentations, group projects.
In order to enable the students to achieve the learning outcomes of the course, the teaching will be organized in such a way that:
- Theories, methods and concepts are explained.
- Theories, methods and concepts are identitfied and used when working with regional case studies.
- Dialog and discussions are facilitated.
Workload
2 hours per week in 15 weeks.
Activity Hours
Face-to-face classes (lectures, class teaching, discussions) 30
Preparation for classes 60
Preparation of oral presentation 15
Term paper 30
Total 135
Examination regulations
Exam
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Ordinary exam in January.
Rexamination in February.
Please note that the type and form of the re-examination may differ from that of the ordinary examination, e.g. from written to oral examination.
Tests
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Take-home assignment
Censorship
Second examiner: None
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card - Exam number
Language
English
Duration
4 weeks.
Length
Max. 15 pages à 2.400 units.
Assignment handin
Electronic hand-in via SDU-Assignment in Blackboard.
ECTS value
5
Additional information
The students are to prepare the assigment indvidually.
The lecturer responsible for the course is to make agreements with the author on a more specific paper title, organize counseling sessions, and announce guidelines for implementing the course, including setting time schedules for handing in papers and fixing discussion session dates.
The goal of the examination is to show that the student has read literature ref. the taught topics and is able to analyse critically. The student's achievement of the learning goals will be tested by an individually written take-home assignment (4 weeks).
EKA
B300000402
External comment
NOTE - This course is identical with the former course 9401501, Contemporary Perspectives in Border Regions.
Used examination attempts in the former identical course will be transferred.
Courses that are identical with former courses that are passed according to applied rules cannot be retaken.
The student is automatically registered for the first examination attempt when the student is registered for a course or course element with which one or more examinations are associated. Withdrawal of registration is not possible, and students who fail to participate in an examination have used one examination attempt, unless the University has made an exemption due to special circumstances.
NOTE
If a very limited number of students have selected the course, the study board may decide to cancel it.
The number of students enrolled may be restricted by the Study Board. If the enrolment limit is exceeded preference is granted to full degree students following a compulsory course on a SDU programme. Within the limit, full degree students having selected the course as an elective, guest and exchange students are offered enrolment on a first come first served basis.
Exchange students, if any: Internal grading. Assessment as for ordinary students.
Courses offered
| Offer period | Offer type | Profile | Education | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2019 | Optional | AP degree as Financial Controller - Odense Sønderborg | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2019 | Optional | AP degree in Marketing Management - Odense Sønderborg | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2019 | Optional | AP degree in Financial Management - Odense Sønderborg | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2019 | Optional | BSc European Studies (fra 2017) | BSc European Studies | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in European Studies | Soenderborg | |
| Fall 2019 | Optional | International Economics and Business Relationships - Sønderborg (Admission 2017 2018) | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
| Fall 2019 | Optional | BSc European Studies (fra 2017) | BSc European Studies | Bachelor of Science (BSc) in European Studies | Soenderborg | Fall 2019 | Exchange students |
Teachers
| Name | Department | City | |
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| Dorte Jagetic Andersen | doa@sam.sdu.dk | Soenderborg | |
| Jaume Castan Pinos | jaume@sam.sdu.dk | Naestved | |
| Katarzyna Stoklosa | stoklosa@sam.sdu.dk | Soenderborg |