Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course explores race, racism and antiracism mainly from a sociological perspective but with an opening to multidisciplinary approaches (history, anthropology, political science, law, social psychology)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The aim of the course is to provide the students with a theoretical basis as well as with a global picture of the classical and contemporary literature in the field of race, racism and antiracism.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to critically discuss how race and racism operate today and how antiracist movements organize to fight racism
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
A passive and active knowledge of written and spoken English is indispensable.
THIS IS NOT AN ENGLISH CLASS BUT ALL THE COURSE (INCLUDING THE EXAMS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND WRITTEN PAPERS), IS IN ENGLISH
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course could use 3 pedagogical tools:
- Lectures by the teacher and guest speakers
- Seminars based on the reading and discussion of texts as well as on oral presentations made by students
-Personal or collective short written papers
Weekly readings will be mandatory.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Face-to-face lecture sessions in respect of the sanitary measures. Attendance is mandatory. Unjustified absence will be sanctioned: 1 point out of 20 per unattended session.
Depending on the number of students enrolled, the course structure and the number of face-to-face sessions may be subject to change. Below 5 students, individual tutoring methods may be adopted at the teacher's discretion.
Recommended or required readings
Any readings or other instructional tool will be posted on MyULg.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
Additional information regarding the evaluation:
First session:participation in class (physical or on line depending on the evolution of the pandemics) and oral presentations (40%) (physical or online depending of the evolution of the pandemics) and a written examination (60%) (online)
Second session: a written examination
Subject to change depending on the number of students taking the course
Work placement(s)
N.A.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The detailed timetable will be communicated during the first class
Contacts
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Marco Martiniello, M.Martiniello@uliege.be
Association of one or more MOOCs
Items online
List of readings
List of readings
Overview
overview
- Brody, R. (2019, June 28), The Enduring Urgency of Spike Lee¿s ¿Do the Right Thing¿ at Thirty, The New Yorker
- Keele, S.(2020, June 19) The Radical Empathy of Do the Right Thing, The American Interest,
Session 10
Grégoire, N., & Ntambwe, M. (2019). Afro Women¿s Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity. In To Exist is to Resist. Black Feminism in Europe (Pluto press, p. 63¿75).
Lentin, A Lentin, A. (2008). Europe and the Silence about Race. European Journal of Social Theory, 11(4), 487¿503. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431008097008
BONUS: Collins, P. H. (1986). Learning from the Outsider Within: The Sociological Significance of Black Feminist Thought. Social Problems (Berkeley, Calif.), 33(6), S14¿S32. https://doi.org/10.1525/sp.1986.33.6.03a00020
- Boulbina, S. L. (2019, May 24), Decolonization. Politica lconcepts : A critical lexicon. New School for Social Research, New York Decolonization : Seloua Luste Boulbina | (politicalconcepts.org)
Mbembe, A. interviewed by Mongin, O., Lempereur, N. & Schlegel, J-L., Translated by Fletcher, J.(2006, December), What is postcolonial thinking?, Esprit (Issue 12, pp. 117-133),
What is postcolonial thinking? | Cairn International Edition (cairn-int.info)
Session 11 - recording and powerpoint
By Axel Gossiaux
https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/8420ed1c-55c3-41f2-8e1d-fa102855ba87
- Wieviorka, M. (1994), Racism in Europe: unity and diversity. Dans Rattansi, A. et Westwood, S (Eds), Racism, Modernity and Identity : On the Western Front (pp.259-274). Wiley
- Guillaumin, C. (1995). The Specific characteristics of racist ideology. Racism, Sexism, Power and Ideology (pp.22-60). Routledge
- Miles, R. (1989), Conceptual Inflation. Racism (Repr, pp.41-68); Routledge https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203633663
- Quillian, L. (April 17,2006), New Approaches to Understanding Racial Prejudice and Discrimination, Annual Review of Sociology (Vol.32, 2006, pp.229-328).
Rinehart, J.W. (Augustus 16, 2010), The Meaning of Stereotypes, Theory Into Practice (Vol.2, N°3, pp.136-143). Taylor & Francis, Ltd
https://doi.org/10.1080/00405846309541852
- Solomos, J. et Schuster L (2002), Hate Speech, Violence and Contemporary Racisms. Dans Berghah Books, Europe¿s New Racism? Causes, Manifestations and Solutions (pp.43-55). The Evens Foundation
- Ray, L., Smith, D. & Wastell, L. (2004, May), Shame, rage and racist violence, British Journal of Criminology (Vol. 44, Issue 3, pp.350-368), Centre for Crime and Justice Studies https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azh022
Session 7
Bonilla-Silva, E. (2021, August), What Makes Systemic Racism Systemic?, Sociological Inquiry (Vol. 91, N°3, pp.513-533), Alpha Kappa Delta : The international Sociology Honor Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12420
Williams, J. (1985, July 3). Redefining institutional racism, Ethnic and Racial Studies (Vol.8, N°3, pp.323-348), Routledge https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1985.9993490
Session 8
Goldberg, D.Th. (2001). The Racial State. (pp.98-137).Wiley - Blackwell Publishers.
Marx, A. W. (1996). Race-Making and the Nation-State. World Politics (Vol.48, N°2, pp.180-208). Cambridge University Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25053960
Session 9
Ben, J., Kelly, D. et Paradies, Y. (2020). Contemporary anti-racism. A review of effective practice. Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms (1st Edition, pp.205-215).Routledgehttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781351047326
Bhattacharyya, G., Virdee, S. & Winter, A. (2020). Revisiting histories of anti-racist thought and activism. Identities (27:1, 1-19). Taylor & Francis Online https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2019.1647686
Fella, S. & Ruzza, C. (2013). Introduction : Anti-Racist Movements in the European Union: Between National Specificity and Europeanisation. Dans S. Fella et al. (eds.), Anti-Racist Movements in the EU. Between Europeanisation and National Trajectories (1st Edition, pp.1-31). Palgave Macmillan
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137284662_1