spring 2020 SVF-8061 Indigeneity and Decolonisation - 5 ECTS
Admission requirements
PhD students or holders of a Norwegian Master´s Degree of five years or 3+ 2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. PhD students must upload a document from their university stating that they are registered PhD students.
Holders of a Master´s Degree must upload a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. Applicants from listed countries must document proficiency in English. To find out if this applies to you see the following list: https://www.nokut.no/globalassets/nokut/artikkelbibliotek/utenlandsk_utdanning/gsulista/2019/gsu_list_english_14032019.pdf
For more information on accepted English proficiency tests and scores, as well as exemptions from the English proficiency tests, please see the following document: https://uit.no/Content/254419/PhD_EnglishProficiency_100913.pdf
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The course has 20 seats. If the number of applicants exceeds the number of places available on the PhD course, applicants will be ranked from category 1 to 4.
Category 1: People admitted to the PhD Programme at UiT
Category 2: Participants in the Associate Professor Programme that fulfil the educational requirements
Category 3: Doctoral students from other universities
Category 4: People with a minimum of a Master´s Degree (or equivalent). (A Norwegian Master´s Degree of 5 years or 3 (Bachelor Degree) + 2 years (Master’s Degree).
Course content
This international, cross-field and cross-disciplinary PHD course is inspired by the nomadic practice of the Arctic Indigenous people and will be based on a particular processual, travelling- frame exposing in order to learn about the locally embedded events of decolonization in Sápmi. In addition the course facilitate meeting with multiple communities and actors involved in locally embedded work on restoring Sámi knowledge practices. This nomadic fieldtrip start from acknowledging journeys are a crucial part of human endeavor and a mode of living being that have the capacity to throw one open to the unknown. At least four different fields at the UiT may include this course: tourism, peace studies, indigenous studies and social work. The empirical roundtrip will include a range of interdisciplinary research problems, questions and methodological issues. The disciplinary foci will vary, according to field and approach, concerning studies, theories and methodology approaches within peace, indigenous, tourism and social work.Objectives of the course
The students have the following learning outcomes:
Knowledge
The student has:
- wide knowledge about the theory of practice within peace, indigenous tourism and social work studies
- thorough knowledge about decolonization and reconciliations studies
- specialized insight about restorative justice
- specialized insight into indigenous metodologies
- good understanding of mediation and conflictsolving
Skills:
The student is able to / can:
- analyse ontological differences ongoing in resource conflicts
- consider how local residents and different stakeholders have dealt with the expansion of extractive industries and how it effect indigenous communities
- consider conflicts in the concerned areas, formulate and analyse according to empirical findings and theoretical approaches, discuss, conclude and summarize possible solutions within a decolonizing framework.
Teaching methods
This is a five days intense course, and requires literature studies beforehand entering the program. The course consists of lectures, seminars and stakeholder workshops. Lectures will be given by academic scholars from social and humanities studies that hold different position within the theory of practice. In addition, stakeholder workshops will be held - for students to enter into knowledge dialogues.
Students are required to write an essay. The topics of the essays will be discussed during the course.
Assessment
Coursework requirements:
Information on coursework requirements, the scope of these requirements, i.e. the study week with bus and at UiT, Alta is obligatory and includes lecture attendance, methodology course, exercises, practice, field work, excursion and group assignments. Assessment of coursework will be on a Pass/Fail basis.
Exam:
The exam will consist of an essay of about 5-10 pages, based upon the relevant syllabus material, the empirical experiences underway and discussions throughout the study week.
The exam will be assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.
Retake is offered in in the beginning of the following semester in cases of grade F or Fail. Deferred examination is offered in the beginning of the following semester if the student is unable to take the final exam due to illness or other exceptional circumstances
- About the course
- Campus: Alta |
- ECTS: 5
- Course code: SVF-8061