Study Programmes 2015-2016
SOCI1240-2  
Sociology of Interventions in Developing Countries
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Master in population and development studies (120 ECTS)6
Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS)6
Master in sociology and anthropology (60 ECTS)6
Master in labour sciences (60 ECTS)6
Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)3
Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)3
Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)3
Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)3
Master in geography : general (120 ECTS)5
Specialised master in plant and animal resource management in tropical environment3
Lecturer :
Marc Poncelet
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
First part
  • Presentation of the historical dimension of the North-South relationship: colonial interventions and the birth of the notion of development.
  • Putting concepts of development, underdevelopment and co-operation towards development into perspective, using theoretical principles of development and the relevant political and institutional contexts.
  • In conclusion, the following question will be addressed: How can current paradigms of international co-operation be situated and understood?
Second part
  • The socio-anthropology of contemporary interventions in developing countries through international aid and co-operation policies and interventions of development and partnership institutions.
Learning outcomes of the course :
  • Knowledge of the evolution of main theories of development, international co-operation and North-South relationships.
  • Acquisition of a capacity for historical, comparative and critical analysis of speeches, ideologies and methods used by co-operation institutions and development programmes.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
An interest in the problems of development in the South. The course was originally designed in the context of a DES.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
None
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Direct teaching: presentations, interventions by researchers.
Recommended or required readings :
  • First part: a reading portfolio will be distributed at the beginning of the course
  • Second part: Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan, Anthropologie et développement. Karthala Editions, Paris, 2003.
  • Third part : Reading textbook  portolio (PULg)
Assessment methods and criteria :
  • First session: individual written exam, open questions.
  • Second session: Individual oral exam.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Students will be systematically invited to take part in conferences, seminars etc organised in the department or in relation to University co-operation activities.
Contacts :
Lecturer : Prof. Marc Poncelet Tel.: 04 366 30 74 Marc.Poncelet@ulg.ac.be
Assistant: Sophie Andreetta sandreetta@ulg.ac.be
Secretary : Marina Salerno Tel.: 04 366 31 61 Marina.Salerno@ulg.ac.be