Study Programmes 2016-2017
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 sociology and anthropology (60 ECTS)6
Master in geography : general (120 ECTS)4
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
Learning unit 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 learning unit :
  • 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
Items online :
sociology of interventions in developing countries
pp 29/11/2016
times of development concept : a figure
times of development concept : a figure
PP sociology of interventions in developing countries 2016 part I
PP sociology of interventions in developing countries 2016 part I