Socio-anthropological approach to interculturality

Duration

16h Th, 4h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jean-François Husson, Jérémy Mandin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Teaching unit organized at the Haute Ecole de la Province de Liège in the framework of Master en ingénierie de la prévention et de la gestion des conflits.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course aims at providing students with the tools needed to apprehend the cultural and religious diversity of the contemporary society, as well as to critically deconstruct the instruments used to manage this diversity

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is divided into two thematic sections. Within the first section (8 hours), some key notions of the anthropological discipline that have a heuristic scope to apprehend interculturality will be addressed. In particular, the notions (and the practices related to): culture, representation, conflict, negotiation, power and discourse. Then, a critical work will be conducted on: some examples of intercultural initiatives; policies implemented to manage migration and cultural diversity; some examples of intercultural conflicts. To conclude, an introduction to the intersectional approach will enable to study the issue of discrimination as well as the forms of intellectual and practical mobilization of the actors associated to diversity.
In the second section (8 hours), the public management of convictional issues (religious or philosophical ones) will be addressed. On the basis of some works in sociology of religions or sociology of public action, a theoretical framework, the European framework and the Belgian context will be presented, underlying the arrangements and negotiations (of values and interests). Starting from these elements, two particular themes will be studied: the local interfaith dialogue (mainly on the basis of the recommendations of the Council of Europe and of the works that contributed to them); the debate around the themes of laïcité, neutrality, separation of churches and state, taking as example the wearing of religious signs.
4 hours will be devoted to self-learning activity (see evaluation criteria).

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face to face

Recommended or required readings

Recommended readings and PPT of the lessons will be available to students via MyULiège ("support de cours").

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

Written work / report


Additional information:

First session:

Two written works (deadlines will be communicated at the beginning of the course):

• Self-learning work: grid of analysis of a scientific article, a documentary or an exhibition whose topic is linked with the themes addressed during the lessons (or derived from them). Evaluation criteria: ability to identify contents, theoretical and methodological tools, arguments (and reactions to these) of an author / a documentary / an exhibition (4 points).
• Final work: short essay on a chosen topic linked with the subjects of the course through using at least three scientific articles that have to be articulated in the analysis. This can also be done starting from an intercultural initiative or the observation of an intercultural conflict. Evaluation criteria: capacity to make a critical reading of scientific texts to deepen a theme of interest and to analyse the ways in which it is dealt with by different authors (16 points).

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

All communications will be sent to students via MyULiège, it is thus necessary that each student fills in his or her contact information in this platform and that he or she regularly checks his or her ULiège email.

Contacts

jeremy.mandin@uliege.be

jfhusson@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

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