Type of Credit: Elective
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This course offers an introduction to the colonial historiography of Southeast Asia, with main focus on travel writing about the Malay Archipelago (± 1800-1945). It provides an overview of the way in which travellers – of different backgrounds and nationalities – represented the area in their travelogues. Attention will be on representation of landscape, different population groups and (unequal) power relations. The aim of the course is to study European and Asian travel accounts in transnational, comparative perspective. In the second part of the course students will be invited to select a travel account of their choice for analysis and presentation in class.
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The aim of the course is to provide the students with knowledge of and (comparative) insight into travel and adventure in Southeast Asian countries from the nineteenth century till the present. Learning outcomes by the end of the course are the following: · Students are acquainted with current debates about travel and tourism in Southeast Asia; · Students are aware of the importance of the genre of travel writing to study the region of Southeast Asia; · Students have experience in critical reflection upon academic reading material; · Students have gained knowledge of important socio-cultural issues regarding Southeast Asia’s past that continue to shape the modern era; · Students have gained in-depth knowledge of a travel account of their choice by carrying out individual research and by presenting their findings in class; · Students know how to properly express their opinion during group presentations and in front of class; · Students are familiar with the challenges and dynamics of presentation by themselves and in groups.
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課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間 Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授 In-class Hours |
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Introduction to travel in SEA (21 Febr ONLINE) https://meet.google.com/udz-beep-ufa |
General introduction: the area of SEA as travel destination
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework for session 2: Article by Thompson
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3 |
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Travel writing as literary genre
(6 March on CAMPUS) |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework for session 3: Watch video by Botton
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3 |
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The Art of Travel |
Review of essay question Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework for session 4: Article by Helms
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3 |
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Long distance and authority of travel
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Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework for session 5: Article by Pratt
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3 |
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The ‘contact zone’ and systems of nature
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Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework for session 6: Article by Skott
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3 |
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Journeys and the power of knowledge |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week |
Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework sessions 7/8: prepare for mid-term |
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3 |
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7 |
Mid-term |
Group presentations (I)
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8 |
Mid-term
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Group presentations (II)
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Homework session 9: Watch video Bosnak
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3 |
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Javanese elite travellers |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week |
Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework session 10: Article by Bosnak
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3 |
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Java’s Post Road and empire building |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week |
Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework session 11: Article by Bosnak & Honings
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3 |
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Perceptions of flora and fauna |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework session 12: Video by Kerry Negara
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3 |
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Bali’s changing image |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework session 13: Article by Vickers
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3 |
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‘Paradise’ Bali and the tourism industry |
Review of essay question
Lecture about theme of the week
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Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework session 14: Prepare for final presentation |
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SEA’s Tropical landscape |
Course review |
Interactive lecture and discussion
Homework session 14: Prepare for final presentations |
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3 |
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15 |
Final exam (part 1) |
Individual presentations I |
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3 |
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Final exam (part 2) |
Individual Presentations II |
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Attendance of the course and active participation in class is mandatory. A weekly essay-question – linked closely to the preparatory readings – is meant to steer discussion in class. Written answers (of approx. 250 words) to this specific question need to be handed in at the latest on Tuesday morning before noon.
Absence (for good reasons) has to be notified before class. Missed classes will have to be made up with an extra assignment.
Assessment of the course consists of the following elements:
Study material includes Carl Thompson (2011), Alain de Botton (2004), Mary W. Helms (1992), Mary Louise Pratt (2008), Christina Skott (2013), Susie Protschky (2011), Judith E. Bosnak (2020), Adrian Vickers (2012), David Shavit (2014), Kerry Negara (1999), Bosnak & Honings (2020)
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