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Instructors: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Verena Brinks
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
M5/7-MA
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
5 | 15
Registration group: Current Debates
Priority scheme: Senatsrichtlinie
Contents:
"Geographies of expertise"
The seminar takes a closer look on the “geographies of expertise”. Especially under circumstances of uncertainty and crises when important decisions need to be made, the question of whose knowledge can be trusted and is qualified to be considered in decision-making processes is discussed quite controversially. "The expert" is expected to help finding the right answers to important questions of our times. However, who is an expert? What constitutes (the expert's) expertise? Why is the expert role discussed controversially, especially in the recent past? The seminar deals with the current debate on knowledge, experts and expertise from a geographical perspective. In each session, we discuss selected aspects of the debate in more detail, e.g.:
- Theories on knowledge and their relevance in geographical research
- Conceptual approaches to expertise and experts
- Media and experts
- Digitization and the emergence of so-called “lay experts”
- Societal controversies on experts’ role in political decision-making processes
Participants will prepare and moderate one session (input presentation of about 25 minutes and moderation/organization of discussion/interactive part of about 30 minutes). The basis for each session is a (theoretical or empirical) text that all participants need to read in advance. An academic paper has to be submitted and constitues the final exam of the course.
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