Gregor Spuhler: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
| Name | Dr. Gregor Spuhler |
| Address | Archiv für Zeitgeschichte (AfZ) ETH Zürich, HRG G 5 Hirschengraben 62 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 632 36 44 |
| gregor.spuhler@history.gess.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Humanities, Social and Political Sciences |
| Relationship | Lecturer |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851-0512-05L | Development Cooperation from a Biographical Point of View | 3 credits | 2U | G. Spuhler | |
| Abstract | The Archives of Contemporary History provide 75 video interviews with contemporary witnesses who report on their missions abroad for swiss humanitarian aid and development cooperation. Based on selected interviews the motives of their commitment and the experience in a foreign country are examined. | ||||
| Learning objective | The course provides basic knowledge about the beginnings of modern development aid and its increasing professionalism. It aims for a critical and historically informed reflection on the transfer of knowledge and technology between the first and the third world. Furthermore it sharpens the critical awareness of the possibilities and limitations of retrospective accounts of eyewitnesses. | ||||
| Literature | Gregor Spuhler / Lea Ingber / Sonja Vogelsang: Auslandhilfe als biografische Erfahrung. In: Handlungsfeld Entwicklung. Schweizer Erwartungen und Erfahrungen in der Geschichte der Entwicklungsarbeit (Itinera 35). Hg.: Sara Elmer et al., Basel 2014, S. 253-279. Thomas Gull / Dominik Schnetzer: Die andere Seite der Welt. Was Schweizerinnen und Schweizer im humanitären Einsatz erlebt haben, Baden 2011. | ||||