Date and time: Friday 14 October 2022; 15:15-17:00 (UTC+2)

Teacher: Bart Klem

Location: ALC Seminarieparken (next to Annedalseminariet)

Slides (to be added)

In this seminar we will explore interrogate the way academic texts construct and substantiate an argument, and how this is done in slightly different ways in different academic fields. While there is not explicit link between this seminar and the various assignments in this course, we hope it will inform your approach top critical reading and to writing convincing argumentation.

Prior to this seminar, I will allocate you to small working groups. Please sign up for 1 of 3 groups (under people): "Seminar E2 working group 1-3" by Wednesday 12 Oct (note that I may need to re-allocate you).

You will be expected to read one of three articles (below) before the seminar (which one depends on which group you are in). During the seminar we will then "dissect" the argumentation of each article in groups. The time frame is as follows:

15:15: Introductory remarks.
15:25: Discussions in groups.
16:00: Break.
16:10: Presentation and plenary discussion on the articles (~ 12 minutes per article/2 groups).
16:50: Closing remarks.
17:00: End

To communicate group findings during the seminar we will use shared canvas pages that we can all edit and add text to (similar to a googledoc).

Required preparation:	Article 1: Bliesemann de Guevara, Berit, and Florian P. Kühn (2013) "The political economy of statebuilding: Rents, taxes, and perpetual dependency", in David Chandler and Timothy D. Sisk, eds. International Statebuilding: Concepts, Themes and Practices - A Routledge Handbook. London: Routledge, pp. 219-230.
	Article 2: Kelly, Tobias (2006) "Documented lives: fear and the uncertainties of law during the second Palestinian intifada", Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 12: 89-107.
	Article 3: Mountz, Alison (2011) "The enforcement archipelago: Detention, haunting, and asylum on islands", Political Geography, 30(3): 118-128.