Kurs
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Ethnic Minorities
This course addresses the human rights of indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities, taking up contemporary tensions such as religious, social and political conditions, tensions between national sovereignty and collective and individual rights, as well as questions of identity. Significant emphasis is placed on the arguments that have been asserted by actual minority groups on these issues.
At the end of the course, the student is expected to be able to demonstrate that they have developed and broadened their knowledge, skills, and approach to the subject of human rights compared to the previous term by:
- describing how indigenous rights, as well as the rights of ethnic and national minorities, are defined in international law
- explicating the theoretical framework that defines how these rights relate to the nation-state and to democracy
- analysing indigenous peoples’ and ethnic minorities’ relationship to majority populations and cultural frameworks
Reservation för revidering av litteraturen.
Books
Bodley, John H., 2015. Victims of Progress. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield (395 pp.). Also available as e-bok via EbscoHost for students and staff at University College Stockholm.
Charters, Claire & Rodolfo Stavenhagen (eds.) (2009). Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. IWGIA: Copenhagen. ISBN: 978-87-91563-61-4. Available as e-book at iwgia.dk. (390 pages)
Articles
Asch, Michael and Samson, Colin, et al., 2004. “Dialogue on the Return of the Native”. Current Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 261-267 (7 pp.).
Bowen, John R., 2000. ”Should We have a universal concept of indigenous peoples’ rights?. Anthropology Today, vol. 16, No. 4 pp. 12-16 (5 pp.). Available at JSTOR. Note that this requires that you create an account at JSTOR.
Engle, Karen, 2011. On Fragile Architecture: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Human Rights (23 pp.) European Journal of International Law, vol. 22, No. 1, pp.141-163. Available at www.ejil.org/search.php
Johansson Dahre, Ulf, 2008. The Politics of Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples and the Conflict on Collective Human Rights”, The International Journal of Human Rights, (2008) vol. 12, no 1, pp. 41-52. (12 pp.)
Kempin Reuter, Tina (2008-09). ”Dealing with Claims of Ethnic Minorities in International Law”. Connecticut Journal of International Law, vol. 24, pp. 201-237. (36 pp).
Kenrick, Justin & Lewis, Jerome, 2004. “Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and the Politics of the Term Indigenous”. Anthropology Today, vol.20, no 2, s 4-9 (6 pp.). Available at JSTOR. Note that this requires that you create an account at JSTOR.
Kuper, Adam, 2003. “The Return of the Native”. Current Anthropology, vol 44, No. 3, pp. 388-402. (15 pp.)
Niezen, Ronald (2003) “The Origins of the International Movement of Indigenous Peoples”. In, R. Niezen, The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity. Berkely: University of California Press, pp. 29-52 (23 pp.).
Sehlin MacNeil, Kristina (2017) “Exploring extractive violence on indigenous country”. Umeå University: Centre for Sami Studies, pp. 33-42 (9 pp.).
Reference material
IWGIA (2021) The Indigenous World. Copenhagen: IWGIA (784 pages)
Johansson Dahre, Ulf (2020, 2:a uppl.) The International Discourse on Indigenous Peoples: A Compilation of Legal and Political Texts. Lund: Palmkrons förlag (560 pages)
Kurslitteraturen reviderades senast 5 oktober 2020.
Schemat finns tillgängligt senast en månad innan kursen startar. Vi rekommenderar inte att du skriver ut schemat eftersom vissa ändringar kan ske.
Betyg
A = Framstående, B = Mycket bra, C = Bra, D = Tillfredsställande, E = Tillräcklig, Fx = Otillräcklig, komplettering möjlig, F = OtillräckligExaminationsformer
- PM
- Salstentamen
Grundläggande behörighet.
- För fullgjord kurs krävs minst 80% närvaro vid föreläsningar och 100% närvaro vid seminarier/gruppövningar och andra tillfällen för redovisning. Frånvaro därutöver kan kompenseras genom kompletteringsuppgift (-er) om kursansvarig lärare bedömer det möjligt. Vid frånvaro om 50 % eller mer betraktas kursen som avbruten, även om examinationsuppgifter har genomförts.
- Om student har ett beslut från EHS om särskilt pedagogiskt stöd på grund av funktionsnedsättning, skall examinator vid behov anpassa examinationen och genomföra examinationen på ett alternativt sätt.
- Student har möjlighet att tentera kurs enligt ursprunglig kursplan inom två år efter kurstillfället. Om särskilda skäl föreligger kan sådan omtentamen ske även senare. Normalt ges inte undervisning enligt äldre kursplan. Möjligheten till dispens ska avgöras av rektor eller prefekt.
Fastställd av Kollegiet i Mänskliga rättigheter vid Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm den 8 december 2014.
Senast reviderad den 18 juni 2024.