Competence aims:

• identification of forms of cultural representation and their entanglement in and their relationship to Latin America
• conveyance of essential theoretical and methodological approaches to historiography and/or cultural and social anthropology and/or the literatures and cultures of Latin America
• epistemological foundations can be classified in a historically-oriented manner and can be reflected on critically
• ability to develop an individual area of epistemic interest against the backdrop of current research debates, to formulate initial research queries from the perspective of historical science and/or literary studies and/or cultural anthropology, and to select and present adequate analytical perspectives

Learning content:

• introduction to basic research approaches in history and/or social and cultural anthropology and/or literary studies with a special focus on representation and entanglement in and in relation to Latin America
• conveyance of a selection of disciplinarily located theoretical and methodological foundations and insights into interdisciplinary perspectives
• preparation for independent academic work by means of concrete exercises
• acquirement of practice-oriented insights into specific epistemic interests and of approaches in the humanities and cultural studies