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HS 853 Modern: Ideas & Contexts 2016

Introduction

It is now commonplace to begin any thinking about the “modern” by marking itscapaciousness; by announcing that we are helpless around its multiple and changingsignifcations. In some constitutive sense, perhaps, we are all modern, whether it is adisposition and/or characteristic o the individuals. iven that, is it best to approach the“modern” as a normative ideal or as a historical phenomenon! "r, is it a certainconfguration o the institutional order! #hese are $uestions on which it is di%cult to takee&plicit positions.

 #he introductory segment 'over si& sessions( strives to get a handle on this debate andto introduce some key terms through which we will investigate the modern.

In this year)s instalment o the course, we propose to grapple with the modern throughthree categories* as

+( institution( value and-( practice

urther, we propose to ocus particularly on one institutionthe marketpace; onevalueautonom! and one practicese"#makin$ 

Course %etais

 #his, along with the readings will be urnished by individual instructors

'auation

I learning to do research can be thought o as comprisinga( operationali0ing a vague thought into a researchable $uestion,b( bringing together a coherent and ocused set o scholarship on the $uestion

c( producing and engaging with “data”, and fnallyd( analy0e and work towards an argument"ur evaluation in this course is geared towards getting you to doing these tasks in bothdisparate and consolidated ashion.

 1ou will be called upon to doa( 2 assignments ' or ramesh; + or sharmila(b( + pro3ect '3ointly evaluated(

(SSI)*M*+ 1: ,ramesh- will be announced.

Instructors* 4amesh, sharmila +

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(SSI)*M*+ 2: ,sharmia- Cose readin$ . discourse ana!sis

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 1ou will be given a te&t, which you will be called upon to read closely. 5lso, urther, you

will be called upon to analy0e it through the categories o “institution”, “value” and

“practice” that the course has laid out.

4C+  /0marks #he pro3ect will stretch over the duration o the course. It is designed to lead you throughthe preliminary tasks involved in ormulating a research problem.

  +ask 1a* 6eeping your research interest in ocus, choose any one theme rom the

ollowing list.amily, law, education, literature, culture,technology, bureaucracy, press, religion, ethics

  +ask 1* write out your frst thoughts and ambitions or a pro3ect. 7ost it on moodleand respond to each other)s ideas.

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+ask 2* 7repare an annotated bibliography o the readings that you think will helpyou navigate your pro3ect; submit on moodle

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  +ask 3a* ormulate you research $uestions, ob3ectives and problem in a manner thatis coherent, ocused and do8able  +ask 3* 9orkshop your research ormulation; each o you will be called upon tomake a presentation and also be assigned as a discussant to a peer)s pro3ect; you willalso be called upon to respond to all the pro3ects presented

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  +ask * :ndertake an indicative 'rather than e&haustive( literature survey; choose 28 essays circulate the list to the group beorehand; submit your report on moodle.

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  +ask 5* 4e8ormulate your problem in the light o your review o e&isting scholarshipso that you can highlight how it draws rom and contributes to this scholarship. 9e willworkshop your revised ormulation together

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  +ask 6: