Resistance and social change

The course offers insights into theories of different forms of resistance, with a focus on peaceful non-violent resistance. Students discuss the connection of resistance to power relations and its potential in relation to social change. Who has the opportunity to engage in what forms of resistance, and against what, based on concepts such as class, gender, ethnicity, and so on? What is the significance of the practice of resistance for the potential for social change and the risk of creating new forms of power? Starting out from resistance practices that the students themselves have identified, from collective organising and public protest to secret individual acts of disobedience, they learn to analyse differences and similarities between several types of resistance, such as everyday resistance, constructive resistance, organised resistance, civil disobedience, and resistance through humour.

Progressive specialisation: G1N (has only upper‐secondary level entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.