Welcome to Karlstad University

Intercultural Studies: Culture in Humanitarian Emergencies, 7.5 HP

Introductory information for students admitted to Karlstad University.
It is important that you read all the information.

Before you begin your studies, you need to:

1. Create KauID
2. Register for your course

1. Create KauID

What is KauID? KauID is your digital identity at Karlstad University that allows you to log in to our digital services.


If you have studied at Kau before you do not have to create a new KauID, you can use the same KauID as last time.

2. Register for your course

You need to register on time, not to risk losing your place on the course.
Registration period: 2024-01-08 - 2024-01-15
Log in to My Kau using your KauID to register.

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It is important that you decline your admission offer if you do not wish to attend the course.


If you have been admitted late, and therefore can´t register on time, contact the administrator.

A warm welcome to the course Intercultural Studies: Culture in Humanitarian Emergencies (7,5 credits) which starts on Wednesday, 17 January!

 

You will find all the instructions - course calendar and study guide - for group and individual assignments on the course page of the learning platform Canvas available one week prior to the start of the course.


Intercultural Studies: Culture in Humanitarian Emergencies (7,5 credits) is a part-time course (50% study time) which means that you should use about 20 hours per week on your studies on it. The course instruction (i.e. course literature, lectures, seminars, assignments, and examinations) is in English.

 

The course looks at challenges and possibilities arising from the encounters of people from different cultures as a result of humanitarian crises such as wars, natural hazards, and pandemics. These intercultural encounters include those between the majority population at home and newly arrived people seeking refuge and/or asylum, as well as those between humanitarian workers deployed abroad at crisis epicenters to assist people in distress and cooperate with other fellow-humanitarians from different cultures. We look at the concept of “interculturality” which implies dialogue, connection, cooperation, and contact between people of different cultures, and how it works in humanitarian emergencies. We work with the following questions:

How and when do humanitarian emergencies facilitate or hinder interculturality, and how can interculturality in turn shape the trajectory of humanitarian crises?

 

All lectures, seminars, group discussions, and examinations take place on the learning platform Canvas and via the online tool Zoom.

 

Most of the course literature is available digitally, on Canvas or the University Library in Karlstad. The following book can be downloaded from the University Library as an e-book or borrowed/purchased as a hard copy:

 

·      Malkki, Liisa H. (2015). The Need to Help: The Domestic Arts of International Humanitarianism. Durham: Duke University Press.

 

Looking forward to meeting you!

Ekatherina Zhukova, course coordinator and teacher

New student

There is a lot to think about when you start university, we know! We have gathered some useful information to help you, don’t forget to read the checklist!
kau.se/newstudent

Go to Canvas

In the course, we use the learning platform Canvas. Canvas is a tool that offers a digital learning environment.
Once you have registered for your course in My Kau, you can log in to Canvas and access important course information.

Finding your way around the University

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Reading List

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Please note that the reading list may be revised until six weeks before the start of the course.

Schedule

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Please note that the schedule may change up to two weeks before the course starts. Check the schedule on a regular basis to get the latest information on locations and times as there may be changes during the course as well.

Can we help you?

ADMINISTRATOR: Marie Björk  

COURSE CONVENOR: Ekatherina Zhukova  

STUDY AND CAREER COUNSELLOR: Lisa Dalgren