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Instructors: Prof. Dr. Gernot Grabher
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Fachübergreifende Studienangebote
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Q:
Crediting for:
Hours per week:
2
Location:
Hamburg
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
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Registration group: Q-Studies Master
Grading:
Beschreibung:
Networks have turned into a universal principle of social organization. We make and break relations on social network sites like Facebook and LinkedIn; businesses are transformed from isolated organizations into nodes within global networks of competitors and collaborators; cities perceive themselves no longer as insular territorial entities but pool their strengths in city-networks; networks form the grid for the ever-extending flows of information, capital, goods, symbols and people. In short: we live in a 'network society' (Castells). This course explores which features distinguish networks from other forms of social organization; how networks are forged, sustained and broken; how networks produce innovations and promote development, and when they morph into the social infrastructures of crime and conspiracy.
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