Multiparadigmatic Humanities: Curricula for Global Studies

In recent, decades, humanities and social sciences have become “theory exporting sciences”. Especially multiperspectivistic issues and multiparadigmatic approaches are one of the generic strengths of humanities since classic times. Recently emerged “Global Studies” mean a combination of political, historical, social, cultural, developmental, geographic, economic, environmental and technological approaches, thus generating a true multiparadigmatic view, as demanded for modern reality. This article provides an overview of multicultural and developmental curricula worldwide with an emphasis on “Global Studies” (GS) curricula such as the recentlyfounded GS Master’s curriculum at Graz University, Austria. Based on an in-depth comparison, practical and implementable suggestions are made about how to improve such curricula in order to ensure the highest and globally compatible academic quality. Through a web-based process of authoring and reviewing, over two dozen students and practitioners in Global Studies have compiled this analysis.

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