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72638-01 - Proseminar: "White Man's Grave" and "Black Man's Burden": Health and Healing in 19th and 20th Century Africa 3 KP

Semester Herbstsemester 2024
Angebotsmuster einmalig
Dozierende Danelle Van Zyl-Hermann (danelle.vanzyl-hermann@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Inhalt As European expansion into African territories intensified in the course of the 19th century, European officials, missionaries, soldiers and merchants widely regarded the ‘dark continent’ as disease-ridden and dangerous. Indeed, a key element of the colonial ‘civilizing mission’ was to impose Western ideas of health and hygiene on African individuals, communities, and environments, often closely linking the biological with the moral. The resulting processes of conflict, subjugation and resistance, but also cooperation, assimilation and exchange are the subject of a rich and diverse scholarship on medicine, health and healing in 19th and 20th century Africa. The goal of this course is to examine the main debates, concepts, themes, and approaches which animate this historiography. How has health-related knowledge and practices in Africa been viewed by colonial officials, European doctors, missionaries, and scholars? What are the differences between ‘traditional’ and ‘Western’ medicine, and why are some people ‘witchdoctors’ and ‘healers’ while other are ‘scientists’? How has the relationship between the individual, society, and the state, or between public health, politics, and economic imperatives changed over time? Through asking such questions, we will gain insight into the relationship between colonialism and medicine, the impact of health-related interventions on African societies and environments, and African experiences and responses in this regard. This provides insight not only into the past, but also into contemporary structures of global health, including the role of NGOs, pharmaceutical companies, and Western researchers.
Lernziele In addition to gaining an overview of health-related developments in various African contexts during the 19th and 20th centuries, the goal of the course is to practice the critical reading of scholarly texts and understanding of historical practice: examining authors’ research questions, sources and methodology, argument construction, and style – and formulating our own alternatives. The course builds on the tools and skills of historical research introduced in the Einführungskurs and equips students as they prepare to write their own research papers.
Literatur Framing texts:

Shula Marks, ‘What’s Colonial about Colonial Medicine? And What has Happened to Imperialism and Health?’, Social History of Medicine, 10, 2, 1997, 205-219.

Nancy Rose Hunt, ‘Health and Healing’ in John Parker and Richard Reid (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Modern African History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 378-395.

Helen Tilley, ‘Medicine, Empires, and Ethics in Colonial Africa’, AMA Journal of Ethics, 18, 7, 2016, 743-753.
Bemerkungen The language of instruction is English.

 

Teilnahmebedingungen Für Studierende des BSF Geschichte im Grundstudium mit abgeschlossenem Einführungskurs Geschichte. Teilnahme an der ersten Sitzung ist obligatorisch. Die Teilnehmer:innenzahl ist auf 25 beschränkt. Bei Überbelegung werden Studierende des BSF Geschichte, die noch kein Proseminar in dem Modul absolviert haben, bevorzugt zugelassen.
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Einsatz digitaler Medien kein spezifischer Einsatz

 

Intervall Wochentag Zeit Raum
wöchentlich Mittwoch 12.15-14.00 Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3

Einzeltermine

Datum Zeit Raum
Mittwoch 18.09.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 25.09.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 02.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 09.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 16.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 23.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 30.10.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 06.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 13.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 20.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 27.11.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 04.12.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 11.12.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Mittwoch 18.12.2024 12.15-14.00 Uhr Departement Geschichte, Seminarraum 3
Module Modul: Basis Neuere / Neueste Geschichte (Bachelor Studienfach: Geschichte)
Leistungsüberprüfung Lehrveranst.-begleitend
Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung Assessment is based on active participation in discussions during each session as well as the completion of assignments.
An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich
Wiederholungsprüfung keine Wiederholungsprüfung
Skala Pass / Fail
Wiederholtes Belegen nicht wiederholbar
Zuständige Fakultät Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch
Anbietende Organisationseinheit Departement Geschichte

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