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65909-01 - Übung: Archival Imaginations: Reflecting on Contemporary African Literature and Art (3 KP)
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2022 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Julia Rensing (julia.rensing@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | ‘The archive’ is an ambivalent and contested concept. As storages of knowledge, archives function as a window to the past. However, they are no neutral repositories of information – as Carolyn Hamilton reminds us, the archive “‘is shot through with questions of power.” (Archive and Public Life). In a similar vein, Okwui Enwezor notes that archives can “represent scenes of unbearable historical weight” (“Archive Fever”). In the past decades, academics, authors and artists have increasingly drawn our attention to the violence that particularly so-called ‘colonial archives’ perpetuate. In this course, we will explore the potential of creative works to challenge these power dynamics. We will discuss a variety of text forms, artworks and films which use archival material to renegotiate the past and to uncover alternative histories. By exploring these case studies, we aim to understand how creative engagement with archives opens new critical avenues to decolonize knowledge. Following a workshop format, we first engage with central debates and key theoretical texts on the subject to then examine a variety of creative works that draw on the archive for the production of narratives. In a self-study phase of 3 weeks (November), students will research archival artistic projects of their choice, which they will present in class towards the end of the semester. |
| Literatur | Literature (selection): Yvette Christiansë, ‘“Heartsore”: The Melancholy Archive of Cape Colony Slavery’, The Scholar and Feminist Online, Published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women 7, no. 2 (Spring 2009). Saidiya Hartman, ‘Venus in Two Acts’, Small Axe 12, no. 2 (June 2008). Carine Zaayman, ‘Anarchive (Picturing Absence)’, in Uncertain Curature: In and out of the Archive, by Carolyn Hamilton and Pippa Skotnes (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2014). Artworks (selection): Sammy Baloji. Mémoire (2006); Vocabulaire(s) (2020), Onyeka Igwe. A So-Called Archive (2020), No Archive Can Restore You (2020) Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski. Unearthing. In Conversation (2017) Lebohang Kganye. Ke Lefa Laka: Her-story (2013) |
| Unterrichtssprache | Englisch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 10.15-11.45 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Donnerstag 22.09.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | --, -- |
| Donnerstag 29.09.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 06.10.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 13.10.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 20.10.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 27.10.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 03.11.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 10.11.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 17.11.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 24.11.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 01.12.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 08.12.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 15.12.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Donnerstag 22.12.2022 | 10.15-11.45 Uhr | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Module |
Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master Studiengang: African Studies) Modul: Kulturtechnische Dimensionen (Master Studiengang: Kulturtechniken) |
| Prüfung | Lehrveranst.-begleitend |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | keine Wiederholungsprüfung |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Zentrum für Afrikastudien |