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69000-01 - Course: Anthropology and Africa (4 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | George-Paul Meiu (gp.meiu@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | This course explores the links between race, empire, and the production of anthropological knowledge about Africa. Africa has occupied a central place in the making of anthropology as a discipline. Ethnographic studies of African contexts generated leading theories of kinship and society, money and economy, ritual and religion, violence, law, and political order. And while anthropologists have often used their work to critique racism and social injustice, the discipline of anthropology has been, at times, accused of being the “handmaiden of colonialism”—its discourses complicit in the making of dominant ideologies of racial alterity and imperial power. In this course, students revisit moments of intersection between the history of modern Africa and the history of anthropology in order examine the role of knowledge production in the politics of world-making. We interrogate “Africa” as an ideological category, a source of identity and collective consciousness, and a geo-political context of social life. We ask: What is the political potential of various forms of knowledge production? What do ethnographic engagements with African contexts offer by means of understanding the world at large? And what may anthropological thinking offer by way of envisioning better futures in Africa and beyond? |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Monday | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 18.09.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 25.09.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 02.10.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 09.10.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 16.10.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 23.10.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 30.10.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 06.11.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 13.11.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 20.11.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 27.11.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 04.12.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 11.12.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Monday 18.12.2023 | 16.15-18.00 | Ethnologie, grosser Seminarraum |
| Modules |
Modul: Einführung in die Ethnographie einer Grossregion (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Module: Basics: Social Anthropology (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Ethnologie |