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| Semester | spring semester 2020 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Henri-Michel Yéré (h.yere@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | As a first task, we will seek to define the specificity of colonialism as a form of domination, with paying special attention to the notion of situation coloniale (G. Blandier.) Health as a notion has been put forward as an area of the assumed benevolence (“the civilising mission”) of the colonial project, with specific reference to the colonial conquest of the African continent (ca. 1885-1994.) As such, we will see the extent to which the uses and deployments of health within colonial Africa has modified at a global level the practices associated with fields such as public health or the different approaches towards fighting specific diseases or epidemics. We will also study the role played by health at the onset of development as policy practice and as a key feature of the contemporary political imagination in and about Africa. |
| Learning objectives | Understand what has happened to health under the conditions of colonial domination Understand the specificities of colonial domination, in special reference to the African experience of colonialism Understand the centrality of health as a key instance of development policy |
| Bibliography | Georges Balandier, Sociologie des Brazzavilles Noires (Paris : Armand Collin, 1985, orig. 1955) Nancy Rose Hunt, A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies and Reverie in Colonial Congo (Durham: Duke University Press, 2016) Guillaume Lechenal, The Lomidine Files : The Untold Story of a Medical Disaster in colonial Africa (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017) Frederick Cooper, Colonialism in Question : Theory, Knowledge and History (Berkley: University of California Press, 2005) Mahmood Mamdani, Citizen and Subject : Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996) |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Areas: aussereuropäisch (Master's degree program: European History (Start of studies before 01.08.2018)) Modul: Fields: Governance and Politics (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Public Health and Social Life (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Politik, Entwicklung und soziale Ungleichheit (Bachelor's degree subject: Sociology) Modul: Ungleichheit, Konflikt, Kultur (Master's degree subject: Sociology) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Course presentations (Inputreferat) Response-papers/essays |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Soziologie |