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| Semester | fall semester 2021 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Kadiatou Nenein Diallo (k.diallo@unibas.ch)
Giorgio Miescher (giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch) Lorena Rizzo (lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The Visual History Lab (VHL) at the Centre for African Studies takes place yearly. It is a learning format, which allows students to spend one week working intensively on a particular topic. The lab ends with a public event, which students organise themselves. The VHL 2021 takes place in the context of a project entitled “Quilombo”, a collaboration between SALTS (CH), Waza Art Center Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Lago Mio Lugano artist residency (CH). Once synonymous with escape and resistance, “quilombo” today stands for a Brazilian settlement of African descent. Anthropologists and historians meanwhile have arrived at a new understanding of these rural communities, calling for a broader definition: Regardless of their specific history, quilombos share collective identities and notions, linking them to their African roots and making them fight common battles as people in DRC, Switzerland or anywhere else: against capitalism and racism, and for the equitable distribution of resources. The VHL takes place in Lugano from 13-18 September 2021. Participants will work together with Brazilian, Congolese and Swiss artists in residence at Lago Mio. |
| Comments | The VHL is taught in collaboration with Samuel Leuenberger (SALTS), Patrick Mudekereza (Waza Art Center), and Benedikt Wyss (Lago Mio artist residency, SALTS). |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited. If you are interested, please send a motivation letter (max. 1 page) to the course lecturers by the 15th of August 2021. Costs for accommodation in Lugano are covered, but participants need to cover the travel costs themselves. However, financial issues should not prevent students from applying and we will raise funds within the university if needed. |
| Course application | The number of participants is limited. If you are interested, please send a motivation letter (max. 1 page) to the course lecturers by the 15th of August 2021. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Interdisciplinary and Applied African Studies (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theory and General Anthropology (Master's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Transfer: Europa interdisziplinär (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| 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 | Zentrum für Afrikastudien |