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10803-01 - Course: Introduction into the Ethnography of East Africa (4 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Miriam Badoux (miriam.badoux@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Today, adventures like a safari or climbing the Kilimanjaro attract Europeans to visit East Africa. Less known are the long and eventful history, the cultural development and the diverse and rapidly changing everyday life of the people in this region. On the Swahili coast of the Indian Ocean, Orient and Occident have met for many centuries, and the secret of the source of the Nile lured famous investigators like David Livingstone into the interior of the continent. After a relatively short colonial period which was dominated by the British, the three countries in the heart of East Africa –Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda – have gone their own ways. Nevertheless, in historical times and still today, the cultures and societies of this heartland are intertwined. Moreover, they can only be understood if neighbouring societies in the borderlands with Ruanda and Burundi, the southern part of Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba and the Northern parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia are taken into consideration. Our lecture begins with a historical overview of these diverse developments through the precolonial, colonial and postcolonial periods. In a second step, we focus on specific ethnic groups and topics which have received particular interest in anthropology. We deal with classical and contemporary ethnographic approaches, both through texts and films. The didactic approach is a mixture of lecturing and interactive methods. |
| Learning objectives | - Students gain an overview of historical and social developments in the East African region. - Students get an insight into classical and contemporary ethnographic approaches, texts and films. - Students are able to critically reflect on ethnographic practice and production in the East African region. |
| Admission requirements | No particular requirements |
| Course application | Keine Anmeldung erforderlich. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Course auditors welcome |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Wednesday | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
Dates
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 23.02.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 02.03.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 09.03.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Fasnachtsferien |
| Wednesday 16.03.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 23.03.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 30.03.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 06.04.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 13.04.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 20.04.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 27.04.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 04.05.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 11.05.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 18.05.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 25.05.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Wednesday 01.06.2022 | 08.15-12.00 | Alte Universität, Seminarraum -201 |
| Modules |
Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Basics: Social Anthropology (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Einführung in die Ethnographie einer Grossregion (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor's degree subject: Political Science) Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften M.A. (Master's degree subject: Political Science) |
| Assessment format | record of achievement |
| Assessment details | The exam (90') is expected to take place in the last week of the semester. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | one repetition, repetition counts |
| Scale | 1-6 0,5 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Ethnologie |