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| Semester | spring semester 2022 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Lorena Rizzo (lorena.rizzo@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The Übung uses introductory texts and case studies from different African contexts to discuss the role of the visual in histories of Africa. We will focus on photography, reflect on its status as a historical form, and asses its place in historical knowledge production, remembrance and memory work. Finally, we probe photography as a domain in which we can explore imaginative ways of understanding and writing history. |
| Bibliography | Batchen, Geoffrey (2002), Proem – Brief Article, Afterimage, 26, 6: 3. Edwards, Elizabeth (2006), Photographs and the Sound of History, Visual Anthropology Review, 2, 1&2: 27-46. Edwards, Elizabeth (2009), Photography and the Material Performance of the Past, History & Theory, 48: 130-150. Gordon, Robert & Kurzwelly, Jonatan (2018), Photographs as Sources in African History, Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of African History Online [accessed 14 September 2021]. Enwezor, Okwui (2008), Archive Fever: Photography between History and the Monument, in Enwezor, O., Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art. New York: International Center of Photography, Exh. Cat., 2008, 11–51. Shehaan, Tanya (2014), Introduction. Questions of Difference, in Shehaan, T. (ed.), Photography, History, Difference. Lebanon, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press, 1-10. Thomas, Julia A. (2009), The Evidence of Sight, History & Theory, 48: 151-168. Thomas, Kylie & Green, Louise (2018), Stereoscopic visions: reading colonial and contemporary African photography, in Thomas, K. & Green, L. (eds.), Photography in and out of Africa. London, New York: Routledge, 1-11. Tucker, Jennifer (2009), Entwined Practices: Engagements with Photography in Historical Inquiry, History & Theory, 48: 1-8. |
| Admission requirements | Studierende der Geschichte und der African Studies, sowie Studierende weiterer Studienfächer, in deren Module die Übung verknüpft ist. Bei Überbelegung werden Studierende der Geschichte bevorzugt zugelassen. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Monday | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 21.02.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 28.02.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 07.03.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Fasnachtsferien |
| Monday 14.03.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 21.03.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 28.03.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 04.04.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 11.04.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 18.04.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Ostern |
| Monday 25.04.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 02.05.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 09.05.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 16.05.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 23.05.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Monday 30.05.2022 | 10.15-12.00 | Rheinsprung 21, Seminarraum 00.004 |
| Modules |
Modul: Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Basics: History (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Modul: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Fields: Media and Imagination (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul: Forschung und Praxis (Master's degree subject: East European History) Modul: Reflexion, Methodik, Praxis (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Sachthemen der Ethnologie (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Theorie (Master's degree subject: History) Module: Projects and Processes of Urbanization (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms (Start of studies before 01.08.2020)) Module: The Urban across Disciplines (Master's degree program: Critical Urbanisms) |
| 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 | Departement Geschichte |