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| Semester | spring semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers |
Ernest Sewordor (ernest.sewordor@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Julia Tischler (julia.tischler@unibas.ch) |
| Course application | The excursion traces the history of the Basel Mission and its missionaries with a view to their engagement in colonial Ghana. We will spend several days working on selected research projects in the Basel Mission archive at mission21 (Missionsstrasse). In addition, we will travel to several towns in southern Germany, where most of the BM’s missionaries in the 19th and early 20th centuries came from in order to investigate local museums and archives. Another component involves oral history with descendants of missionaries. This one-week excursion is a collaboration between the University of Basel, the Akrofi-Christaller-Institute (ACI) in Akropong, and the Department of History of the University of Ghana to explore the joint material and immaterial heritage of the BM. Students from Ghana and from Basel will work together on research projects involving archival work, observation, and oral history interviews. Students will write a research paper (which can ideally be part of an MA thesis) and contribute to a joint website. Participating students must have taken the preparatory seminar “What’s God Got to Do with It” (fall term 2023) AND/OR the seminar “The Mission at Home” (spring 2024). Also, they will be asked to contribute 200 CHF to their own travel expenses (reductions can be granted). |
| 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 |
Electives Bachelor History: Recommendations (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Europäisierung und Globalisierung (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Interdisciplinary and Applied African Studies (Master's degree program: African Studies) Wahlbereich Master Geschichte: Empfehlungen (Master's degree subject: History) |
| 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 |