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| Semester | fall semester 2024 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Dag Henrichsen (dag.henrichsen@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | Basel’s African diaspora histories have been repeatedly researched in various ways and publicized in various formats, including academic theses and monographs, and popularized by means of the city tour “Africa in Basel – an Urban Safari”. Much of the existing literature is in German and thus not accessible to a significant number of Basel’s African Studies students or members of the diaspora themselves. Similarly, Basel’s current academic African Studies research agendas rarely embrace Basel’s diaspora (histories) or explore, in particular, the experiences of (historical) African Studies scholars in Basel and their research agendas. The AMT (Archives, Methods, Theory) Übung aims at providing students with, firstly, an introduction to various existing archives (Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Mission 21, Basel State Archives). Methodologically speaking, the focus will be on assessing archival limitations and colonial epistemologies for collections curated within a city society built on Swissness and Whiteness. Secondly, students will be introduced to recording techniques in order to create new archives in collaboration with representatives of Basel’s current African diaspora (organizations) and African Studies scholars. Thirdly, auto/biographical approaches will be introduced, with particular reference to personal memories, experiences of discrimination, collective memorialization and placemaking practices. This entails reflections on conceptualizing (Basel´s) diasporas. The Übung collaborates with diaspora associations and African Studies scholars based in Basel and organizes a focused African diaspora workshop in late November 2024. A follow-up course in the Spring semester 2025 is planned, as are an exhibition and publication project for 2026. The Übung does provide Praktikums-/internship possiblities. |
| Bibliography | General: Paul Gilroy: The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. Harvard 1993. Achille Mbembe: Out of the Dark Night: Essays on Decolonization. New York 2022. Olivette Otele: African Europeans: an Untold History. London 2020. For Switzerland Hans Debrunner: Presence and Prestige: Africans in Europe. A History of Africans in Europe before 1918. Basel, 1979. Podcast series by Elisa da Costa 2023: Blackfluencers on Black and Afro-Swiss community https://zasb.unibas.ch/de/newsdetails/podcast-blackfluencers/ Arte documentary 2024: Being Black in Switzerland https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/099238-068-A/being-black-in-switzerland/ |
| Comments | Die Veranstaltung findet in den Räumen der Basler Afrika Bibliographien statt. |
| Admission requirements | Studierende der Geschichte aller Studienstufen sowie Studierende anderer Studienfächer, in deren Module die Übung verknüpft ist. Bei Überbelegung werden Studierende der Geschichte bevorzugt zugelassen. |
| Language of instruction | German |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 19.09.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 26.09.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 03.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 10.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 17.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 24.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 31.10.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 07.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 14.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 21.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 28.11.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 05.12.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 12.12.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Thursday 19.12.2024 | 10.15-12.00 | - Siehe Bemerkung, -- |
| Modules |
Modul: Archive / Medien / Theorien (Bachelor's degree subject: History) Modul: Areas: Afrika (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Modul: Ethnographien (Bachelor's degree subject: Anthropology) Modul: Praxis (Master's degree subject: History) Modul: Transfer: Archivpraxis (Master's degree program: European History in Global Perspective) Module: Fields: Knowledge Production and Transfer (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Interdisciplinary and Applied African Studies (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Societal Approaches (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Aktive Teilnahme. |
| 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 |