Introduction to Africana Studies: Examining the Spatial Dynamics That Constitute Diasporic Life
AFAM 101
Spring 2023
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate |
In this course students will be introduced to the political-intellectual projects that have informed Africana thought, such as Negritude, Cimarronaje, and Garveyism. To understand the breadth of Africana interventions requires a geographic lens. That said, students will examine the spatial dynamics (structures and experiences) that constitute diasporic life. One problematic that students will consider is the extent to which the transatlantic has dominated representations of diasporic life. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFAM-MN)(AFAM)(CBST-MN)(CSCT) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Michel-Rolph Trouillot, SILENCING THE PAST
W. E. B. Du Bois, BLACK RECONSTRUCTION
C. L. R. James, THE BLACK JACOBINS
Frantz Fanon, THE WRETCHED OF THE EARTH
Saidiya Hartman, LOSE YOUR MOTHER
Angela Davis, LECTURES ON LIBERATION
W. E. B. Du Bois, THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, HOW WE GET FREE
Hortense Spillers, MAMA'S BABY, PAPA'S MAYBE
Sylvia Wynter, ON HOW WE MISTOOK THE MAP FOR THE TERRITORY
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Examinations and Assignments:
Four in-class examinations and one justificatory essay (3,000 words) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Johnson,Khalil Anthony Times: ..T.R.. 08:50AM-10:10AM; Location: FISK121; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 4 | JR major: 4 | | |
| Seats Available: 11 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 5 | FR: 10 |
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