African Studies and the Undergraduate Curriculum /
African Studies and the Undergraduate Curriculum /
ed. by Patricia Alden, Ahmed I. Samatar, David Lloyd.
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: African Studies Within U.S. Liberal Arts Education -- PART ONE INTERCULTURALISM AND AFRICAN STUDIES -- 1 Between Cultures: Toward a Redefinition of Liberal Education -- 2 Triumphalism, Tarzan, and Other Influences: Teaching About Africa in the 1990s -- 3 Deposing Tarzan, or Teaching About Africa in the Post-Cold War Era: A Commentary on Joel Samoff -- PART TWO REASSESSMENTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS -- 4 Transnational Cultural Studies and the U.S. University -- 5 I Think You Should Hear Voices When You Look at African Art -- 6 Beyond Boundaries in the Humanities: A Response to Neil Lazarus -- 7 New Directions: Teaching Economics to Undergraduates in African Studies -- 8 Learning by Disagreeing: Comments on Ann Seidman -- 9 From Periphery to Center: African History in the Undergraduate Curriculum -- 10 Teaching African History in U.S. Colleges: A Discussion of Thomas Spear -- 11 Teaching African Science: Notes on "Common Sense," "Tribal War/' and the "End of History" -- 12 Science from Africa and Science About Africa: Comments on Ben Wisner -- 13 Information Dynamics for African Studies: Resources in Libraries and Beyond -- PART THREE PROGRAMS ABROAD -- 14 Developing an Approach to Integrated Study in a Non-Western Context: The St. Lawrence University Kenya Semester Program -- 15 Nowhere to Hide: Perspectives on an African Foreign-Study Program -- 16 "The Walk Liberating": Africa Abroad as an Undergraduate Experience -- 17 Inside or Outside the University? The Conundrum of U.S. Undergraduates in Africa -- PART FOUR THE EVOLUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN AFRICAN STUDIES -- 18 Africa, Undergraduate Teaching, and Title VI African Studies Centers -- 19 Accidents in African Studies: Africa in the Curriculum at the University of Richmond -- 20 Underdevelopment and Self-Reliance in Building African Studies: Some Pedagogical, Policy, and Practical Political Issues at the College of Charleston -- 21 Program Building: Some Principles and Lessons -- 22 Tufanye Kazi Pamoja: The Association of African Studies Programs -- PART FIVE CONCLUSION -- 23 Concluding Remarks -- The Contributors -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This collection of critical debates--intended for teachers of African studies and others interested in incorporating non-Western perspectives in the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum--reflects the changing educational and sociocultural contexts of the last decade.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555874452 9781685858667
10.1515/9781685858667 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.
960.071/1
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: African Studies Within U.S. Liberal Arts Education -- PART ONE INTERCULTURALISM AND AFRICAN STUDIES -- 1 Between Cultures: Toward a Redefinition of Liberal Education -- 2 Triumphalism, Tarzan, and Other Influences: Teaching About Africa in the 1990s -- 3 Deposing Tarzan, or Teaching About Africa in the Post-Cold War Era: A Commentary on Joel Samoff -- PART TWO REASSESSMENTS AND NEW DIRECTIONS -- 4 Transnational Cultural Studies and the U.S. University -- 5 I Think You Should Hear Voices When You Look at African Art -- 6 Beyond Boundaries in the Humanities: A Response to Neil Lazarus -- 7 New Directions: Teaching Economics to Undergraduates in African Studies -- 8 Learning by Disagreeing: Comments on Ann Seidman -- 9 From Periphery to Center: African History in the Undergraduate Curriculum -- 10 Teaching African History in U.S. Colleges: A Discussion of Thomas Spear -- 11 Teaching African Science: Notes on "Common Sense," "Tribal War/' and the "End of History" -- 12 Science from Africa and Science About Africa: Comments on Ben Wisner -- 13 Information Dynamics for African Studies: Resources in Libraries and Beyond -- PART THREE PROGRAMS ABROAD -- 14 Developing an Approach to Integrated Study in a Non-Western Context: The St. Lawrence University Kenya Semester Program -- 15 Nowhere to Hide: Perspectives on an African Foreign-Study Program -- 16 "The Walk Liberating": Africa Abroad as an Undergraduate Experience -- 17 Inside or Outside the University? The Conundrum of U.S. Undergraduates in Africa -- PART FOUR THE EVOLUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN AFRICAN STUDIES -- 18 Africa, Undergraduate Teaching, and Title VI African Studies Centers -- 19 Accidents in African Studies: Africa in the Curriculum at the University of Richmond -- 20 Underdevelopment and Self-Reliance in Building African Studies: Some Pedagogical, Policy, and Practical Political Issues at the College of Charleston -- 21 Program Building: Some Principles and Lessons -- 22 Tufanye Kazi Pamoja: The Association of African Studies Programs -- PART FIVE CONCLUSION -- 23 Concluding Remarks -- The Contributors -- About the Book
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This collection of critical debates--intended for teachers of African studies and others interested in incorporating non-Western perspectives in the undergraduate liberal arts curriculum--reflects the changing educational and sociocultural contexts of the last decade.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781555874452 9781685858667
10.1515/9781685858667 doi
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.
960.071/1