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African Studies and the Undergraduate Curriculum / ed. by Patricia Alden, Ahmed I. Samatar, David Lloyd.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781555874452
  • 9781685858667
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 960.071/1 23//eng/20230721eng
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

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