African Studies and the Undergraduate Curriculum / / ed. by Patricia Alden, Ahmed I. Samatar, David Lloyd.
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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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Other title: | 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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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781685858667 9783110784268 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781685858667 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Patricia Alden, Ahmed I. Samatar, David Lloyd. |