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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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023] ©1994 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
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Table of 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