Viewing: HIST 078 C1: The African Diaspora

Last approved: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:36:15 GMT

Last edit: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 22:11:25 GMT

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First Name	Last Name	Userid	Title	Home School	Org Short Name
Roquinaldo	Ferreira	rfer	PROFESSOR A	School of Arts and Sciences	History

Course Subject

HISTORY

Course Number

078

Start Term

Spring 2019

Committee Term

Fall 2018

Course Title

The African Diaspora

Course Description

This class examines the cultural and social ramifications of the African diaspora on a global level. It is divided into two major sections. The first section provides the historical background to the African diaspora by focusing on the forced migration of Africans to Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Americas. We will then delve into the black experience in French and British colonial spaces. In this section, we will also endeavor to move beyond the Atlantic-centric paradigm in studies of the African diaspora by examining free and unfree migrations of African people across the Indian Ocean to places as far away as India and the Philippines. The second half of the class devotes significant attention to the historical legacy of slavery and colonialism in places like Brazil, Cuba and the United States. In this section, we will discuss such issues as race relations, the struggle for civil rights for African-descent people as well as the emergence and the implementation of affirmative action policies in places like Brazil and the US.

Also Offered As

AFRC - Course AFRC not Found
LALS - Course LALS not Found

Syllabus

African Diaspora Syllabus.doc

Course Frequency

Every Other Term

Foundational Approach

Term Offered

Course usually offered in spring term

Foundational Approaches

Cross Cultural Analysis

Format

Instructor Name

Roquinaldo Ferreira

Instructor Type

Standing Faculty

Instructor Status

Standing Faculty

Place in Curriculum

Instructor's objectives

My goal is to provide students with analytical tools to understand the African diaspora as global historical phenomenon

Methods of Assessment

Number and size of paper(s) assigned

Two short essays

Number and type of exams

Two in-class written exams

Other Requirements

Cross Cultural Analysis

How does the course examine the social values, institutions, and patterns of organization of a culture from within its own perspective?

This class is deeply rooted in perspectives and actions by local actors

How does the course consider the relationships AMONG the following aspects of the culture(s) in question: art, religion, literature, philosophy, social behavior and institutions, and responses to other cultures?

I see culture as composite, not monolithic. This class considers local and translocal ramifications of the cultures of the African diaspora. It will address several aspects mentioned above, such as literature, religion, and art, which will be framed in a comparative and transnational frame.

If the course focuses on a particular element in a culture, can you explain how it relates that element to other more general aspects?

The class focuses on several aspects of the cultures of the African diaspora

How does the course teach students the methods required for sensitive and critical cultural analysis, such as the informed reading of texts, artifacts, and social institutions?

Sensitive and critical cultural analysis are central to this class. In my class, subaltern groups take center stage and are agents of their own histories. I favor social histories from below that draw deeply on social and cultural experiences of individuals usually left out of historical narratives

Cultural Diversity in the US

The course should examine one or more of the following forms of differentiation: race/ethnicity, immigrant status, social class, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliation. Which does it emphasize?

The course may emphasize a comparative perspective within a particular classification scheme (for example, African Americans and Hispanics). If so, please describe:

The course may examine the intersection between two or more of these means of differentiation (for example, race and immigrant status, minority status and sexual orientation). If so, please describe:

The course should address issues of inequality, stratification, and power. Please explain how it does so.

What is the primary method of analysis for the course? (For example, analysis of social scientific data, critical reading of literature, and so forth.)

Quantitative Data Analysis

Prerequisites

None

Who is the course intended for?

Sample assignments or exam questions.

Do students actively analyze and interpret quantitative data? Explain.

Do students interpret quantitative data to evaluate hypotheses and/or to understand phenomena in the real world? Explain.

What types of quantitative analyses are included in the course? For example, do students learn concepts of random variability and elementary level of statistical analysis of data?

Formal Reasoning

Do students learn formal structures of thought and how to apply them to understand phenomena in the real world? Explain.

If the course also engages students in the statistical analysis of empirical data, is the preponderance of attention give to formal structures implicated in deductive reasoning rather than on inductive reasoning from data to empirical generalizations? Explain.

Types of Analysis: What types of formal analysis are included in the course? For example, do students learn concepts of mathematics, formal logic, formal linguistics, computation and algorithmic thinking, decision theory, or some combination of these?

Administrative Fields

College reason for proposal

Committee

Committee Reader

Administrative Status

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History

Viewing: HIST 078 C1: The African Diaspora

Last approved: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:36:15 GMT

Last edit: Fri, 07 Sep 2018 22:11:25 GMT

Foundational Approach

Methods of Assessment

Cross Cultural Analysis

Cultural Diversity in the US

Quantitative Data Analysis

Formal Reasoning

Administrative Fields