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Ethnicity and the State in Africa
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Till Förster |
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Seminar
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| Wann |
Mo 10-12 Uhr |
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Ethnologisches Seminar |
| Sprechstunde |
nach Vereinbarung |
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Inhalt |
| Ethnicity has been one of the major concerns of the colonial as well as the post-colonial state in Africa. However, the approach to this crucial issue underwent a significant metamorphosis from the late 19th century till the first years of the 21st century. This course examines the changing role of ethnicity in processes of state formation and change as well as in anthropological interpretations of these processes. While colonial anthropology tended to look at ethnic groups as unchanging entities, anthropologists now look at the various ways people express their differences from others and how they use ethnic labels as instruments in the political arenas of post-colonial society. Moreover, processes of globalization are linked to increasing ethnic heterogeneity which, in turn, is often interpreted as a challenge to the sovereignty of the post-colonial African state.
There is an enormous amount of publications on ethnicity in general. However, the necessity to combine methodological approaches from the political sciences with the more qualitative research in anthropology hasn’t led to many publications. The course therefore will try to address questions from an interdisciplinary perspective. |
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Programm |
| Beginn: 17. November 2003
The course tries to introduce new modes of teaching and learning and is therefore organized as a workshop. Oral participation is essential and will form an important part of the course.
The program is organized in three parts:
- a lecture course of relevant literature.
- a series of oral presentations, accompanied by handouts of two to three pages each, addressing key questions of part one.
- a discussion of the topics emerging from the presentations.
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Literatur |
| Obligatory reading till the beginning of the course in November:
Eriksen, Thomas, Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives. London: Pluto, 1993, 22002.
Maybury-Lewis, David H.P., Indigenous Peoples, Ethnic Groups, and the State. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2002.
(A list of other recommended publications is accessible as download, right margin.)
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Bemerkungen |
| Teaching and communication in the course will be in English, but you may also use German. Papers may be written in English, French or German.
Papers (approx. 25 pages) are due by the end of the semester.
Prerequisites in Social Anthropology as major and in African Studies: Soziale Organisation/Social Organisation (Proseminar/module “Basics”) required. |
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Inhalt
Programm
Literatur
Bemerkungen
Download
Literaturliste (pdf)
Detailprogramm (pdf)
handout 1.12.03 (pdf)
handout 15.12.03 (pdf)
handout 5.1.04 (pdf)
1. handout 12.1.04 (pdf)
2. handout 12.1.04 (pdf)
handout 16.1.04 (pdf)
handout 19.1.04 (pdf)
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