This seminar brings together various methodological and theoretical approaches to interpreting Africana life, culture, thought, and politics. Focusing largely on emergent scholarship, we will examine a selection of humanistic and social scientific studies of various local, national, and international contexts. These texts demonstrate the ways in which innovative interdisciplinary methods are crucial for understanding the complexity of the Africana world. The key question guiding the seminar is, “How do scholars of Africana Studies come to devise their research questions and why are these questions important for humanistic and social scientific inquiry?” (Not offered 2024-25).

Prerequisite: General Studies 237 or consent of instructor.

1 unit

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