Spring term 2007 HONORS ANG 4354 ANTHROPOLOGY OF MODERN AFRICA Tues. 8-10 periods Dr. Anita Spring, Professor Section #6289 Office Hrs: Tues. 10-1:00 PM 113 flint Hall & by appointment, 392-7201 (x 308) Exam group 3D email: ant4354@yahoo.com This course studies African cultures, focusing on rural and urban societies in the modern period in terms of contemporary problems and trends. The course covers the following topics: Conceptions and misconceptions about Africa; Classification schemes old and new (geographic, Africanity, civilizations; triple heritage); Kinship and family; Rural and Urban societies and economies; Environment and natural resource management; Gender issues, women in development; Religious and philosophical systems; Ethnic conflict and the new states; Bureaucracies, corruption, development; Refugees, human rights South Africa: end of apartheid and contemporary problems Population, health, sexuality, HIV/AIDS; Entrepreneurship and business The course will be taught using multimedia techniques, lectures, audiovisual materials, and student participation. As the class only meets once per week, the reading assignments should be completed before coming to class. Requirements: (1) Attendance, map quiz, and good spirits (10%) (2) Paper about 6 pages (30%) (3) 3 Short briefs (2 pages each) on Taking Sides issues (30%) (4) Final exam take home (30%) Required Books, Reader/Workbook at Orange and Blue Textbooks 1. Reader of Articles and Workbook (maps, newspaper articles, lecture notes of multimedia presentations, etc.) 2. Taking Sides 3. Hansen, Karen: Keeping House in Lusaka 1
COURSE OUTLINE BY TOPIC R = Reader: Articles; W = Workbook; TS = Taking Sides BRING ALL READINGS AND WORKBOOK TO CLASS FOR EVERY CLASS Weeks 1&2 Jan. 9 Jan 16 MYTHS AND STEREOTYPES, CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES: AFRICANITY, CIVILIZATIONS OF AFRICA Multimedia presentations Reader: Keim: Africans Live in Tribes, Don t They? R1.1 Maquet: The Contents of Africanity R1.2 Peil and Oyeneye: Cities and Differentiation R1.3 1.4 Workbook: Maps (W1-18); Multimedia Lectures WB1-4; News Articles WG3-4 Week 3 THE TRIPLE HERITAGE, GEOGRAPHY OF THE CONTINENT Jan. 23 Reader: Nyang oro: Africa s Environmental Problems R2.1 Hitchcock and Bisesle: The Ju/ Honansi San of Nyae Nyae Namibia R2.3 Workbook: Multimedia Lectures WB5-8; D2 Week 4 Jan.30 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, RURAL ECONOMIES; AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY Slides: Gender Issues in Agricultural Development--Malawi Reader: Dorm-Adzobu and Ampadu-Agyeu: Women in the Mobisquads, Ghana R2.2 Picard: Listening to and Learning from African Women Farmers, R3.1 Spring: Ag. Commercialization and Women Farmers in Kenya R3.2 Issue 10: Is Food Production Incapable of Keeping up with Population Growth? Issue 12: Is Sub-Saharan Africa Experiencing a Deforestation Crisis? Workbook:Maps review; News Articles D1-3 Map Quiz: Jan. 30 Week 5 Feb. 6 KINSHIP, FAMILY AND AGING Film: Two Families ( Ancient film) Reader: Edwards: Morality & Change: Family Unity &Parental Authority R5.1 Cattell: The Discourse of Neglect: Family Support for the Elderly R5.2 Hakansson and LeVine: Gender and the Life Course R5.3 Ssennyonga: Polygyny and Resource Allocation R4 Ardayfio-Schandorf: The Family in Ghana R5.5 Moeno: Family Life in Soweto South Africa R5.6 Bass and Sow: Senegalese families: Ethnicity, History. R5.7 Workbook: Multimedia lectures: Kinship, Genealogy, Residence Rules WB 9-11 Brief 1 (Part 3 of Taking Sides) due Feb. 8 Week 6 Feb. 13 FAMILY, CONTINUED; GENDER ISSUES: TRADITIONAL ROLES & CURRENT CONFLICTS Reader: Ogden: Producing Respect, Proper Woman in Kampala R6.1 Morell: The Times of Change: Men and Masculinity 9.3 Workbook: Workbook: Multimedia Lectures WB12, C1-10; D16 2
Week 7 Continued Feb. 20 Reading: Alcou: Nationalism w/out a Nation: Somali Women in Minnesota R6.3 Ivaska: Anti-mini Militants meet Modern Misses Gender Tanzania R6.4 Issue13: Should Female Genital Cutting be Accepted? Issue 14: Are Women in a Position to Challenge Male Power Structures? Workbook: C3-9; D1 Week 8 EDUCATION, YOUTH, SEXUALITY, SLAVERY Feb.27 Reader: Peil and Oyeneye: Education R4.5 Komba-Malekela and Liljestrom: Looking for Men R6.2 Workbook: News Articles WB1-8, C1-2,10 Brief 2 (Part 4 Taking Sides) due March 1 *( Note: topics on AIDS not discussed yet) Week 9 Mar. 6 URBAN AFRICA: KEEPING HOUSE IN LUSAKA Slides and powerpoints on urban Africa Reading: Peil and Oyeneye: Cities Hansen: Keeping House in Lusaka Week 10 POPULATION, MALARIA AND HIV/AIDS Mar. 20 Readings: Van Niekerk: Moral and Social Complexities of AIDS R7.1 Kopelman: If HIV/AIDS is Punishment: Who is Bad R7.3 Reader: Dilger: Sexuality, AIDS and the Lures of Modernity, R7.2 Issue: 15 Should International Drug Companies Provide HIV/AIDS Drugs? Issue 16: Is Sexual Promiscuity a Major Reason for HIV/AIDS? Workbook: News Articles on Malaria and HIV/AIDS WD4-5 and E1-12 Paper due March 22, Kinship and Family: Rural and Urban Week 11 Mar. 27 RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS Slides: Luvale Puberty Ceremonies Reader: Moyo: Religion in Africa R4.1 Ntukula: The Initiation Rite R4.2 Renders: Muslim Organizations Discourse of Development in Senegal R4.3 Workbook: Multimedia Lectures W13-16; News Articles F1-3, 8 Week 12 BUREAUCRACIES, CORRUPTION, ETHNICITY, DEVELOPMENT April 3 Reader: Peil and Oyeneye: Differentiation R5.5 Mbaku: Institutions and Reform in Africa R8.2 Eames: Navigating Nigerian Bureaucracies R8.1 Taking Sides: Duscussion Issue 19: Are African Governments Inherently Disposed to Corruption? Issue 6: Are NGOs more Effective at Facilitating Development? Workbook: Multimedia Lectures W17; News Articles 7, 9 3
Brief 3 (Parts 2 and 5 Taking Sides) due April 5 Week 13 April 10 SOUTH AFRICA: END OF APARTHEID AND CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS Reader: Furlong: South Africa R9.1 Bratton: After Mandela's Miracle in South Africa R9.2 Workbook: Multimedia Lecture W18-19; News Articles on South Africa WA1-8 Week 14 &15 ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS AND GLOBALIZATION April 17; 24 Reader: Spring and McDade: Entrepreneurship in Africa: Traditional and Contemporary Paradigms (will be emai1ed) Spring: Gender and the Range of Entrepreneurial Strategies R10.2 Hansen: Salaula: The World of Second-hand Clothing in Zambia R10.3 Workbook: WG1-2, 5-6 Take Home Exam due on or before May 3, 2006 at 4:00 in my mailbox in the Anthropology Office, 1112 Turlington. Please ask one of the secretaries to certify the day and time. 4
Briefs: Taking Sides: Choose one from each Part Total 3 (2 pages each); Instructions will be given Part 3 Issue 10 (7): Is Food Production Incapable of Keeping up with Population Growth? Issue 12 (10): Is Sub-Saharan Africa Experiencing a Deforestation Crisis? Part 4 Issue 13 (11): Should Female Genital Cutting be Accepted? Issue 14 (16): Are Women in a Position to Challenge Male Power Structures? Issue 15 (12) Should International Drug Companies Provide HIV/AIDS Drugs? Issue 16 (14): Is Sexual Promiscuity a Major Reason for HIV/AIDS? Parts 2 and 5 Issue 6 (4): Are NGOs more Effective at Facilitating Development? Issue 19 (19) Is Corruption the Result of Poor African Leadership? UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA POLICIES Honesty. As a result of completing the registration form at the University of Florida, every student has signed the following statement: "I understand that the University of Florida expects its students to be honest in all their academic work. I agree to adhere to this commitment to academic honesty and understand that my failure to comply with this commitment may result in disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the University." Accommodation for students with disabilities. Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation. UF Counseling Service. Resources are available on-campus for students having personal problems or lacking clear career and academic goals that interfere with their academic performance. These resources include: 1. University Counseling Center, 301 Peabody Hall, 392-1575, personal and career counseling; 2. Student Mental Health, Student Health Care Center, 392-1171, personal counseling; 3. Sexual Assault Recovery Services (SARS), Student Health Care Center, 392-1161, sexual counseling; 4. Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, 392-1601, career development assistance and counseling. Software Use. All faculty, staff, and students of the University are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such violations are also against University policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. 5