AFRO 4105 is also offered in Spring 2024
AFRO 4105 is also offered in Fall 2022
AFRO 4105 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2021 | AFRO 4105 Section 001: Ways of Knowing in Africa and the African Diaspora (66554)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option No Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (15 of 18 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Impact of European knowledge systems on African world. How peoples on African continent and across African diaspora have produced/defined knowledge. Continuity/change in the way African peoples have thought about and left their epistemological imprints upon the world.
- Class Description:
- This course will examine the knowledge systems, ways of knowing, and worldviews of African, African American, and African diasporic peoples, as well as the impact of European knowledge systems on the African world. A key concern is how peoples on the African continent and across the African diaspora have produced and defined knowledge. The perspective is comparative and will emphasize epistemological properties, worldviews, and modes of transmission associated with the peoples of the African world.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/66554/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 March 2015
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2021 African Amer & African Studies Classes