| Course Title: Topics in Africana Studies: 'Topologies of Self-Reliance and Solidarity in Collective Action in African Communities' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course will engage the students into looking at principles of self-reliance and solidarity in African communities. We will study cooperatives, burial societies, susu and tontines in West Africa, chama in East Africa, self-help groups and stokvels in South Africa, and sources ranging from proverbs and songs to speeches and government policy papers. The overarching goal of the course will be to learn from indigenous forms of solidarity and explore how they can be integrated with the rest of society and economy in a neoliberal world. Students will identify a case study, do a situational analysis and propose ways to integrate forms of solidarity with the national economy of their case study. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Mary Kinyanjui | mkinyanj@mtholyoke.edu |
| Holly Hanson (email: hhanson@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 413-538-2094) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Tuesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 123 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 4 credits of coursework in Africana Studies or any social science. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| EOS0002 | EOS-2: Organizations and Power | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor the Organizations and Power subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 11 | Available: 7 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |