Carleton University · ANTH 4620

Special Topics in Ethnography of Contemporary Africa

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Research-based seminar that explores the debates related to ethnographic research in (a) selected region(s) of Africa. Topics may include social movements, expressive cultures, religious practices, conflict, identity politics, political economy, colonialism and postcolonialism, migration and diaspora, health, race, gender, and climate change.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5209 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminar three hours a week.
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Research-based seminar that explores the debates related to ethnographic research in (a) selected region(s) of Africa. Topics may include social movements, expressive cultures, religious practices, conflict, identity politics, political economy, colonialism and postcolonialism, migration and diaspora, health, race, gender, and climate change.

  • Prerequisite(s): third-year standing or permission of the instructor.
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ANTH 5209 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminar three hours a week.

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