CULANTH 122D - Development and Africa

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

Cultural Anthropology

Description:

Addresses the vexed issue of economic development in Africa ¿ its many failures, its occasional successes ¿ from the early colonial period to the present. Focuses especially on the transition from the 1960s ¿modernizing¿ moment to the millennium projects and humanitarian aid of the present. Will read the works of development experts, World Bank executives, anthropologists and historians, asking why this massively financed project has experienced such failure and exploring what can be done. Instructor: Piot

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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