ANTH V2013 - Africa in the 21st Century: Aesthetics, Culture, Politics

Institution:

Columbia University in the City of New York

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Description:

This course explores the relationship between indigenous and twenty-first century aesthetics, social, economic and political relationships in Africa. Students will be encouraged to examine aesthetic traditions in terms of the individual and social aspirations they embody, commerce through the geographies of exchange that articulate with specific resources, and politics through the diverse modes of sociality that prevail in different regions. Global Core.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.columbia.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-1754

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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