SJS 240 - The South African Anti-Apartheid Movement

Institution:

Point Park University

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Description:

This course explores the political geographies of South Africa from the establishment of apartheid in 1948 to the present post-apartheid age. Students will examine geographic studies and primary source material to discover the ways in which various global processes have woven their way into South Africa's landscapes over the past seventy years, and in turn, how South Africa's political geographies have impacted global markets, politics, and practices. The first half of the course will take a detailed look at how the white-minority South African government geographically implemented and maintained apartheid according to a colonial logic of racial capitalism. The second half of the course will focus upon ways in which South Africans , Africans in neighboring states, and the broader international community organized to resist, and eventually end, apartheid. The course will thus serve as an historical case study of a relatively successful organizing and advocacy campaign for social justice. Course Objectives 1) Articulate a firm understanding of basic geographical concepts. 2) Explain how solidarity works politically and geographically. 3) Illustrate how race, geography, and capitalism are mutually constitutive. 4) Analyze the political geographies of South African apartheid and anti-apartheid movement.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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