Course - Ethnicity and Kinship - AFR2110
AFR2110
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.
Ethnicity and Kinship
Credits
7.5
Level
Intermediate course, level II
Course start
Autumn 2010
Duration
1 semester
Language of instruction
Norwegian
Examination arrangement
Written examination
About
About the course
Course content
The course explores some important aspects of African identities, particularly those connected with ethnicity and kinship. Ethnic identities are closely related both to culture and to political movements (nationalism, democratisation) and are often depicted as the background to bloody conflicts in Africa. Ethnic multiplicity is, however, a universal trait of most African societies, not only those characterised by conflict. The course offers an insight to the role of kinship and ethnicity for individual rights and identity formation in today's Africa.
Learning outcome
Understand some important aspects of African identities, particularly those connected to ethnicity, culture and environment.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures
Compulsory assignments
- 2 approved exercises
Recommended previous knowledge
AFR1000, AFR1002, AFR1110 og AFR2850.
Required previous knowledge
None
Course materials
See reading list.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| AFR1009 | 7.5 sp |
Subject areas
- Africa Studies
- Social Sciences
- Social Anthropology
Contact information
Examination
Examination
Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Letters
Ordinary examination - Autumn 2010
Skriftlig
Weighting
100/100
Date
2010-12-06
Time
09:00
Duration
4 timer
Place and room
Not specified yet.
Ordinary examination - Spring 2011
Skriftlig
Weighting
100/100
Date
2011-06-09
Time
09:00
Duration
4 timer
Place and room
Not specified yet.