Africa Network Pedagogy Workshop
Free. Online. Register above [REGISTRATION CLOSED @ 73 registrants].
Date: September 10, 2021
Time: 3-5 PM UTC/GMT
North America: 8-10 AM PDT, 10-12 AM CDT, 11 AM–1 PM US EDT
Europe: UK 4-6 PM BST; France 17-19 PM CEST
Africa: Senegal 3-5PM GMT; Nigeria 4-6 PM WAT;
South Africa 5-7 PM SAST; Kenya 6-8 PM EAT
In this 2-hour interactive (virtual) workshop we will explore how the pandemic is affecting or is likely to affect the teaching of Africa studies within the undergraduate curriculum. An opening panel will frame larger pedagogical issues to be discussed in breakout rooms during the second part of the workshop. Panelists will highlight how the global pandemic has made them rethink the way they design and teach African studies with the following broad questions in mind.
- In what ways is the pandemic (re)shaping Africa and the way the continent is represented?
- How can African responses to COVID be understood locally and globally?
- Will Covid-19 and its aftermath shape the ways in which Africa is taught?
- How can universities increase the presence of Africa throughout the undergraduate curriculum in the age of COVID inspired austerity?
Following the panelists, workshop will involve four breakout room discussions:
- Breakout room 1: Anti-racism and the Africa curriculum
- Breakout room 2: Representations of Africa
- Breakout room 3: Study Abroad and U.S. African Engagement in the Age of COVID
- Breakout Room 4: Centering Africa in Institutional Futures.
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