SA3059 Colonial and Post-Colonial Representations

2024 to 2025 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 9

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Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

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Module coordinator

Dr M C Frankland

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Module Staff

Dr Stan Frankland

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Module description

How do 'we' see Africa? How does Africa 'look' back? Drawing our examples from visual media, we will explore how the colonial imaginations of Africa, from Tarzan to Tribe, have distorted our knowledge of the continent. How does this particular version of Orientalism work? How does it shape ideas of anthropology, tourism, conservation and development? Has decolonisation and post-colonialism changed this? Including the works of such filmmakers as Rouch, Sembene and Teno, we will see how Africa has come to 'shoot' back and challenge the way 'we' see the world.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS SA2001 AND PASS SA2002

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment