Research and Methods

Course Description

Interdisciplinary research is a central foundation in African American and African (or Africana) Studies. Understanding the most pertinent issues of Black identity around the world requires a multilayered approach. How, for example, could we understand African American civil rights activism without economics, psychology, race, history, philosophy, religion, gender, and national laws? This course is an introduction to the foundational research and writing practices that shape Africana Studies and each of its interconnected disciplines. Together we will interrogate and challenge traditionally accepted social, political, and cultural knowledge in several academic disciplines by expanding their boundaries. As a community of scholars, we will employ the methods of several pioneering researchers to craft our own projects. Drawing on archival material, interdisciplinary methods, and Africana theory, you will formulate your own critical questions and answers as you think about specific issues of ethnicity, race, class, gender, spirituality, nationality, social and political justice, education, public health, or public representation.

Code

21:014:411

Credits

3

Subject

Africana Studies

Programs That Include This Course

• Minor Minor in Africana Studies (Newark)