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AFRS14

Disaster, Displacement, Diaspora

Subject code

AFR

Course Number

S14

Department(s)

Instructor(s)

C. Shepard

Course Long Title

Disaster, Displacement, Diaspora

Description

This course examines how natural and social disasters cause dislocation and forced displacement in Black and indigenous communities. Students consider the natural and manmade calamities that cause movement and migration, and analyze how communities survive such shifts by refashioning old notions of home and by keeping community bonds strong while settling in new spaces.

Writing Credit

No writing credit

Departmental Course Attributes - Major/Minor Requirements

(Africana: Diaspora)

INDS Program Relationship

IDAF - AFR Program