Universität Wien

140216 VO The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond (2016S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
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Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

  • Dienstag 08.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 15.03. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 05.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 12.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 19.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 26.04. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 03.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 10.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 24.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 31.05. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 07.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 14.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 21.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10
  • Dienstag 28.06. 13:00 - 15:00 Inst. f. Afrikawissenschaften, Seminarraum 4 UniCampus Hof 5 2M-O1-10

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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

The Chinese diaspora in Africa has been studied from different perspectives, including the sociopolitical, the socioeconomic, and the sociocultural. This course begins with background analysis of the Chinese presence in Africa, and then focuses on sociocultural linguistics, giving course participants the opportunity to explore, in a different geographical setting, key areas in linguistics, such as contact linguistics/contact grammars, linguistic communities, language and identity, language and communication, and the recent idea of ‘diaspora linguistics’ within which concepts like linguistic repertoires and heritage grammars are salient. The course goes beyond these sociocultural linguistic concepts to explore wider issues about Chinese links to other parts of the world through the formation of diaspora communities (such as Chinese in Vienna) and what implications this has for conceptualizing Africa-China studies as area studies within a global context.

Methods: lectures, student presentations, guest lectures, visits to Chinese diaspora community settings.

Goals: To provide learners with a broad, interdisciplinary introduction to the Chinese Diaspora in Africa.
To give learners the opportunity to study some socio-cultural linguistic insights into Chinese diasporas.
To provide learners the opportunity to understand general insights about the experiences and the role of the Chinese diaspora in Africa’s relations with the outside world.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Course assessment will be either (i) in form of a written exam on the last day of course or (ii) a term paper to be submitted on the last of the course or shortly thereafter.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

The course materials and other kinds of literature comprise books, journal papers, news articles, and websites on major discussions about Africa-China relations. A sample of these is listed as follows:

Freeman, Carla. 2015. Handbook on China and Developing Countries. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Tiezzi, S. 2015. The New China-Africa Relations: 4 Trends to Watch. The Diplomat: http://thediplomat.com/2015/12/the-new-china-africa-relations-4-trends-to-watch/
Li, A. 2014. Similarities between Chinese culture and African cultureWith reference to what China can learn from Africa. West Asia and Africa, 1, 49-63.
Bodomo, A. 2012. Africans in China: A sociocultural study and its implications for Africa China relations, Cambria Press, NY.
Bodomo, A. B. 2009. Africa-China relations: symmetry, soft power, and South Africa. The China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Fall 2009), 169-178.
Shen, S. 2009. A Constructed (Un)reality on China’s Re-entry into Africa: The Chinese Online Community Perception of Africa (2006-2008). The Journal of Modern African Studies, Vol.47 (3), pp. 425-448.
Strauss, Julia and Martha Saavedra. 2009. China and Africa: Emerging Patterns in Globalization and Development. China Quarterly.
African Center for Economic Transformation. 2009. Looking East: China-Africa EngagementsGhana Country Case Study, Accra, Ghana: http://acetforafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Looking-East-Ghana-China-Case-Study-2010.pdf
Brautigam, D., & Tang, X. Y. 2011. African Shenzhen: China’s special economic zones in Africa. Journal of Modern African Studies, 49(1), 2754.
Li, A. 2007. China’s Engagement in Africa: Singular Interest or Mutual Benefit. Paper presented at Heinrich Boell Foundation Expert Round Table on ‘Resource Governance in Africa in the 21th Century’ March 26-28, 2007, Berlin, Germany.

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

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Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:34