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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
Moodle

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Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

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

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Aims, contents and method of the course

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.

Assessment and permitted materials

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.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

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.

Association in the course directory

SAS/A

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