非洲研究哲学博士

在过去的二十年中，目睹了两种主要但相对的方法来研究非洲与非洲侨民之间的联系。两者都试图为非洲研究的传统模式提供替代方案。以非洲为中心的模式倾向于关注历史悠久的非洲，尤其是非洲过去的伟大文明。除了那些反映某些非洲（特别是西非）文化元素的连续性或保留性的黑人文化方面，它几乎没有对散居侨民给予任何关注。最好将第二种模式描述为“黑大西洋”方法，它对非洲大陆的关注很少，但关注的是整个西方世界中非洲裔的人。这种方法尤其与身份形成，杂交，融合和克里奥尔式化有关。我们的教学重点既没有浪漫化，也没有忽视历史和当代非洲。它试
The past twenty years have witnessed two dominant but opposing approaches to the study of the interconnections between Africa and the African Diaspora. Both seek to provide alternatives to traditional models of Africana Studies. The Afrocentric model has tended to focus on historical Africa, particularly the great civilizations of the African past. It has given little attention to the Diaspora, except to those aspects of black culture that reflect a continuum or retention of elements of certain African (specifically West African) cultures. The second model may best be described as a Black Atlantic approach, it has given little attention to the African continent, but has focused on persons of African descent throughout the Western world. This approach is especially concerned with identity formation, hybridity, syncretism, and creolization. Our pedagogical focus neither romanticizes nor ignores historical and contemporary Africa. It seeks to break current conceptualizations of the African Diaspora that only consider West Africa, Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and Brazil. While these areas will continue to be important, we hope to expand an understanding of Diaspora that includes all of Spanish speaking Latin America, East Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific as well.