Courses - Fall 2024
AASP478G
Humanities Topics in African American Studies; Plants & Diaspora: Black and Indigenous Environmental History
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, P-F, Aud
Cross-listed with HIST419O. Credit only granted for HIST419O or AASP478G.
Reading seminar investigating the African Diaspora in the Americas through several plants, such as mangroves, sesame, rice, oil palm, coconut palm, cassava, and peanuts. Students analyze environmental histories of slavery, colonialism, and rebellion and explore how Black and Indigenous experiences shaped landscapes of extraction, freedom, and justice.
Reading seminar investigating the African Diaspora in the Americas through several plants, such as mangroves, sesame, rice, oil palm, coconut palm, cassava, and peanuts. Students analyze environmental histories of slavery, colonialism, and rebellion and explore how Black and Indigenous experiences shaped landscapes of extraction, freedom, and justice.
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