CÉRIUM Summer School “Africa: not as ‘Dark’ as You Think” Twelve Specialists shed light on Today’s Africa Montréal July 5 to July 10 2010
This summer school is being offered in collaboration with the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and can be taken for credit by graduate students. (Course GEO6292B). The Centre for International Research and Studies at University of Montréal (CÉRIUM)
Course director:
Sandrine Perrot CÉRI-Political Science, Paris
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Coordinator:
David Ambrosetti Researcher CNRS-ISP Nanterre
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Assistant Coordinator:
Tsayi Mouvagha
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Location:
3744, rue Jean-Brillant Université de Montréal Montréal, QC, Canada
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Participants This course is intended for members of the public who are interested in international affairs and the world’s cultures and peoples, as well as for members of NGOs, public officials, diplomats, journalists, and business managers. The course is offered by the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and can be taken for credit (3 credits, GEO6292) by graduate students. Undergraduate students may also enroll provided they meet certain conditions.
Description This summer school aims to deconstruct clichéd notions of Africa and break with monochromatic analyses of the continent. Transcending the distorted media representations of Africa as the passive victim of war, famine, poverty and AIDS, this school intends to promote alternative, comprehensive, and unbiased interpretations by specialists in contemporary African processes. By integrating the views of scholars and practitioners, the program offers an exceptional standard of multidisciplinary education, combining the outlooks of political science, history, economy, and political anthropology. The course aims to comprehensively analyze and decipher the nuanced debates and challenges that,a plural, complex, and paradoxical Africa faces today.
Course structure The course is intensive and divided into three parts. In the first part, students will delve into the theoretical literature relevant to the school’s main themes during three seminars sessions lasting 3 hours each (9 hours). Each session will be organized around a discussion of required readings. Each student will be responsible for presenting one of the required readings to the seminar (choice of reading to be presented will be made in consultation with the course director). In the second part (36 hours), students will have the opportunity to interact with guest lecturers. A dozen scholars and practitioners from Africa, Canada, Europe and the U.S. will share their vision and knowledge of Africa. The sessions will be divided into two parts: a lead presentation (90 minutes) by a guest lecturer followed by a 15-minute response by one of his or her colleagues. This structure aims to promote exchanges between contributors and to stimulate debate. A discussion on the addressed topics and relevant readings will follow. In the last part of the school (9 hours), we will return to the seminar format (3 sessions lasting 3 hours each) in order to prepare participants to write their research papers.
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Students will present the subject of their research, their research questions, and their work plan. Readings Selected readings for each of the seminar meetings and conferences will be made available on the Summer School’s website to be accessed with a unique code assigned to each student.
Evaluation Students will be graded based on the following criteria: 1) Participation 2) Critical review / Note Reading 3) Research development 4) Research paper
10 % 25 % 15 % 40 %.
1) Participation: Participation will be evaluated according to attendance and the quality of contributions to the seminar and conference discussions during the Summer School. 2) Critical book review / Reading notes: This assignment will consist of the critical reading of a book or a set of articles (to be chosen in agreement with the course director). The assignment requires not just a reformulation of the views expressed in the literature, but will ask students to develop a critical argumentation to assess the selected readings. The review will be presented to the seminar during first part of the course. Students will also submit a written copy of their presentation, no later than Saturday, 10 July 2010. The critical review will be 2000-2500 words in length and will be evaluated as follows: Presentation of the literature and academic debate relevant to the topic of the reviewed text(s) Formulation of the central hypothesis and arguments of the text(s) Quality of argumentation supporting the critical reading analysis Structure and organization of text analysis Style, clarity, presentation
15 % 15 % 40 % 20 % 10 %
3) Research development: In the third part of the course, students will describe the progress of their research, both during seminar presentations and in writing. Students will be asked to present and substantiate their choice of subject, demonstrate its relevance, as well identify their research questions and working hypotheses. Students will also explain their research plan and discuss the main currents of the relevant literature (min. 5 major
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publications). The research development grade will assess students’ mastery of the literature and the issues relevant to the selected topic, as well as the soundness of their argumentation. A research development report (4-5 pages) must be submitted no later than Friday, July 16, 2010. 4) Research paper: The research paper should be 7000 words in length and its subject must be approved by the course director. It is the student's responsibility to contact education officials before the start of the summer school to discuss their research subject and obtain preliminary approval. The research paper must be submitted to the CERIUM secretariat no later than Tuesday, 14 August 2010, addressed to the attention of the school coordinator. The research paper will be given an individual grade out of 100 but will count for 50 percent of the final grade for the course. The evaluation criteria are as follows:
Summary Defining the subject: research question, hypothesis, methodology Development Sources: Relevance, style, presentation, etc.
5% 15 % 65 % 15 %
Deadlines
Critical review / Note Reading 10 July 2010 Research question, hypothesis, methodology and framework 16 July 2010 Final version 14 August 2010
Consultation The course director will be attending each conference and will be available for questions.
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Detailed course schedule Day 1 – 5 July 2010 8h30 - 9h00
The summer School welcomes its participants
9h00- 12h00 How and why African history has to be thought again Speaker
Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch Emeritus Professor Université Paris-7-Denis-Diderot
Commentator
Roland Marchal Researcher Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI) Sciences Po, Paris
Compulsory Readings : Coquery-Vidrovitch, C. 1988. Africa. Endurance and Change South of the Sahara, Berkeley, the University of California Press: 298-313. Coquery-Vidrovitch, C. 1997. African Women. A Modern History, Westview Press (Harpers Collins) : 1-5. Coquery-Vidrovitch, C. 2008. Africa and the Africans in the 19th century. A Turbulent History. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NJ: 189-210. . 11h30-12h00 Information Session for Credited Students 13h30-16h30 Africa and its construction as subject: methodological introduction Speaker
Sandrine Perrot CÉRI-Political Science, Paris
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Commentator
David Ambrosetti Researcher CNRS-ISP Nanterre
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Compulsory Readings : Achille Mbembe (2001), “Introduction”, On the Postcolony. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1-23.
Michael O. West and William G. Martin, “The Rival Africas and paradigms of Africanists and Africans at home and Abroad”, in William G. Martin and Michael O. West (eds), Out of One, Many Africas : Reconstructing the Study and Meaning of Africa, Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1999, 1-31.
P. Chabal et P. Daloz (1999), “A new paradigm: the political instrumentalisation of disorder” (chapter 10), in Africa works, Disorder as Political Instrument, Indiana University press, 141-163.
Valentin Mudimbe (1988), The invention of Africa, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, Bloomington-Indianapolis Indiana University Press, 14-36.
18h00 à 19h30
Opening Cocktail
Day 2 – 6 July 2010 9h00-12h00 Conflicts in Africa: a critical reading Speaker
Sandrine Perrot Researcher CERI-Sciences Po, Paris
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Commentator
Lori-Anne Théroux Bénoni Project Director Réseau des opérations de paix (ROP)
Compulsory Readings : Collier, P. et Sambanis N. (2000) “Understanding civil wars: a new agenda”, The Journal of Conflict resolution 46 (1): 3-12. Jeremy Weinstein (2007), Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence, New York: Cambridge University Press: 1-22. Kaldor, M. (1999) New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in A Global Era. Stanford: Stanford University Press: 72-94 Kalyvas, S. (2001) “New and Old Civil Wars: A valid distinction?” World Politics, 10 (54): 99-118. Paul Richards, Figthing for the rain forest: War, youth and resources in Sierra Leone, pp. xiii-xxix.
13h30-16h30 Humanitarian Action and Peace Operations in Africa Speaker
David Ambrosetti Postdoctoral Fellow Université de Montréal Researcher Institut des Sciences sociales du Politique Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre
Commentator
Claire Fehrenbach Executive Director Handicap International Canada
Compulsory Readings :
Barnett, Michael N., « UN Security Council, Indifference, and Genocide in Rwanda », Cultural Anthropology, vol. 12, n° 4, 1997, p. 551-578.
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de Waal, Alex, “The Humanitarian Carnival: a Celebrity Vogue”, World Affairs, vol. 171, n° 2, 2008, p. 43-55. Franke, Benedikt, and Romain Esmenjaud, “Who Owns African Ownership? The Africanisation of Security and its Limits”, South African Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2008, p.137-158. Optional readings: Bellamy, Alex J., “Whither the Responsibility to Protect? Humanitarian Intervention and the 2005 World Summit”, Ethics and International Affairs, vol. 20, n° 2, 2006, p. 143169. Paris, Roland, “International Peacebuilding and the ‘Mission Civilisatrice’”, Review of International Studies, vol. 28, n° 4, octobre 2002, p. 637-656.
Day 3 – 7 July 2010 9h00-12h00 From structural adjustment programs to the Millennium Development Goals: assessing international aid policies
Speaker
Bonnie Campbell Professor Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Commentator
Célestin Monga Lead Economist World Bank
Compulsory Readings :
Campbell, Bonnie (2006), 'Better resource governance in Africa: On what development agenda?’ Minerals & Energy - Raw Materials Report, 21:3, 3-18. Campbell, Bonnie, Gisèle Belem, Vincent Nabe Coulibaly. (2007). « Poverty Reduction in Africa : On Whose Development Agenda ? Lessons from Cotton and Gold Production in Mali and Burkina Faso », Les Cahiers de la Chaire C.-A. Poissant, Collection Recherche, no 2007-01, January.
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13h30-16h30 African democratization: continental paradoxes Speaker
Leonardo A. Villalon Associate Professor Directeur du centre d’études africaines Université de Floride
Commentator
David Ambrosetti Postdoctoral Fellow Université de Montréal Researcher Institut des Sciences sociales du Politique Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre
Compulsory Readings :
Diamond and Plattner: "Introduction" by Larry Diamond, pp. ix - xxviii. Gazibo: "Introduction", pp. 23-42 et "Conclusion" pp 217-228 Villalon and VonDoepp: Chapter one: "Elites, Institutions, and the Varied Trajectories of Africa's Third Wave Democracies" by VonDoepp and Villalon, pp. 1-26.
Day 4 – 8 July 2010 9h00-12h00 Environment and sustainable development in Africa
Speaker
Michel A. Bouchard Professor Université de Montréal
Commentator
Christopher R. Bryant Professor Université de Montréal
Compulsory Readings :
Boko, M., I. Niang, A. Nyong, C. Vogel, A. Githeko, M. Medany, B. Osman-Elasha, R. Tabo and P. Yanda, 2007: Africa. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds., Cambridge University Press,Cambridge UK, p. 433-467. Bouchard, M.A. et Dorsouma, A.H., 2007, Conflits Armés et Environnement; Cadres, Modalités, Méthodes et rôle de l'Évaluation Environnementale; Développement Durable et Territoire, février 2007, 19 pages. Bouchard, M.A., 2008, Projet de Développement rural intégré multinational de la région naturelle du Bugusera, Rwanda-Burundi; Banque Africaine de Développement. p.13-69.
13h30-16h30 Africa-Asia: the revitalization of South-South cooperation Speaker
Roland Marchal Researcher Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI) Sciences Po, Paris
Commentator
To be announced
Compulsory Readings : Deborah Brautigam, The Dragon’s Gift, Oxford University Press, 2010. Ian Taylor, China’s new Role in Africa, Boulder (co), Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009. Roland Marchal, “La Chine et l’Afrique : des retrouvailles aux faux semblants”, L’Enjeu Mondial, n° 1, 2008. Roland Marchal, « China and Africa; from reunion to illusion », Global Insights, n° 1, 2009. Sandrine Perrot et Dominique Malaquais (ed.), « Afrique : la globalisation par les Suds », Politique africaine, n° 113, mars 2009.
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Day 5 – 9 July 2010 9h00-12h00 Cultural production in Africa Speaker
Bob White Professor Université de Montréal
Commentator
To be announced
Compulsory Readings : Dorothea Schulz, "Praise Without Enchantment" Fabian, "Popular Culture in Anthropology" (du livre Moments of Freedom, Virginia 1996) Jonathan Haynes, "Nollywood in Lagos, Lagos in Nollywood" Joyce Nyairo & James Ogude, "Popular Music, Popular Politics" Optional reading: White, "Popular Culture's Politics" (du livre Rumba Rules, Duke 2008)
13h30-16h30 African diasporas, African elites: identity, power, and development Speaker
Célestin Monga Lead Economist World Bank
Commentator
To be announced
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Compulsory Readings :
Dedieu J.-P. (2003), « Les élites africaines, enjeu de la diplomatie scientifique des EtatsUnis », Politique étrangère, n°1 : 119-131. Delgado-Tall, S. (2001), “The new Negro movement and the African heritage in a panafricanist perspective”, Journal of Black Studies, vol.31, n°3 : 259-379. Mohan, Giles et Zack-Williams (2002), “Globalisation from below : conceptualising the role of the African diasporas in Africa’s development”, Review of African Political Economy (Africa, the African diaspora and development), vol.29, n°92 : 205-312.
Day 6 – 10 July 2010 9h00-11h45 Africa and Anti-terrorism: the Post-9/11 security policies Speaker
Roland Marchal Researcher Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CERI) Sciences Po, Paris
Commentator
Leonardo A. Villalon Associate Professor Directeur du centre d’études africaines Université de Floride
Compulsory Readings :
Alain Antil, “L’Afrique et la guerre contre la terreur », Politique étrangère, n° 3, 2006. International Crisis Group, « Islamic terrorism in the Sahel: fact or fiction, Africa Report, 2005. Lauren Ploch, “Africa command: US strategic Interests and the role of the US military in Africa”, CRS Report for Congress, 22 August 2008. Roland Marchal, « Warlordism and terrorism: how to obscure an already confusing crisis?”, International Affairs, N°10, 2007.
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12h15-13h30 Roundtable 13h30-15h30 Africa by itself
16h00. Closing cocktail and diploma ceremony
Updated: 1 June 2010
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