NEW JUNE 2011 COURSE!
South Africa was ruled by a brutal white dictatorship until 1994. How much has changed since then? Although we focus on hybridizations between African and European cultures, and on relationships among the different ethnic groups in the country today, we learn about the unique and meaningful history, indigenous cultures, and continuing transition toward a multiracial democracy. The geology and animals must be considered, as they are an important source of modern South African pride and identity, but we, too, are, like all humans, indigenous to southern Africa!
We begin in Johannesburg at the University of the Witwatersrand, one of the continent’s foremost academic institutions, where we learn about the history of southern Africa, ancient and modern, and join in the city’s vibrant modern cultural mix. We then travel through northeastern South Africa to national game reserves, beaches, mountains, rural villages, slums, and wealthy suburbs. We end at Wits University again for speakers, field trips, and interviews.
June is early winter in the Southern Hemisphere, which allows us to visit archaeological, cultural, and natural sites in South Africa’s far north, the least Westernized part of the country. Regular writing, oral reports, interviews, and some readings are required.
Course: ANTH 350
Location: SOUTH AFRICA
Prerequisite: Anthropology 335
Instructors: Connie Anderson, Professor of Anthropology, andersonc@hartwick.edu
Curricular Requirement: IL or EL
Cost: $3,985
Length of program: 27 days starting in late May 2011
Meals: Breakfasts and dinners included
Prices listed on the off-campus J Term Web site are ESTIMATES. If there are factors such as fluctuations in currency exchange rates, fuel prices, etc. that affect the final cost of a program, a fee adjustment will be announced October 11, 2010.
