The Institute for the African Child will sponsor three workshops during the 2007-08 Summer Sessions. The workshops will begin June 23 and end on July 25, 2008. Workshops last two to five weeks within that time period and will be led by both Ohio University faculty and visiting professors. Workshops are worth five credits and participants are encouraged to enroll in up to three workshops. Workshops are open to OU graduate students as well as students from other universities, K-12 teachers, journalists, media professionals and representatives of NGOs or governmental organizations. Both credit and non-credit options are available. OU students should review funding options at the bottom of the page.
INSTITUTE FOR THE AFRICAN CHILD
INST 610M - African Economic Development
Call # 11272 (5 credits)
June 23 - July 25, 1:10 - 3:00, Yamada House Seminar Room
Dr. Sam Laki, College of Business and Industry, Central State University, Ohio
The course will examine African Societies as traditional economies in the process of modernization. the main emphasis will be on how economic theory and analysis can assist in understanding the current economic conditions of the African economies. The course will also explore the effects of past national economic policies in light of the reforms undertaken in the past thirty years and the impact of the policy reforms on the agricultural and industrial sectors for the economies. The course will pay particular attention to macro-economic policy implications.
INST 610N - Studies in African Drama and Theatre
Call # 11273 (5 credits)
June 23 - July 25, 2008 - 3:10 - 5:00, Yamada House Seminar Room
Dr. Mohamud Bhadmus Wumi, Associate Professor Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria
This course will offer students an overview of origin, growth and developments of African Drama and Theatre using concepts such as mimesis, ritual, substitution and theatrical antecedents from across the continents as illustrations and pivots of the discussion. This, as the first module of the course, will serve as the introductory and background lecture for the course. The role and impact of religions on African Drama and Theatre shall be the focus of discussion in the second module. Trends and patterns in African Drama and Theatre will be examined, preparatory to discussions of selected African plays and African playwrights in subsequent modules for the course Theatre is specifically added to transcend the tradition of discussing African drama as an exclusive academic practice as opposed to it being a more vibrant mode of representation, pedagogy and recreation, thriving on the streets, marketplaces, beer parlour, churches, mosques, palaces and as films, home videos and radio drama. I intend to do a teaching of African Drama and Theatre against the grain of the established canons and tradition.
INST 610P - Language Matters in the Postcolony: Children, (M)other-tongue Education, and Development in Africa
Call # 11274 (5 Credits)
June 30 - July 25 - 10:10 - 12:00, Yamada House Seminar Room
Dr. Ghirmai Negash, Assistant Professor, English, OU
This course provides an introduction to the issue of language and language use in the education of African Children. It explores 1) the question of language in postcolonial Africa, 2) examines the enabling and disabling effects of using global languages versus local languages, 3) discusses the notion of linguistic human rights, together with human rights instruments, and 4) evaluates the claims of the language as right paradigm by extending and connecting it to linguistic human rights in education, including the policies and practices regarding (m)other-tongue instruction in some African countries, the arguments of the contending forces for and against global/local language use. The approach will be descriptive, allowing participants to understand the deeper issues, but also enabling them to develop their own insights. The course will include readings, case studies, discussions, guest speakers, a one page summary of the readings daily (10 such summaries expected), one presentation, and 7-10 page research paper at the end of quarter.
Funding for Summer Session:
The university offers a special summer scholarship that will pay the cost of tuition. To be eligible for funding:
The special scholarship covers your tuition. You or your sponsor would be responsible for the general fee and any other fees associated with your program as in past quarters.
You must register for a minimum of 9 graduate credit hours (note the required hours are less than the usual 15).
Yamada International House, 56 E. Union Street, Athens OH 45701 (740) 593-1840