| Unit name | Black Humanities II |
|---|---|
| Unit code | MODLM0044 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Albertine Fox |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Modern Languages |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Based on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and contemporary practice, this unit (and its co-requisite) provides students with a foundation in Black Humanities as a field of study. Students will explore key concepts, ideas and figures in the rich histories of intellectual and cultural production of people of African descent. Structured through a focus on three key locations and the connections between them: Africa, Caribbean and the Americas, and Black Britain – the unit will build a transnational and interdisciplinary approach to Black Humanities. It will draw on critical work from across the arts, history, literature, philosophy and social theory, for students to understand the history of the field and to interrogate historical and contemporary notions of race. Topics may include: Black feminisms, civil rights and Black radicalism, and the history of Black studies as a discipline.
Unit aims:
The unit aims to provide an introduction to theoretical frameworks and concepts that underpin notions of blackness. The development and efficacy of Black Humanities as a field of study and the historiography of Black Studies as an intellectual tradition will provide a primary strand in this examination. The unit will provide students with insight into recent developments in this rapidly changing field and its relationship to key contemporary questions and issues
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and analyse key ideas in the study of the intellectual and artistic production of people of African descent, including decolonial thought, migration and mobility, diaspora.
2. Reflect on the connections between theory and practice.
3. Discuss and evaluate the debates that surround different and varied notions of blackness within the arts and humanities.
4. Work with primary sources and select pertinent evidence in order to illustrate/demonstrate specific and more general points.
5. Present research and judgements in written forms and styles appropriate to the discipline and to M Level.
Journals (40%)
Essay (60%)
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. MODLM0044).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
