AADS 6600 Senior Seminar: Theorizing the Diaspora
This course explores the discourses of diaspora by taking into account the origins, various meanings, multiple dimensions, cultural iterations, and restrictive limitations of the term. How does "the practice of diaspora" translate in different forms of cultural work such as music, film, and literature? How has diaspora shifted in the age of globalization? How can we use diaspora as an analytical tool for reading from a critical perspective? We will consider closely how diaspora is theorized, practiced, and represented in various forms of cultural production. Therefore we will be taking an interdisciplinary approach reading across genre, medium, and disciplines.
Course overview
- Department
- African and African Diaspora Studies
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Permission of Department
- Corequisites
- Department permission required
Requirements fulfilled
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.51 / 5 · Excellent
- Instructor rating
- 4.70 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 5
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Jovonna Jones | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 4 of 9 |
| Spring 2025 | Allison Curseen | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4–6 hrs/week | 8 of 13 |
| Spring 2024 | Amey Adkins | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 1–3 hrs/week | 12 of 15 |
| Spring 2023 | Martin Summers | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 11 |
| Spring 2022 | Allison Curseen | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1–3 hrs/week | 2 of 7 |
| Spring 2022 | Amey Adkins | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | — | 2 of 12 |