Rethinking Sudan Studies
A Post-2011 Manifesto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2140656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather J Sharkey (0000-0002-1847-0639, University of Pennsylvania), Elena Vezzadini (University of Bergen, corresponding author), Iris Seri-Hersch (IREMAM – UMR 7310 – CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université , Aix-en-Provence, France), Iris Seri‐hersch (0000-0003-3197-4863, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00083968.2015.1046256 |
| OpenAlex | W2596211993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 96 |
nThis essay appraises “Sudan Studies” following the 2011 secession of South Sudan. It asks two questions. First, what has Sudan Studies been as a colonial and postcolonial field of academic inquiry and how should or must it change? Second, should we continue to write about a single arena of Sudan Studies now that Sudan has split apart? The authors advance a “manifesto” for Sudan Studies by urging scholars to map out more intellectual terrain by attending to non-elite actors and women; grass-roots and local history; the environment and the arts; oral sources; and interdisciplinary studies of culture, politics, and society. They propose that scholars can transcend the changing boundaries of the nation-state, and recognize connections forged through past and present migrations and contacts, by studying the Sudan as a zone rather than a fixed country. Finally, in their introduction to this bilingual special issue, they highlight the increasing relevance of French scholarship to the endeavor of rethinking Sudan Studies.\nRésumé\nCet essai évalue la situation des « études soudanaises » après la sécession du Soudan du Sud. Il pose deux questions. La première : En quoi ont consisté les études soudanaises en tant que domaine colonial et postcolonial de recherche universitaire et dans quelle mesure doivent-elles changer, si tant est qu'elles doivent changer ? La seconde : Devrions-nous continuer à baser nos écrits sur un domaine unique d'études soudanaises maintenant que le Soudan est divisé ? Les auteurs proposent un « manifeste » pour les études soudanaises en exhortant les experts à cartographier un terrain intellectuel élargi en s'intéressant aux acteurs ne faisant pas partie des élites et des femmes ; à l'histoire de la base populaire et locale ; à l'environnement et à l'art ; aux sources orales ; et aux études interdisciplinaires portant sur la culture, la politique et la société. Ils avancent que les chercheurs peuvent aller au-delà des frontières en mutation de l'État-nation et reconnaitre les connexions établies grâce aux migrations et aux contacts passés et présents en étudiant le Soudan comme zone plutôt que comme un pays fixe. Enfin, dans leur introduction à ce numéro bilingue spécial, ils mettent en relief la pertinence croissance des travaux universitaires français dans le cadre de l'initiative visant à repenser les études soudanaises
Manifesto · Political science · African history and culture analysis · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
Anthropology & the colonial encounter
The Sudan
Protest and power in Black Africa.
Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan
The First Sudanese Civil War
Sudanese Women in National Service, Militias, and the Home
Images of Empire
Law's Fragile State
Civilizing Women
The Female Circumcision Controversy
The Social Life of Things
Saints and Sons
Religion After the State
Sudanese Military Slavery from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
Girls' Education in the Northern Sudan (1898—1956)
Rationalizing Colonial Domination
Transforming Displaced Women in Sudan
Slaves of Fortune
Manifestos for History
Slaves into Workers
Identity, Citizenship, and Violence in Two Sudans
Islamic Law and Society in the Sudan
Nationalisme, impérialisme et pratiques patrimoniales
A failed 'nationalist' endeavor
Fashioning their Place
Transcending the Madhhab-in Practice
Local Trends and Perceptions of Processes of Commoditisation in Central Sudan
Enigmatic Saint
Kwanim Pa. The Making of the Uduk People
Sudanese Historiography and Oral Tradition
The role of women peasants in the process of desertification in Western Sudan
What the Men are Crying Out for is Leadership’
Chronicles of Progress
Soldiers, Traders, and Slaves
Prelude to the Mahdiyya
The Business of Slavery in the Central Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1910-1930
The Development of Girls’ Education in the Northern Sudan, 1898‐1960
Slavery in the Sudan in history
Frontiers of Medicine in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, 1899–1940
Contested Memories, Subalternity, and the State in Colonial and Postcolonial Histories of Northeast Africa
Écrire l'histoire de l'Afrique à l'époque coloniale
Connexions between ‘Primary Resistance’ Movements and Modern Mass Nationalism In East and Central Africa. Part I
The Organization of the Maji Maji Rebellion
Vers une (re)dynamisation des études soudanaises en France
Le Soudan, un pays indivisible, dual ou pluriel
L'analyse géographique d'une guerre civile en milieu sahélien
Islamisation et matrilinéarité au Dar Fung (Soudan)
We Have Supped So Deep in Horrors
Arab Identity and Ideology in Sudan
The Sudan Political Service
The Mahdist State in the Sudan 1881-1898. A Study of Its Origins, Development and Overthrow
Sudan Transport
A Curse from God? Religious and political dimensions of the post-1991 rise of ethnic violence in South Sudan
Tribal Gatherings
Nests of criminals
Changing Masters
Historical Discord in the Nile Valley
Islam, Nationalism, and Communism in a Traditional Society
Shari'a Courts and the Manumission of Female Slaves in the Sudan, 1898-1939
Des Troupeaux et des Femmes
Economic and Political Aspects of the Slave Trade in Ethiopia and the Sudan in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century
The Heroic Age in Sinnar
Postcolonial Criticism and Indian Historiography
The Anthropology of Colonialism
Five Women of Sennar
The Kababish Arabs
Ambivalent ideologies and the limitations of the colonial prison in Sudan, 1898-1956
Identity, history and power in the historiography of Sudan
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |