Sociology of Africa

A Non-Orientalist Approach to African, Africana, and Black Studies

Bibliographic Data

ID2370087
AuthorsTugrul Keskin (0000-0002-0650-7502, Portland State University, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume40
Issue2
Pages187-202
Publication date2014-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920512444635
OpenAlexW2332667501
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited15

Whichever nomenclature is used to describe the study of black peoples and the African Diaspora - whether Africana, Black or African Studies - the approach that is taken is critically important to academia in terms of its potential to provide a direct response and challenge to the intrinsic Eurocentric and Orientalist bias of the US educational system. Unlike other area and ethnic studies disciplines, this field was established as a link between the community and academia. However, in recent history, approaches have become polarized and the field has lost momentum as a consequence of arbitrary boundaries and politicized knowledge. In this article, the Orientalist perspective and Afro-centric knowledge in Black Studies are examined in their historical and political context. This analysis culminates in a proposed approach to use the Sociology of Africa as a new model for Afro-centric knowledge and teaching in this field

Diaspora · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Racism · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Critical Race Theory in Education · Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society

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