Scrutinising Europe's Mental Maps of Africa, 1500-2000
A Conference Report
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7861009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Platvoet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 124-127 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700660260048519 |
| OpenAlex | W2079420582 |
| Language | EN |
SCRUTINISING EUROPE’S MENTAL MAPS OF AFRICA, 1500 - 2000: A CONFERENCE REPORT BY JAN G. PLATVOET From 4 to 7 October 2001, forty-four scholars from Europe, Africa and the USA gathered in Schloss Thurnau, the conference centre of Bayreuth University, Germany, to review ‘European perceptions of the religions of Africa’ in the di V erent academic traditions of Europe from the earliest period of contact until the present. Six papers were con- cerned with aspects of the ‘foundational’ period of the study of the reli- gions of Africa, roughly 1500-1800. In three of these, by Frieder Ludwig (Bayreuth/München), Robert Debusmann
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Geography · History of religions · Period (music) · Political science · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Demography · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History
| Highly cited | No |
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