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SUMMARY:The object
DESCRIPTION:If you would like to join the Zoom session\, please contact s.b
 urri@unibas.ch [javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27nbjmup%2Bt%5C%2FcvssjAv
 ojcbt%5C%2Fdi%27)\;].\\r\\nWhat is it we are studying when we claim to be 
 looking into anything? More specifically\, what are we learning when we sa
 y that we are studying Africa? The most straightforward answer to these qu
 estions is to conflate the intellectual agenda of our discipline (social a
 nthropology\, sociology\, political science\, etc.) with the object\, argu
 ing\, for instance\, that we are studying culture\, society and politics. 
 Such an answer is\, of course\, circular. In this presentation\, I will di
 scuss the challenge of defining the object in the social sciences\, in gen
 eral\, and in African Studies\, particularly as part of a general reflecti
 on on Area Studies and interdisciplinary work. The claim I will put forwar
 d is to the effect that a clear definition of “the object” might be ou
 r best bet towards defining the nature of interdisciplinary work.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>If you would like to join the Zoom session\, please contact <
 a href="javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27nbjmup%2Bt%5C%2FcvssjAvojcbt%5C
 %2Fdi%27)\;">s.burri@unibas.ch</a>.</p>\n<p>What is it we are studying whe
 n we claim to be looking into anything? More specifically\, what are we le
 arning when we say that we are studying Africa? The most straightforward a
 nswer to these questions is to conflate the intellectual agenda of our dis
 cipline (social anthropology\, sociology\, political science\, etc.) with 
 the object\, arguing\, for instance\, that we are studying culture\, socie
 ty and politics. Such an answer is\, of course\, circular. In this present
 ation\, I will discuss the challenge of defining the object in the social 
 sciences\, in general\, and in African Studies\, particularly as part of a
  general reflection on Area Studies and interdisciplinary work. The claim 
 I will put forward is to the effect that a clear definition of “the obje
 ct” might be our best bet towards defining the nature of interdisciplina
 ry work.</p>
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