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DESCRIPTION:Abye Assefa on Africa:\n“Country” of\nWomenAbye Assefa\,Associa
 te\nProfessor\nof\nSociology\, St. Lawrence UniversityWhen we hear fairly 
 well educated\npeople depict Africa as “a country\,” we are not only shock
 ed by their lack of\nknowledge\, we are mortified by the absurdity of thei
 r mistake. Upon closer\nexamination\, however\, there may be more to consi
 der. This lecture reviews the\narguments of World Systems Theory\, which p
 osits that historical capitalism is\nin terminal crisis and headed to its 
 ultimate undoing. Within this theory\,\nAfrica as a whole faces one of two
  possible near-futures: continuing in a\nvicious cycle of chaos propelled 
 by the globalized knowledge and decisions of\nsupposedly benevolent instit
 utions\, or salvaged by the local and regional\ncontinuities of its own so
 cial structures. The lecture considers the position\nof women across Afric
 a to demonstrate how Western tools of social and political\nanalysis mis-r
 ead women’s positions and\npossibilities across the continent. A proper re
 ading suggests instead that\nAfrican women are positioned to help their so
 cieties emerge triumphantly from\nthe coming demise of the capitalist worl
 d system.Abye Assefa\nis a\nsociologist focusing on world historical chang
 e. His research interests include\nhistorical nomadism\, the formation of 
 the Horn of Africa region in the modern\nworld. His intellectual backgroun
 d includes world-systems analysis\, social\ntheory\, sociology of economic
  change\, structures of knowledge\, and the peopling\nof Africa. In August
  2012\, Dr. Assefa was honored for his commitment to St. Lawrence’s\nstude
 nts and outstanding service.Sponsored by Maxwell African Scholars Union at
  the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs   
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SUMMARY:MASU presents: Abye Assefa
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Abye Assefa on Africa:\n“Country”
  of\nWomen</b></p><p><b>Abye Assefa</b>\,<i>Associate\nProfessor\nof\nSoci
 ology\, St. Lawrence University</i></p><p>When we hear fairly well educate
 d\npeople depict Africa as “a country\,” we are not only shocked by their 
 lack of\nknowledge\, we are mortified by the absurdity of their mistake. U
 pon closer\nexamination\, however\, there may be more to consider. This le
 cture reviews the\narguments of World Systems Theory\, which posits that h
 istorical capitalism is\nin terminal crisis and headed to its ultimate und
 oing. Within this theory\,\nAfrica as a whole faces one of two possible ne
 ar-futures: continuing in a\nvicious cycle of chaos propelled by the globa
 lized knowledge and decisions of\nsupposedly benevolent institutions\, or 
 salvaged by the local and regional\ncontinuities of its own social structu
 res. The lecture considers the position\nof women across Africa to demonst
 rate how Western tools of social and political\nanalysis mis-read women’s 
 positions and\npossibilities across the continent. A proper reading sugges
 ts instead that\nAfrican women are positioned to help their societies emer
 ge triumphantly from\nthe coming demise of the capitalist world system.</p
 ><p>Abye Assefa\nis a\nsociologist focusing on world historical change. Hi
 s research interests include\nhistorical nomadism\, the formation of the H
 orn of Africa region in the modern\nworld. His intellectual background inc
 ludes world-systems analysis\, social\ntheory\, sociology of economic chan
 ge\, structures of knowledge\, and the peopling\nof Africa. In August 2012
 \, Dr. Assefa was honored for his commitment to St. Lawrence’s\nstudents a
 nd outstanding service.</p><p><b><i>Sponsored by Maxwell African Scholars 
 Union at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</i></b></p><p> </p><p> <
 /p><p> </p><p></p>
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