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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:ASC Event.  Big Text Analysis in IsiXhosa: Religion\, Politics\, and Nationhood in the IsiXhosa Press\, 1870-1890
DESCRIPTION:This talk explores how African language digital archives and new methods of computational text analysis can bring fresh insights for reconstructing African intellectual lineages and tracing historical developments.\n\nThe talk details the creation of a digital archive of the earliest African language newspapers in South Africa and shows how Xhosa language computational text analysis can be used to bring a ‘distant reading’ to this archive. Where much previous work has focused on individual African thinkers\, this approach allows us to see a collective intellectual community co-creating foundational ideas that grounded new intellectual and political responses to colonialism. I demonstrate this by examining changing discourse among early Xhosa intellectuals\, journalists\, and political activists writing in these papers. I examine how early discourse from missionary-educated Xhosa communities shifted from a focus on spiritual concerns to political engagement\, revealing a surprisingly early reorientation from ‘other worldly’ to ‘worldly’ concerns and sources of power. I also examine how competing conceptions of nationhood emerged in the Xhosa language\, and trace how these conceptions rose and fell in these early years.\n   \nJonathan Schoots is a historical and political sociologist specializing in the study of colonialism and empire\, political movements\, and knowledge production\, with a particular focus on South Africa. His research employs both qualitative and computational methods to explore conditions that facilitate the emergence of new political frameworks. His work has focused on the intellectuals\, organizations\, and newspapers that played a pivotal role in shaping political thought and practice during the emergence of African nationalism in South Africa.\n   \nSchoots is a lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Sociology at Wits University. He has published work in theory and society\, poetics\, development in practice and other venues. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2021).
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143972
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Discussion,Area Studies,Anthropology,African Studies Center,African Studies,African Language
LOCATION:Weiser Hall - 555
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DTSTAMP:20260122T173918
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SUMMARY:Workshop / Seminar:GPC Zotero & Academic Tools Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Start the semester by streamlining your research workflow. Join the Global Postcolonialisms Collective for a practical workshop designed to help graduate students manage citations and organize research effectively. Whether you are drowning in PDFs or looking to upgrade your existing citation management\, this workshop is for you. We will cover:\n\nZotero Essentials: How to capture\, organize\, and cite your sources effortlessly.\nAdvanced Workflows: Integrating Zotero with Google Drive and Obsidian for knowledge management.\nQ&A: A dedicated space to troubleshoot your specific tech headaches.\n\nThe session will be facilitated by Consultation and Discovery Librarian Liliana LaValle\, who will walk us through setting up a research ecosystem that actually works. Coffee and pastries will be provided.\n\nPlease RSVP here: https://forms.gle/Z623vKPSAJGam6SL8
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URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/143390
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Workshop,English Language And Literature,Research,Graduate Students
LOCATION:Angell Hall - 3222
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