22424: Benodin: AFA 5932 People, Politics, and Culture of Haiti (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Robert Benodin <r.benodin@worldnet.att.net>

AFA 5932 People, Politics, and Culture of Haiti

Professor:  Dr. Louis J. Noisin
Summer B 2004
Credit:  3
Dates:  July 6-30, 2004
Days & Times:  Monday through Friday, 2:00 pm to 4:45 pm
Classroom:  AC1 – 155 on Biscayne Bay Campus (BBC)
Office Hours:  One hour before class and after class.  By appointment only.
Office:  AC1 – 163A on BBC
Office Telephone:  305-919-5805/5521      Home: 954 530 0347
E-mail:  louislouisj@aol.com  or noisinl@fiu.edu

Course Description:

This course, part of the FIU Haitian Summer Institute, is an introduction to
the people, politics, and culture of Haiti.  The course includes a mix of
professor presentations, guest lectures, and field trips in the Miami area.
The course begins with coverage of the Haitian colonial and independence
period, recognizing that understanding this period in Haitian history is
crucial to the understanding of conditions in present day Haiti.  During the
first two weeks of the course, the people and culture of Haiti are reviewed
and include guest lectures on Haitian peasant lifestyles, rural economic
challenges, religion, and human rights in Haiti. The last two weeks of the
course then transition into more contemporary issues as we look at major
political and economic challenges facing the Haitian people living both
inside and outside the state.

Required Texts:

Arthur, Charles.  Haiti in Focus: A Guide to the People, Politics, and
Culture.  New York:  Interlink Books, 2002.  ISBN 1899365451.

Fick, Carolyn E., The Making of Haiti:  The Saint Domingue revolution from
below.  Knoxville:  University of Tennessee Press, 1990.  ISBN 0870496670.

James, C.L.R., The Black Jacobins:  Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San
Domingo Revolution.  New York:  Vintage Books, 1963.

Saint-Lot,Marie-José Alcide:  Vodou The Sacred Art of Theater.

Schmidt, Hans, The US Occupation of Haiti.

Stepick, Alex.  Pride Against Prejudice:  Haitians in the United States.
Boston:  Allyn & Bacon, 1998.  ISBN 0205168175.

The instructor will make readings assignments from the above texts.  For the
first two weeks of the course, students should read the above Fick and James
books and be prepared to discuss them in class.  Additional required reading
materials may be left on reserve in the BBC library.

Supplemental Readings:

The following list of supplemental readings are not required but are
recommended to students who desire a more in-depth understanding of Haiti.
These readings will be placed on library reserve or are available in local
bookstores or through commercial booksellers.

Bastide, Roger.  African Civilization in the New World

Geggus, David Patrick.  Haitian Revolutionary Studies (Blacks in the
Diaspora)

Griggs and Prator.  Henry Christophe and Thomas Clarkson

Heinl, Robert Debs, et al.  Written in Blood:  The Story of the Haitian
People, 1492-1995

Perusse, Roland.  Haitian Democracy Restored: 1991-1995

Seabrook, William.  The Magic Island

Wilentz, Amy.  The Rainy Season:  Haiti Since Duvalier

Williams, Eric.  Capitalism and Slavery

Requirements:

The final course grade will be determined through a combination of class
participation and discussions, a mid-term examination (take-home), and a
final research paper (lesson plans for public school teachers).  The grading
will be broken down as follows:

Activity                                  Points
Class Participation                20
Mid-term Examination           30
Final Paper/Lesson Plans    50
                Total                       100

Public school teachers will be provided a class handout with the
requirements for their final lesson plans assignment.  The final research
paper will be 15-20 pages in length and written in a format for the student’
s disciplinary major.

Tentative Schedule:

Note:  The Professor reserves the right to modify this syllabus based on
student progress and pedagogical demands of the course.

Tuesday, July 6:  Haitian Summer Institute Welcome, Orientation, and
Administrative
Processing.  All students meet in AC1-155 at 2:00 pm.

Wednesday, July 7:  Course Introduction, The Discovery and Colonization
Period:
                                       Dr.Louis J. Noisin, President and
Founder of the
                                    University Roi Henri Christophe
Cap-Haitien, Haïti

Readings:  Start Fick and James books and have both completed by July 12.


Supplemental Readings:  Bastide, Geggus, Heinl (Preface, Introducing Haiti,
Chap. 1), Williams

Thursday, July 8: The origins, evolution, and decline of Haitian peasant
life-ways.
Guest Lecturer:  Prof. Gerald Murray, University of Florida.

Readings:  On Library Reserve

Friday, July 9:  The evolution of foreign developmental interventions in
Haiti:  The case of                                   reforestation and
agro-forestry.  Guest Lecturer:  Prof. Gerald Murray, University of Florida.

Readings:  On Library Reserve

Monday, July 12: Religion in Haiti.  Guest Lecturer:  Prof. Terry Rey,
Florida International University.

Readings:  On Library Reserve

Research paper topics due.

Tuesday, July 13: The Impact of the Haitian Revolution on the Louisiana
Purchase: Dr. Gerard Férère

  Supplemental Readings: Geggus, Griggs and Prator, Heinl (Chap. 2-5),
Williams – James, Black Jacobin

Wednesday, July 14: Human Rights in Haiti. Guest Lecturer: Prof. Terry Rey,
Florida International University.

Readings:  On Library Reserve

Thursday, July 15: Haitian-U.S. Foreign Policy Issues:  Immigration and Drug
Trafficking.
                             Class will convene at the U.S. Coast Guard
Base, Miami Beach, FL.
Friday, July 16: The Haitian Constitutions: Guest Lecturer Former Senator &
Professor Myrlande Manigat
Mid-term examination (take-home) handed out.

Monday July 19:  From the Haitian Revolution to Duvalier, Prof. Max Manigat,
City College New York.
                                  Supplemental Readings:  Heinl (Chap.
6-13), Schmidt, Seabrook- Wilentz

Tuesday July 20:  Symposium on Haiti : Cheryl Little; Marleine Bastien; and
Jean-Claude P. Cantave

                                   Supplemental Readings:  Heinl (Chap.
14-16), Perusse, Wilentz

Wednesday July 21:  The Roots of Haiti’s Current Political Crisis. Dr. Louis
J. Noisin

Thursday July 22:  Haiti’s contemporary problems: Professor Leslie Manigat
former
Président of Haiti (1988)

Friday July 23:  Transition Governments in Haiti: Maitre Boniface Alexandre
President of Haiti.

Class will convene at: University Park Campus.

Saturday July 24:  2:00 to 5:30 The Economy and Corruption in Haiti:
Professor Leslie Péan, Economist
                                    6:30 to X:00 Get together the Haitian
Way (Fête Saint Jacques) at
    CARLEEN VINCENT’S Place
    Mid-term examination (take-home) due.

Monday, July 26:  Vodou the Sacred Art of Theater: Dr Saint-Lot, Marie-José
Alcide.

                                 Reading: Vodou the Sacred Art of Theater.

Tuesday July 27:  Little Haiti Bus Tour

Wednesday July 28:  Impact of the Haitian independence in the World:
Professor Jean-Claude Exulien

Thursday July 29:  Senator Charles Summer and the fight for the recognition
of the
Independence of  Haiti. Dr. Fritz Daguillard

Friday July 30:  Course Conclusion: Bamboche Créole at: Marabou Café,
Haitian
Music, Art and Painting.

NB -Final papers (and lesson plans from public school teachers) are due no
later than August 6, 2004.