SHUM 4708

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SHUM 4708
Cobalt to Digital Humanities: Kongo at the "Heart of" IoT

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

The 2 Congos, especially Congo-Kinshasa, are central to any contemporary discussions of digital humanities, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Our course will transcend the twin colonization of time and space by engaging the Congo region in 3 key aspects: the geological timeline of the Congo River; the lives of the indigenous Congo forest inhabitants; and the migration of Bantu communities over the last two millennia. Alternative forms of marking time deliberately counterbalance the digital economy to which the region has been unwillingly, and irrevocably, yoked.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG, LA-AG), (ALC-AS)

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 6708

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19620 SHUM 4708   SEM 101

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    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person