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Conference Day 4
April 16, 2022
08:30 - 10:00
107.A / (Re)Conceptualisations of the 'Human' in Africa Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Methods, Possibilities, and Provincialisation/Universality
Room 2Convenors: Vincenza Mazzeo (Johns Hopkins University, United States), Emory Kalema (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Sinethemba Makanya (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Ellison Tjirera (University of Namibia, Namibia)
Centring the more-than-human within the poetics of the sacred. Unifier Dyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison Conceptualisations of the “human” in Africa across disciplinary boundaries: methods, possibilities, and provincialisation/universality. Vincenza Mazzeo, Johns Hopkins University Curriculum changes in university adult education at Makerere, 1963–1988. Priscilla Asiimire and Pamela Khanakwa, Makerere University Performing gender in the sanctuary: male Sunday school teachers in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana. Nora Darko, University of Ghana Reimagining mental health: a psychopolitically valid and majority world inclusive approach. Marine Alneel, Afia for Community and Psychological Wellness Services and Studies Revenging the coloniser: animality, agency and the question of humanness in Azasu’s The Slave Raiders. Samuel Ato Bentum, University of Cape Coast Translation as healing: Frantz Fanon and the human. Andrea Cassatella, Makerere Institute of Social Research About this panel
08:30 - 10:30
12.A / The City and the Human
Room 1Convenor: Sadiq Toffa (University of Cape Town, South Africa/Canada)
‘I want it to be like in the 1980s’: informalisation and urban modernity in Zimbabwe. Kristina Pikovskaia, University of Oxford “Man is the measure of all things”: towards human-centred typeface design, stencil practices within Lwandle. Hayley Hayes-Roberts, University of Cape Town Rethinking ideas about the home through the lens of real estate in Johannesburg, South Africa. Oda Eiken Maraire, University of Bergen Rudge men, Raleigh women: bicycles and consumers in urban South Africa, 1920–60. Todd Leedy, University of Florida The city and the human. Sadiq Toffa, University of Cape Town The imaginary museums. Ange-Frederic Koffi, Zeitz Mocca Museum of Contemporary Arts in Africa About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
24. / The Problem of Infertility and Personhood
Room 4Convenors: Florence Naab (University of Ghana, Ghana) and Alice Kang (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States)
Providing infertility care in Ghana: experiences of professionals and clients of fertility clinics. Rosemond Akpene Hiadzi, University of Ghana The problem of infertility and personhood. Alice Kang, University of Nebraska Lincoln Tous doués de puissance ? Anthropologie médico-religieuse du devenir africain. Mintoogue Fernand Idriss, EPHE Paris (IMAF) Yearning and refusal: Hadiza Moussa's ethnography of infertility and contraception in Niamey, Niger. Alice Kang, University of Nebraska Lincoln About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
43. / The ‘Human’ in African Public Space I & II [Roundtable]
Room 5Convenor: Carmel Rawhani (Wits-TUB-UniLag Urban Lab, South Africa)
Integrating metropolis to small and medium towns: the role of street vendors in Kenya. Nathan Kariuki, Teachers Service Commission and Bernard Calas, Bordeaux Montaigne University Learning from transitions of common space in Kenya. Stretching from rural to urban contexts. Emma Brecher, University of the Witwatersrand Public spaces and spaces of publics: questions from decolonial southern urbanisms. Tariq Toffa, Tshwane University of Technology The 'human' in African public space [Roundtable]. Carmel Rawhani, Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab The cohesion-contestation spectrum of experiences in African public space. Carmel Rawhani, Wits-TUB-UNILAG Urban Lab and Temba Middelmann, University of the Western Cape/Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) About this roundtable
08:30 - 10:00
53. / Questioning the Old, Imagining the New: On Being Human in Post-Revolution Sudan
Room 6Convenors: Raga Makawi (SOAS/African Arguments, United Kingdom) and Salma Abdalla (Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway)
Arabisation in Sudan: a West African story. Hengameh (Henny) Ziai, SOAS University of London Future returns: political debt and speculation among Sudanese migrant returnees in Khartoum and Kordofan. Anna Reumert, Columbia University Gender, intersectionality, and Sudan’s 2018/2019 uprising. Sawsan Abdul-Jalil, University of Khartoum Globalised agriculture, localised livelihoods; the predicament of development in Sudan. Abubakr Omer and Razaz Basheir, The Innovation, Science and Technology Think-Tank for People-Centered Development (ISTINAD) Sudan Bukra: transforming the revolutionary narrative, the role of popular media. Husam Mahjoub, Sudan Bukra TV Channel Questioning the old, imagining the new: on being human in post-revolution Sudan. Raga Makawi, SOAS/African Arguments The everyday politics of Sudan's tax system and Sudan's political transition. Matthew Benson, London School of Economics (LSE) About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
56. / Transformative Constitutionalism: What “Human” is Imagined in the Human Rights Contained in the South African Constitution?
Room 8Convenor: Lwando Scott (Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
59. / Ageing and Care in Africa
Room 7Convenor: Elena Moore (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Caring for older persons in Southern Africa. Elena Moore, University of Cape Town Decolonising end-of-life care: a transcultural approach to ensure universal access to palliative care. Christian Ntizimira, African Center for Research on End of Life Care Equitable, sustainable and acceptable long-term care in Malawi? Emily Freeman, London School of Economics (LSE) Family caregiving of older people in marginalised communities in Namibia. Janet Ananias, University of Namibia Masculinity and care over the life course for older Basotho men. Thandie Hlabana, National University of Lesotho Who supports the family caregiver? Unpaid care work and living arrangements for older people in Botswana. Mpho Keetile, University of Botswana About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
63. / Publishing for the Future: Digital Technologies and the Promotion of Knowledge from Africa
Room 9Convenor: Veronica Klipp (Wits University Press, South Africa)
Alternative transregional circuits of publication. Francois van Schalkwyk, Stellenbosch University Publishing for the future: digital technologies and the promotion of knowledge from Africa. Veronica Klipp, Wits University Press Sustainable publishing and dissemination in the digital age: enhancing the value of local scholarly publishing. Veronica Klipp, Wits University Press The digital story of an African university press: African scholarship online. Andrew Joseph, Wits University Press About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
65. / Decolonising the Mind: Between Ubuntu Theory and Praxis [Roundtable]
Room 10Convenor: Neo Pule (University of the Free State, South Africa)
African development, democratisation, and welfarism: can African theory contribute to development in Africa? DaQuan Lawrence, Howard University Decolonising the African mind in the age of globalisation. John Kafarhire, Loyola University Chicago Decolonising the mind: between Ubuntu theory and praxis. Neo Pule, University of the Free State Disgrace as a fate: inscription of violence in J. M. Coetzee. Wellington Carvalho, UFMG Journeying towards decolonisation. Gertrude Fester, University of Cape TownPractices of care and decolonial love in contemporary South Africa. Miriam Ocadiz Arriaga, Vrije Univerity Amsterdam, Isabelle Ihring, Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg and Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki, University of Essex The West and the rest – reloaded. Faisal Garba Muhammed, University of Cape Town About this roundtable
08:30 - 10:00
67. / Epistemological Unity in STEM and Diversity in the Humanities
Room 11Convenors: Anthony Chinaemerem Ajah (University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria), Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani and Uchenna Okeja
Being human in the information age. Stanislas Bigirimana, Africa University Epistemic orientations in flux: toward relational perspectives in history. Axel Utz Epistemological unity in STEM and diversity in the humanities. Anthony Ajah, University of Nigeria “Our old parents are mgbashi, why care for them?” Maltreatment of the aged in Nigeria. Doris Ajah-Okohu, Ebonyi State University Pluriversality and interaction among epistemic empires. Uche Okoye, University of Nigeria Social ecology and knowledge development in Africa. Winifred Chioma, University of Nigeria and Gabriel Chukwuebuka Otegbulu, University of Nigeria About this panel
08:30 - 10:00
69. / Art as Research – Critical and Creative Engagements with Technology [Roundtable]
Room 12Convenor: Ralph Borland (HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Art as research – critical and creative engagements with technology [Roundtable]. Ralph Borland, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Art as research: divergent genealogies / divergent imaginaries. Mick Wilson, University of Gotheburg Documentary film, generativity and aesthetic education. Francois Verster, University of the Western Cape/Undercurrent Film & Television CC ‘Dubship I - Expanded Universe’ - Pan-African art as research. Ralph Borland, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Using art to blur divisions between time and space: Zimbabwe – Detroit. Chido Johnson, College for Creative Studies Worlding the virtual: exploring post-abyssal pedagogies through virtual environments. Glenn Loughran, TU Dublin School of Creative Arts About this roundtable
08:30 - 10:00
71. / Scripting of Bodies: Critiquing the Cannibalisation of Women and the Making of New Imaginations of Collective Efforts
Room 13Convenors: Lauren Paremoer (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Donna Andrews (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
Ageing, gendered bodies and violence for the land. An African feminist standpoint. Rejoice Chipuriro, University of Johannesburg and Kezia Batisai, University of Johannesburg Ambiguous maternal-unborn unseen essences and blurred bodily boundaries. Nicole Daniels, University of Cape Town Extraction in a postmining landscape: toxic waste and care work in contemporary South Africa. Megan Eardley, Princeton University Scripting bodies: mapping engagements with ecofeminist literature on and from Africa. Lauren Paremoer, University of Cape Town and Donna Andrews, University of Johannesburg Scripting of bodies: critiquing the cannibalisation of women and the making of new imaginations of collective efforts. Lauren Paremoer, University of Cape Town Sovereignty and the Siinqee soul: exploring Oromo women's autonomy. Madeline Bass, University of Kent The commodification of women: oil externalities and women sexuality as survival strategies in Nigeria's delta. Abosede Omowumi Babatunde, University of Ilorin About this panel
10:00 - 10:30
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10:30 - 12:00
08. / The Humanities in the Age of STEM [Roundtable]
Room 3Convenors: Cassandra Mark-Thiesen (University of Bayreuth, Germany) and William Ezra Allen (University of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia)
Panellists: Cassandra Mark-Thiesen, University of Bayreuth William Ezra Allen, University of Liberia Chantal Victoria Bright, University of Manchester Victor Senyon A roundtable of the Historical Society of Liberia. About this roundtable
10:30 - 12:00
107.B / (Re)Conceptualisations of the 'Human' in Africa Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Methods, Possibilities, and Provincialisation/Universality
Room 2Convenors: Vincenza Mazzeo (Johns Hopkins University, United States), Emory Kalema (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Sinethemba Makanya (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Ellison Tjirera (University of Namibia, Namibia)
African spiritual safety in academia. Nyakallo Lekuta and Sethunya Mosime, University of Botswana How to study empirically what it means to be human (in Africa). Jan Patrick Heiss, Uni Zürich “I felt that I was human again”: ethnographic insights from Rwandan youth conceived from violence. Loes Loning, University of Cape Town “Old human” vs. “new human”: sex, gender, and self-creation in Nigeria’s literary imaginary. Julie Iromuanya, University of Chicago The Mulele “Rebellion” (DR Congo) and the human question, 1963–1968. Emery Kalema, Université Libre de Bruxelles Umuntu as a cosmology: thoughts on the human from the perspective of inyanga. Sinethemba Makanya, Centre for the Study of Race, Gender, and Class, University of Johannesburg About this panel
10:30 - 12:00
12.B / The City and the Human
Room 1Convenor: Sadiq Toffa (University of Cape Town, South Africa/Canada)
Class collisions: social position and experiences of (in)dignity in digital driving in Nairobi. Julie Zollmann, Tufts University Examining the city through Eko Gb'ole o Gbole: precarious intimacies of spaces, bodies, and dreams in Makoko, Lagos. One Pusumane, University of Edinburgh Forging sustainable livelihoods under COVID-19 and beyond: a case study of Musina, Limpopo. Arina Sibanda, University of Johannesburg How to reduce school violence in Cameroon public schools by addressing student trauma. Linda Silim Moundene, Howard University The reincarnation of a colonial beer hall: (in)materiality, labour and community in Mbare art space. Lifang Zhang, Rhodes UniversityAbout this panel
10:30 - 12:00
17.A / We Engage, Yet Are Not Seen: Whither Africa’s UNSC Women, Peace and Security Agenda? [Roundtable]
Room 6Convenors: Angela Muvumba Sellström (Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), Sweden) and Shuvai Busuman Nyoni (African Leadership Centre, Kenya)
Deconstructing locality in the women, peace and security agenda: comparing Liberia and Nigeria. Titilope Ajayi, University of Ghana The inverse consequences of the UN’s zero-tolerance policy for sea: who pays the price? Radwa Saad, Cornell University, Sabrina Karim, Cornell University, Laura Huber, University of Mississippi and Laura Huber, University of Mississippi Women and ‘grassroots’ dispute resolution in Ghana. A study of the Asantehemaa’s court. Lydia Amoah, Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana Women as mediators in African peace processes: theoretical and practical challenges. Sonja Theron, Cori Wielenga and Chenai Matshaka, University of Pretoria About this roundtable
10:30 - 12:00
19. / Economic and Monetary Sovereignty in West Africa: An ‘Old’ Question in Need of New and Transformative Imaginaries
Room 10Convenor: Habil Kai Koddenbrock (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
A comparative-historical analysis of monetary dependency in post-independence Ghana. Isaac Abotebuno Akolgo, Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence, Bayreuth University A financial straitjacket? Côte d’Ivoire’s national development banks. Georges Quist, University of Cambridge Echoes of the eco: West Africa's single currency agenda. Hyeladzirra Banu, Howard University Economic and monetary sovereignty in West Africa: and 'old' question in need of new and transformative imaginaries. Kai Koddenbrock, University of Bayreuth Postcolonial political economy: investigating the origin and evolution of financial dependencies in Côte d'Ivoire. Caroline Cornier, University of Bayreuth The bureaucracy of economic theory: the antithesis of humaneness behind a veil of promised objectivity. Carla Coburger, University of Bayreuth About this panel
10:30 - 12:00
211. / Women and African World Making
Room 13Convenor: Nabil Ferdaoussi (HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Being human amid silence and abuse. Philomina Mintah, Central University/University of Ghana Enhancing voice in politics: lessons from the Kenyan parliaments on addressing challenges of women legislators. Sarah Fedha Barasa Highlighting the distortions of West African women in film. Rosa Armstrong, Howard University L'autonomisation de la femme en milieu rural : possibilités et limites. Seydou Ouattara, Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké Women in legislative committees in Lagos state house of assembly, South West Nigeria. Adedeji Victor Adebayo, University of Ibadan
10:30 - 12:00
25. / We Are Married to the Deities: The Interplay of Traditional Religion and Chieftaincy, the Power of a Priestess in Focus on the Koankre Shrine
Room 11Convenor: Harriet Boateng Aduako (University of Ghana, Ghana)
About this panel
10:30 - 12:00
58. / Quantum Greetings from the Ancestors [Roundtable]
Room 5Convenors: Ruramisai Charumbira and Maganthrie Pillay (WBKolleg, University of Bern, Switzerland)
About this roundtable
10:30 - 12:00
62.A / Critical AI, Risk Assessment and the Future of the Human: Pan-African Perspectives [Double Panel]
Room 8Convenors: Vito Laterza (University of Adger, Norway) and Dominique Somda (HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
AIAIA – aesthetic interventions for artificial intelligence in Africa. Ralph Borland, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town AI and digital divide in public services access in Cameroon facing COVID-19: two case studies. Yombo Sembe Eugene Arnaud, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town AI-powered universal healthcare provision in Rwanda: visionary plans and strategies in the wake of the “fourth industrial revolution”. Azza Ahmed, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Who is the system? On the quandaries of algorithms ‘for’ cancer care in Morocco. Amina Alaoui Soulimani, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town About this panel
10:30 - 12:00
64. / Technology and Sexual Order in the Age of New Media in Africa
Room 9Convenors: Parfait Akana (The Muntu Institute/University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon) and Rachel Adams
Technology and sexual order in the age of new media in Africa. Parfait Akana, Muntu Institute/University of Yaounde II
10:30 - 12:00
70. / Africa and the World: New Transnational Histories
Room 12Convenors: Lorelle Semley (College of the Holy Cross and History in Africa, United States) and Mandisa Mbali (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Africa and the world: new transnational histories. Lorelle Semley, College of the Holy Cross and History in Africa Decolonising borders: mobility, human rights and social justice on the Ghana-Togo border. Edem Adotey, University of Ghana Diasporas in Africa. Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, University of Wisconsin-Madison “I teach cultures, not only steps!" Counter-exotic histories of African dances’ classes in Europe. Alice Aterianus-Owanga, University of Cape Town Pursuing freedom in portuguese Mozambique during abolition: evidence from the board of the protectorate. Daniel Domingues, Rice University Reimagining West African history from diasporic archives (Brazil, eighteenth century). Aldair Rodrigues, Unicamp - State University of Campinas About this panel
10:30 - 12:00
74. / Africa Scholarly Publishing and Research Dissemination
Room 4Convenors: Job Mwaura (HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Mame-Penda Ba (Gaston Berger University, Senegal)
Africa scholarly publishing and research dissemination. Job Mwaura, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town An investigation of challenges and opportunities of curating knowledge by journals in Southern Africa. Itai Makone, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Examining contemporary practices of knowledge production in African studies. Shannon Morreira, University of Cape Town Journal publishing in North Africa: challenges and opportunities, the case of Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. Yousra Hamdaoui, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Navigating anglophone knowledge production: the case of francophone Ivorian intellectuals. Albert Sanghoon Park, University of Cambridge and Lyn Kouadio, University of Cambridge Research in Kenyan universities: repository annex. Jane Wakarindi, Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology Women in management of scholarly publishing in Africa, an empirical evaluation. Job Mwaura, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town About this panel
12:00 - 13:00
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:30
107.C / (Re)Conceptualisations of the 'Human' in Africa Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Methods, Possibilities, and Provincialisation/Universality
Room 2Convenors: Vincenza Mazzeo (Johns Hopkins University, United States), Emory Kalema (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Sinethemba Makanya (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Ellison Tjirera (University of Namibia, Namibia)
The hegemonic mantra of humanity in Shaaban Robert’s Adili na Nduguze and Katama Mkangi’s Walenisi. Wendo Nabea, Laikipia University The limits of the human: racism, global health, and media in South Africa during COVID-19. Vincenza Mazzeo, Johns Hopkins University Transhumanism and the concept of Okra: negotiating and reimagining a new humanism in Africa. Samuel Sarpaning, University of Basel Using historical fiction as a path to explore the humanity and culture of Africans. Margaret Skeel, Bilby Publications Zar’a Yacob and the possibilities of reasoned modernity. Eniola Anuoluwapo Soyemi, University of OxfordAbout this panel
13:00 - 14:30
17.B / We Engage, Yet Are Not Seen: Whither Africa’s UNSC Women, Peace and Security Agenda? [Roundtable]
Room 6Convenors: Angela Muvumba Sellström (Nordic Africa Institute (NAI), Sweden) and Shuvai Busuman Nyoni (African Leadership Centre, Kenya)
Mainstreaming a gender perspective in peace and security in Eastern Africa. Kennedy Akoko, CICAD Sexual and gender-based violence: the puzzle of Mt. Elgon communal conflict. Leah Barasa The link between the Muki label and transformative dimension of development among the Akamba, Kenya. Martha Mbuvi, Tangaza University College (Catholic University of East Africa) We engage, yet are not seen: whither Africa’s UNSC women, peace and security agenda? Angela Muvumba Sellström, Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) About this roundtable
13:00 - 14:30
51. / Urban Informality and African Potentials: Case Studies from Uganda, Niger and Cameroon
Room 5Convenors: Misa Hirano-Nomoto (Kyoto University, Japan), Antoine Socpa (University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon), Shuichi Oyama (Kyoto University, Japan), Georgina Seera (Kyoto University, Japan), Ange Bergson, Lendja Ngnemzué (UFR Eri-TES, Paris 8 University, France)
About this panel
13:00 - 14:30
62.B / Critical AI, Risk Assessment and the Future of the Human: Pan-African Perspectives [Double Panel]
Room 8Convenors: Vito Laterza (University of Adger, Norway) and Dominique Somda (HUMA – Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Digital creativity and urban entrapment in Kinshasa: AI experiments from below. Katrien Pype, Ku Leuven Encountering challenges in the evolution of diplomacy with digitisation in Africa. Min'enhle Ncube, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Saying no to AI: should Africa build AI-free spaces and is that possible? Vito Laterza, University of AgderUn/godly developments: the ethics of Africa and the debates on technological changes in African churches. Dominique Somda, HUMA - Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town and Vito Laterza, University of Adger About this panel
13:00 - 14:30
75. / Campus Forms
Room 7Convenors: Anne Gulick (University of South Carolina, United States), Carli Coetzee (Journal of African Cultural Studies, United Kingdom) and Luleadey Worku
Aluta: lyricising protest, innovation and creativity in a Nigerian university popular struggles. Oluwole Coker, Obafemi Awolowo University A university made to the measure of the world: re-imagining higher education in African fiction. Anne Gulick, University of South Carolina Campus forms. Anne Gulick, University of South Carolina Female students of Addis Ababa University fifty years after the 1974 revolution. Luleadey Worku, Qatar University “Humanising” and “dehumanising” Kabale University to transform higher education in Uganda? Ocan Johnson, Kabale University Nigerian campus fashion and clothing practices. Morolake Dairo, School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University The dream factory: Chinese presence on a Nigerian university campus. Solomon Elusoji, African Studies Centre, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies War machines: campus confraternities in the Nigerian postcolony. Chichi Ayalogu, Carleton University About this panel
13:00 - 14:30
76. / Mapping: Registers and Scale
Room 3Convenor: Nelly Ganta (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
Mapping: registers and scale. Nelly Ganta, University of the Witwatersrand About this panel
13:00 - 14:30
78. / Becoming a Muntu (Human)...
Room 4Convenor: Parfait Akana (The Muntu Institute/University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon)
Becoming a muntu (human)... Parfait Akana, Muntu Institute/University of Yaounde II About this panel
13:00 - 14:30
79. / Recent Dilemmas of Unstable Democracies: Southern Africa in Comparative Perspective
Room 9Convenors: Laura Moutinho (Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil), Fernanda Almeida (Centre for Humanities Research, University of Western Cape, South Africa) and Paulo Neves (Federal University of ABC, Brazil)
A “Trojan box”: TV and political memorialisation. Fernanda Pinto de Almeida, University of the Western Cape An end to the university. Antonádia Borges, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro Colonial heritage confronted: reflections about South Africa, Brazil and the United States. Paulo Neves, Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) Recent dilemmas of unstable democracies: Southern Africa in comparative perspective. Laura Moutinho, Universidade de São Paulo The other side? On the moral implications of certain imaginative horizons in South Africa. Laura Moutinho, Universidade de São Paulo The time of democracy: politics, tradition and transformation in a government housing settlement. Bernard Dubbeld, Stellenbosch University Why not instability? Marcelo C Rosa, Rio de Janeiro Federal Rural University About this panel
13:00 - 14:30
82. / Africa and Cannabis: Historical Narratives and Contemporary Debates
Room 6Convenors: Simon Howell (Cape Town Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Gernot Klantschnig (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow: subsistence cannabis cultivation in South Africa. Kelly Fortune, University of Cape Town Cannabis use during and after Zimbabwe's Second Chimurenga War. Peter Makaye, Maxutra Reliable Energy SolutionsFrom risk to opportunity? Cannabis implications for agrarian change in Africa. Clemence Rusenga, Gernot Klantschnig, Neil Carrier and Simon Howell, University of Bristol About this panel
14:30 - 15:00
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14:30 - 15:00
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15:00 - 16:30
107.D / (Re)Conceptualisations of the 'Human' in Africa Across Disciplinary Boundaries: Methods, Possibilities, and Provincialisation/Universality
Room 2Convenors: Vincenza Mazzeo (Johns Hopkins University, United States), Emory Kalema (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Sinethemba Makanya (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and Ellison Tjirera (University of Namibia, Namibia)
Extractive scars and the lightness of finance. Maria Dyveke Styve, European University Institute Humanising fieldwork in Africa. Tammy Wilks, University of Cape Town Precarity and expendability in urban Africa. Ellison Tjirera, University of Namibia Racial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic discourse in the 2020’s coffin dance memes. Daniel Ungureanu, George Enescu National University of Arts and Cristian Nae, George Enescu National University of Arts About this panelPRE-EVENTS | DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 | DAY 4