BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news295@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20190408T112100 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181005 SUMMARY:5th Namibia Research Day DESCRIPTION:The Namibia Research Day is organised jointly by the Centre for African Studies and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Participation is fr ee of charge. The Namibia Research Day brings together graduate students and scholars of all levels and from all disciplines to share their researc h\, experiences and expectations. It offers the possibility to discuss ong oing or recently completed research on Namibia in an interdisciplinary con text. The Day also offers the possibility for common reflections on a vari ety of (practical) issues with which researchers in Namibia are faced with \, such as archival and institutional opportunities and challenges or ques tions regarding academic cooperation. The Namibia Research Day explicitly addresses all disciplines\, themes and topics. Interested participants ar e requested to send a research abstract/project summary (not more than one page) and let us know if you are interested in giving a brief presentatio n. The final format and programme of the Day will be communicated at a lat er stage\, depending on the number of participants and the disciplines rep resented.\\r\\n Kindly register by 6 August 2018 for the 5th Namibia Resea rch Day on Friday 5 October 2018 - with either Lena Bloemertz [mailto:lena .bloemertz@unibas.ch]\, Geography\, University of Basel\; or Dag Henrichse n [mailto:dh@balserafrika.ch]\, Basler Afrika Bibliographien\; or Giorgio Miescher [mailto:giorgio.miescher@unibas.ch]\, Centre for African Studies\ , University of Basel\\r\\nProgramme:\\r\\n9.00-9.15Registration – Refre shments – Welcome9.15-10.15KeynoteMartin Hipondoka (University of Namibi a): "The Cuvelai-Etosha Basin: environmental and climatic linkages to th e operations of the warring parties in the 1966-1989 war for Namibian independence"10.15-10.45Refreshments10.45-11.45Session I: Water and Conser vation HistoriesMeredith McKittrick (Georgetown University\, US): "Liquid histories: imaginaries and exploitation of water in Namibia\, 1870s-pres ent" Oliver Graefe (University of Fribourg) & Antje Schlottmann (Universi ty of Frankfurt\, Germany): "Contested construction of wildlife in Namibi an conservation practices - a conceptual framework"11.45-12.45Open forum: Research in Namibia – sharing experiencesUntil 14.00Lunch Break14.00-15 .30Session II: Resistance\, Mobility and Language HistoriesAndrea Rosenga rten (Northwestern University\, Evanston\, US): “A subversive ethnogene sis: resistance\, racial mobility and Nama intellectual history in coloni al Namibia\, ca. 1820-1980s”Sylvanus Job (Humboldt University\, Berlin\ , Germany): “Gender and number resolutions in Khoekhoegowab. Conjunctiv e noun phrases” Amber Gayle Thalmayer (University of Lausanne): “ǂŪ sigu: the structure of character description in Khoekhoegowab”15.30-16. 00Refreshments16.00-17.30Session III: Post-colonialitiesJosué Castro Toma selli (University of Campinas\, Brazil): “’Untying tradition’: post -colonial politics and rhetorical strategies in Namibia” Elise Pape (Un iversity of Strasbourg\, France): “Ovaherero activists in the United St ates – transnational legacies of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide”Juli a Rensing (University of Freiburg i.B.\, Germany): “Namibia- Germany – a post-colonial heterotopia? Narratives and negotiations of colonial legacies in Namibia and Germany”18.30-19.45Ethnographic Film ArchivesGe rtrud Boden (University of Frankfurt\, Germany): “The ethnographic film s by Oswin Köhler and their collaborative editing by Khwe in Namibia – an experiment” X-ALT-DESC:The Namibia Research Day is organised jointly by the Centre for African Studies and the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. Participation is fre e of charge. The Namibia Research Day brings together graduate students a nd scholars of all levels and from all disciplines to share their research \, experiences and expectations. It offers the possibility to discuss ongo ing or recently completed research on Namibia in an interdisciplinary cont ext. The Day also offers the possibility for common reflections on a varie ty of (practical) issues with which researchers in Namibia are faced with\ , such as archival and institutional opportunities and challenges or quest ions regarding academic cooperation. The Namibia Research Day explicitly addresses all disciplines\, themes and topics. Interested participants are requested to send a research abstract/project summary (not more than one page) and let us know if you are interested in giving a brief presentation . The final format and programme of the Day will be communicated at a late r stage\, depending on the number of participants and the disciplines repr esented.\n Kindly register by 6 August 2018 for the 5th Namibia Res earch Day on Friday 5 October 2018 - with either Lena Bloemertz\, Geography\, University of Basel\; or Dag Henric hsen\, Basler Afrika Bibliographien\; or Giorgio Mi escher\, Centre for African Studies\, University of Basel\nProg ramme:\n
9.00-9.15Registration – Refre shments – Welcome
9.15-10.15Keynote
Martin Hipondoka (University of Namibia): "\;The Cuvelai-Et osha Basin: environmental and climatic linkages to the operations of the warring parties in the 1966-1989 war for Namibian independence"\;
10.15-10.45Refreshments
10.45-11 .45Session I: Water and Conservation Histories
Mer edith McKittrick (Georgetown University\, US): "\;Liquid historie s: imaginaries and exploitation of water in Namibia\, 1870s-present"\ ; Oliver Graefe (University of Fribourg) &\; Antje Schlottma nn (University of Frankfurt\, Germany): "\;Contested construction of wildlife in Namibian conservation practices - a conceptual framework& quot\;
11.45-12.45Open forum: Research in Nam ibia – sharing experiences
Until 14.00Lunc h Break
14.00-15.30Session II: Resistance\, M obility and Language Histories
Andrea Rosengarten (Northw estern University\, Evanston\, US): “A subversive ethnogenesis: resista nce\, racial mobility and Nama intellectual history in colonial Namibia\, ca. 1820-1980s”
Sylvanus Job (Humboldt University\, Berlin \, Germany): “Gender and number resolutions in Khoekhoegowab. Conjuncti ve noun phrases” Amber Gayle Thalmayer (University of Lausanne): “ǂŪsigu: the structure of character description in Khoekhoegowab”< /td>
15.30-16.00Refreshments
16.00-1 7.30Session III: Post-colonialities
Josué Castro Tomaselli (University of Campinas\, Brazil): “’Untying tradition ’: post-colonial politics and rhetorical strategies in Namibia” El ise Pape (University of Strasbourg\, France): “Ovaherero activists in the United States – transnational legacies of the Ovaherero and Nama genocide”
Julia Rensing (University of Freiburg i.B.\, Ger many): “Namibia- Germany – a post-colonial heterotopia? Narratives an d negotiations of colonial legacies in Namibia and Germany”
18.30-19.45Ethnographic Film Archives
Gertru d Boden (University of Frankfurt\, Germany): “The ethnographic film s by Oswin Köhler and their collaborative editing by Khwe in Namibia – an experiment”
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