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:news410@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20200811T102453 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181026 SUMMARY:Swiss Researching Africa Days DESCRIPTION:The 5th edition of the Swiss Researching Africa Days will take place on Friday and Saturday October 26–27\, 2018 at the Institute for S ocial Anthropology\, University of Bern. The Researching Africa Days are h eld biennially alternating with the international thematic conferences of the Swiss Society for African Studies and are open to all disciplines repr esenting African Studies. The objective of the meeting is to promote the e xchange among the community of researchers working on Africa in Switzerlan d.\\r\\nIts goals are to\\r\\npresent current research projects of MA- and doctoral students\, post-docs and senior scholars\;enhance the circulatio n of relevant information between these actors and the respective institut ions\;offer a platform for synergies and collaboration\;enhance the visibi lity of African Studies in Switzerland\, the universities and research ins titutions\;promote the institutionalisation of African Studies.\\r\\nThe f ollowing panels are foreseen:\\r\\nKnowing Justice: The Politics of Knowle dge Production for\, and of\, Peace and Justice in AfricaDisentangling the knot: illuminating the dynamics between globalised land and local well-be ing in AfricaEnvironmental justice and land management practices in Africa ´Brokers´ and interpreters within the judicial and human rights fields in West Africa / « Courtiers » et interprètes dans les champs de la ju stice et des droits de l´Homme en Afrique de l´OuestTheorizing African AestheticsSous le signe du retour : migration et migrance littéraireDance \, Power and Subjectivities in African citiesMultilingualism and Governanc e in Sub-Saharan Africa: a key to participation and sustainability?So what about youth in Africa? Reappraisals after the academic buzzState-Making a nd State-Breaking in sub-Sahara AfricaContested Wildlife\\r\\nCALL FOR POS TERS (EXTENDED DEADLINE) One of our aims is to present ongoing or recentl y completed PhD research on a topic related to Africa at Swiss universitie s. The organizers invite researchers to submit a scientific poster (size A 0\, vertical orientation) on their PhD research for the Swiss Researching Africa Days. There will be time slots for the presentation of the posters during the conference. The posters will also be compiled as an electronic reader to be published on the website of the Swiss Society for African Stu dies. Please submit proposals for posters (pdf) to Veit Arlt (veit.arlt@un ibas.ch [mailto:veit.arlt@unibas.ch]). \\r\\nGENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SSAS/ SGAS/SSEA The general assembly of the society will be held in the framewor k of the Swiss Researching Africa Days on Friday evening 26 October 2018.\ \r\\nORGANISATION For the Board of the SSAS/SGAS/SSEA: Didier Péclard\, T obias Haller and Veit Arlt For the University of Bern: Tobias Haller\, Car ole Ammann and Melanie Sampoyo\\r\\nLINKwww.sagw.ch/africa [http://www.sag w.ch/africa] X-ALT-DESC:The 5th edition of the Swiss Researching Africa Days will take place on Friday and Saturday October 26–27\, 2018 at the Insti tute for Social Anthropology\, University of Bern. The Researching Africa Days are held biennially alternating with the international thematic confe rences of the Swiss Society for African Studies and are open to all discip lines representing African Studies. The objective of the meeting is to pro mote the exchange among the community of researchers working on Africa in Switzerland.\nIts goals are to\n\nThe following panels are fo reseen:\n
  1. Knowing Justice: The Politics of Knowledge Production for \, and of\, Peace and Justice in Africa
  2. Disentangling the knot: il luminating the dynamics between globalised land and local well-being in Af rica
  3. Environmental justice and land management practices in Africa
  4. ´Brokers´ and interpreters within the judicial and human right s fields in West Africa / « Courtiers » et interprètes dans les champs de la justice et des droits de l´Homme en Afrique de l´Ouest
  5. T heorizing African Aesthetics
  6. Sous le signe du retour : migration e t migrance littéraire
  7. Dance\, Power and Subjectivities in African cities
  8. Multilingualism and Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: a ke y to participation and sustainability?
  9. So what about youth in Afri ca? Reappraisals after the academic buzz
  10. State-Making and State-Br eaking in sub-Sahara Africa
  11. Contested Wildlife
\nCALL FOR POSTERS (EXTENDED \;DEADLINE)
One of our aims is to pres ent ongoing or recently completed PhD research on a topic related to Afric a at Swiss universities. The organizers invite researchers to submit a sci entific poster (size A0\, vertical orientation) on their PhD research for the Swiss Researching Africa Days. There will be time slots for the presen tation of the posters during the conference. The posters will also be comp iled as an electronic reader to be published on the website of the Swiss S ociety for African Studies. Please submit proposals for posters (pdf) to V eit Arlt (veit.arlt@unibas.ch). \ nGENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE SSAS/SGAS/SSEA
The general assembly of the society will be held in the framework of the Swiss Researching Afri ca Days on Friday evening 26 October 2018.\nORGANISATION
For the Board of the SSAS/SGAS/SSEA: Didier Péclard\, Tobias Haller and Veit Arlt
For the University of Bern: Tobias Haller\, Carole Ammann and M elanie Sampoyo\nLINK
www.s agw.ch/africa
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