BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//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:news3494@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230525T120906 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230529T100000 SUMMARY:Workshop: "Rethinking Decolonisation: African Knowledge\, Religion and Global Health" DESCRIPTION:Decolonization discourses on African medicine lend credence to development in the West and largely dismiss the relevance of local knowled ge systems and practices to global health. These misconceptions about Afri ca changed after WW2 to contemporary times as Africa became the hub for ex perimenting with innovations that have accelerated global sustainable deve lopment in the healthcare sectors. Challenging imperial domination in Afri can medical history\, this workshop looks beyond the delegitimisation of h ealing institutions to reflect on African contributions in the field of gl obal African medicine. In particular\, it focuses on methods\, approaches\ , knowledge\, and practices initiated by Africans which have been and are still relevant in global spheres. At a time\, where reframing traditional health through heritage discourses and practices may present a route to th e institutionalisation of these practices\, this workshop brings into dial ogue\, through the lens of decolonisation\, how local knowledge fosters gl obal policies to address the escalating menace of mortality in contemporar y time.\\r\\nThrough an interdisciplinary approach from history\, anthropo logy\, religion\, and public and global health\, this workshop examines th e role of Africa in the development of knowledge\, innovations\, and polic y related to health - with a focus on themes with international reach (suc h as healthcare systems\, environmental health\, maternal health\, African traditional medicine\, religious belief systems\, and healing\, etc.). Re search questions could include but are not limited to: What sources and me thodologies are used in the reconstruction of the history of global health in Africa? How is decolonialisation/ty impacting African contributions to global health? How have the foundational roles of culture and religion in fluenced African contributions? What medical innovations can be credited t o the African continent? What are the potentials and constraints of decolo nising the history of global health? How have Africans shaped developments in medical practices and global health sectors? What is the significance of African indigenous knowledge in the history of global health? Is it rig ht to suggest that Africans have been represented in international health organisations? X-ALT-DESC:

Decolonization discourses on African medicine lend credence t o development in the West and largely dismiss the relevance of local knowl edge systems and practices to global health. These misconceptions about Af rica changed after WW2 to contemporary times as Africa became the hub for experimenting with innovations that have accelerated global sustainable de velopment in the healthcare sectors. Challenging imperial domination in Af rican medical history\, this workshop looks beyond the delegitimisation of healing institutions to reflect on African contributions in the field of global African medicine. In particular\, it focuses on methods\, approache s\, knowledge\, and practices initiated by Africans which have been and ar e still relevant in global spheres. At a time\, where reframing traditiona l health through heritage discourses and practices may present a route to the institutionalisation of these practices\, this workshop brings into di alogue\, through the lens of decolonisation\, how local knowledge fosters global policies to address the escalating menace of mortality in contempor ary time.

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Through an interdisciplinary approach from history\, ant hropology\, religion\, and public and global health\, this workshop examin es the role of Africa in the development of knowledge\, innovations\, and policy related to health - with a focus on themes with international reach (such as healthcare systems\, environmental health\, maternal health\, Af rican traditional medicine\, religious belief systems\, and healing\, etc. ). Research questions could include but are not limited to: What sources a nd methodologies are used in the reconstruction of the history of global h ealth in Africa? How is decolonialisation/ty impacting African contributio ns to global health? How have the foundational roles of culture and religi on influenced African contributions? What medical innovations can be credi ted to the African continent? What are the potentials and constraints of d ecolonising the history of global health? How have Africans shaped develop ments in medical practices and global health sectors? What is the signific ance of African indigenous knowledge in the history of global health? Is i t right to suggest that Africans have been represented in international he alth organisations?

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