MANSA Conference, Beyond Crisis and Insecurity: Cultural Creativity, Popular Struggle, and Social Change in West Africa, 16-19 June 2021
Enjoy listening to the plenary sessions of the MANSA Conference 16-19 June 2021@Uppsala. // Écoutez les sessions en plénière du Colloque MANSA du 16 au 19 juin 2021@Uppsala. #MANSAUppsala2021
- Conference Opening on 16 June (Part 1). Welcoming words by Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University; Sten Hagberg: Beyond Crisis and Insecurity in West Africa : Key Challenges / Au-delà des crises et des insécurités en Afrique de l'Ouest : les défis-clés.
- Conference Opening on 16 June (Part 2). Inès Lydia Rouamba: La lutte des femmes au Burkina Faso : les principaux défis; and Anders Themnér et al.: Socializing Warlord Democrats: explaining violent discursive practices in post-war democratic politics.
- Plenary Session on 17 June (Part 1) - Relativizing the Universal: Reconciling Human Rights, the Public Sphere, and the State in West Africa. Rosa de Jorio: Human Rights as Memoryscapes for the Future; and Zakaria Soré: Human rights, popular perceptions and the struggle against insecurity in Burkina Faso.
- Plenary Session on 17 June (Part 2) - Relativizing the Universal: Reconciling Human Rights, the Public Sphere, and the State in West Africa. Bruce Whitehouse: Marriage, gender, and the law in Bamako; Joseph Hellweg: Panic at the Wedding: Queer Marriage, Human Rights, and the Language of Belonging in Côte d'Ivoire; and Discussion.
- Plenary Session on 18 June (Part 1) - Contestation over the mining boom in West Africa: actors, discourses, and governance. Bettina Engels: Introduction; Hermann Moussa Konkobo: Violence and Discrimination of women in artisanal mining; and Anna Dessertine Extractive territorialization and gold panning in the Republic of Guinea.
- Plenary Session on 18 June (Part 2) - Contestation over the mining boom in West Africa: actors, discourses, and governance (Part 2). Diana Ayeh: After the Boom Comes the Bust? Notions of "Security" in Mining Investment Decisions; and Discussion.
- Plenary Session on 19 June (Part 1) - Roundtable: Publish or Perish in the Postcolony. Rosa de Jorio; and Fatoumata Ouattara.
- Plenary Session on 19 June (Part 2) - Roundtable: Publish or Perish in the Postcolony. Baba Coulibaly; and Maria Grosz-Ngaté.
- Plenary Session on 19 June (Part 3) - Roundtable: Publish or Perish in the Postcolony. Discussion.
DUE TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC THE CONFERENCE WILL BE ORGANIZED ONLINE. MORE INFO HERE // A CAUSE DE LA PANDEMIE TOUJOURS EN COURS, LE COLLOQUE SERA ORGANISÉ EN LIGNE. PLUS D'INFO ICI
BREAKING NEWS! A LA UNE!
The Final Conference Programme is now available.
Le programme final du colloque est actuellement en ligne.
Dear Participants:
Given the current spread of the coronavirus around the world and the challenges we all face, our next triennial international conference was postponed and is now scheduled for 16-19 June 2021 at Uppsala University, Sweden. We will maintain all accepted panels, round tables and papers. Please follow updates on the conference website: https://mansaconference2020.home.blog/
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Welcome to the 11th International Conference of the Mande Studies Association (MANSA) at Uppsala University (Sweden), 16-19 June 2021. The conference is co-organized with the Forum for Africa Studies at Uppsala University. The conference theme is, "Beyond Crisis and Insecurity: Cultural Creativity, Popular Struggle, and Social Change in West Africa." The call for papers, panels, and roundtables is available here (in English).
To manage your abstracts, the link is available here.
[Version française ci-dessous]
OBJET : Le Colloque MANSA Au-delà des crises et des insécurités : créativité culturelle, lutte populaire et changement social en Afrique de l’Ouest, du 16 au 19 juin 2021
Chers participants,
Vu la propagation actuelle du coronavirus à travers le monde et les défis auxquels on est confronté, nous avons reporté notre prochain congrès MANSA triennal international et il est maintenant programmé du 16 au 19 juin 2021 à l’Université d’Uppsala en Suède. Nous tiendrons à respecter tous les panels, tables rondes et communications déjà acceptés. Vous pourriez suivre les mises à jour sur le site du colloque : https://mansaconference2020.home.blog/
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Bienvenue au 11ème Colloque International de l’Association d’Études Mandé (MANSA) à l’Université d’Uppsala (Suède) du 16 au 19 juin 2021. Le colloque est co-organisé avec le Forum for Africa Studies à l’Université d’Uppsala. Le thème du colloque est, « Au-delà des crises et des insécurités : Créativité culturelle, lutte populaire et changement social en Afrique de l’Ouest ». L’appel aux propositions de communications, de panels et de tables-rondes est accessible ici (en français).
Pour gérer vos résumés, cliquez ici.
Cordially / Cordialement
The Conference Executive Committee/Comité préparatoire exécutif pour le colloque
Sten Hagberg (Uppsala University)
Rosa de Jorio (University of North Florida)
Joseph Hellweg (Florida State University)
SPONSORS
The organisation of the 11th International Conference on Mande Studies is mainly funded by the Forum for Africa Studies at Uppsala University, with additional, generous support from several partners: the Uppsala Forum on Democracy, Peace and Justice (Uppsala University), the Agence Française de Développement, the Health, Politics, and Culture project (Uppsala University), Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskaps-Samfundet i Uppsala, and the Nordic Africa Institute.