Following our call for panels we retained 14 panels grouped under four themes:
SUSTAINABILITY, KNOWLEDGE, AND TRANSFORMATIONS
Panel 1: Epistemologies, Plural Knowledges, and Narratives of Sustainability and Transformations
Panel 2: Impact is the precursor to Sustainability and Transformation
Panel 3: Towards sustainable language policies in Africa
Panel 4: Identifying Transformations in Africa through a Lusophone Lens: Interdisciplinary Contributions
PEACE, POLITICS, AND RELIGION
Panel 5: African Innovations for Sustainable Peace?
Panel 6: Is China’s presence in Africa sustainable?
Panel 7: Religious institutionalization in Africa: organizational practices and individual experiences
Panel 8: Women of Faith: Women’s Rights and Religious Associations in and beyond Africa
ECOLOGY, DEVELOPMENT, AND FOOD
Panel 9: Land Use and Land Cover across Africa – present, dynamics and futures
Panel 10: Food and Nutrition in Africa facing Transformations: Past, Present and Future
Panel 11: Agroecology in Sub-Saharan Africa: sovereign transformations or new recipe for development arenas?
HISTORY AND ECONOMY OF URBAN SPACES
Panel 12: Building the sustainable African city
Panel 13: Urban commons in Africa: sustainable city development beyond market and state?
Panel 14: Transforming West African Cities in the mid-20th Century
For a full description of each panel please consult the Call for papers (pdf). Please submit your paper proposition directly to the convenors of the panel of your choice before 31 July 2024.
Call for posters
One of our aims is to present on-going or recently finished PhD research on a topic related to Africa at Swiss universities. The organizers invite researchers to submit a scientific poster (size A0, 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 Studies. Please submit proposals for posters (pdf) to Veit Arlt (veit.arlt@unibas.ch). The deadline for submission is 31 August 2024.
Timeline
31 July 2024 Deadline for submission of paper proposals
9 September 2024 Publication of the detailed program and registration of participants