Programme of Working Group G during the Summer Semester 2016"Future(s) as societal Project(s)–actors and their visions in Africa and beyond”(convened by Subprojekt 3)Social Anthropology Lecture Series: "Processes of Social Differentiation"convened by Erdmute Alber (Institute for Social Anthropology) & Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies. The following guests contributed to this overall topic: 19.04.2016 Lena Kroeker / Maike Voigt: „Mittelschichten in Kenia. Eine Einführung“ 03.05.2016 Susann Baller: „Imaging the Future and Pan-Africanism: Diplomatic Travels of West African Political Leaders around 1960” 10.05.2016 Wolfgang Gabbert: „Rasse“ und Klasse in Mittelamerika – Anmerkungen zur Geschichte und Konzeptionalisierung sozialer Differenzierung 24.05.2016 Ulf Vierke: Warning Not Fixed! – Wissensformierungen für die Zukunft und das anarchische Archiv 31.05.2016 Deborah James: „Life and Debt: a View from the South“ 07.06.2016 Georg Klute: „Mensch-Umweltbeziehungen im Nech Sar Nationalpark in Südäthiopien. Master-Lehrforschung 2015“ 21.06.2016 Fred Ikanda: Sustaining hope in exile: resettlement and future imaginings among Somali refugees in Kenya 28.06.2016 Rachel Spronk: “The middle classes in the making through time and in regards to time in the 20th century” Workshop „Beauty and the Norm: Debating Standardization in Bodily Appearance”From 4-6 April 2016 the International Workshop „Beauty and the Norm: Debating Standardization in Bodily Appearance” took place at Iwalewahaus in Bayreuth. The workshop was a cooperation with Sub-Project 5 “Revolution 3.0” and the Institute for Social Anthropology. It was organized by Sarah Böllinger, Claudia Liebelt and Ulf Vierke.
Kick-off WorkshopKick-off Workshop about Middle-Classes from 11- 12 January Anthropologists as well as geographers were invited to critically discuss, together with the Sub-project members, their research concerning middle classes. By this interdisciplinary exchange new questions concerning this topic were raised and new understandings from other disciplines were obtained. |
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Workshop "Middle Classes in Africa – anthropological and sociological perspectives"
(27.-29. April 2016, Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth)
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Middle Classes in Africa – anthropological and sociological The debate on middle classes in Africa – and other regions of the global South – has raised great interest among anthropologists and sociologists. In the last years there has been considerable progress in this debate: Social scientists have criticised the mainly economic discourses on “the African middle-class” and the quantitative definitions by income or consumption used there. Anthropology and Sociology showed their potential to improve the discussion on middle classes by adding descriptions on differences between groups within the middle classes and by offering a perspective on agency of individuals. As a result, the idea of a relatively homogenous group has been challenged. This workshop aimed at bringing together perspectives on middle classes in Africa from Anthropology, Sociology and other disciplines. Furthermore, we want to discuss strengths and weaknesses of specific (disciplinary) approaches. Also, the workshop provided an opportunity to reflect on empirical results and/or concepts and definitions. |
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Organisation: Subproject 3 “Middle Classes on the Rise” of the Bayreuth Academy Convenors: Erdmute Alber, Dieter Neubert, Lena Kroeker, Florian Stoll, Maike Voigt Venue: Iwalewahaus, Wölfelstraße 2, 95444 Bayreuth |
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Conference "Future Africa and Beyond - Review and Outlook"
16.06.-17.06.2016 at Iwalewahaus
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’Future Africa and Beyond’- Review and Outlook Towards the end of its first funding period, the Bayreuth Academy convened an international Conference to review its general project “Future Africa and Beyond: Visions in Time”. The sessions were also open for all other interested members and guests of Bayreuth University.
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The aim of the Conference is twofold. Firstly, it will assess the results achieved so far, after almost four years of the Bayreuth Academy’s existence; and secondly, it will embark on an outlook into its own future: the winding-up of its current project and its transition towards a permanent role in African Studies and Bayreuth University at large. Participants of the conference will be the members of the Bayreuth Academy it-self, their current guest Fellows in the context of Working Group G „Future(s) as societal project(s) – actors and their visions in Africa and beyond”; invited guests from inside and outside Bayreuth University; and representatives of Academy Advisory Board and of Partner Projects of the Bayreuth Academy. The Conference comprises three types of sessions: Opening Keynotes on the performance of the project as a whole; five Panels to review research results in more detail, with papers addressing the general project theme through the lens of the five Sub-projects and their Working Groups; and three Roundtable Discussions, with short statements opening up prospects for the years to come, notably further fields to be explored, the importance of the project for critical area stud-ies, and the future role of Bayreuth Academy in its University. In line with the specific features of the Bayreuth Academy’s profile, each session aims at bringing into dialogue a variety of different disciplines; Africa-related and other fields of ex-pertise; members with guests, both local and international; and senior with postdoctoral scholars. |
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