Convened by @divinefuh.bsky.social & @fanny-chabrol.bsky.social “The future Hospital” is a collaborative project between #Ceped and @humauct.bsky.social w/ funding from PHC-PROTEA, GRIP, @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, National Research Foundation (NRF) & @wennergrenorg.bsky.social
This workshop interrogates the #technologicalshifts that #AI brings to care and #hospitalcare, by mapping and scrutinizing the ethical quandaries that the euphoria for AI activates in a continent deemed to be at the frontiers of #transformativeAI
More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
Phase 2 of the #AI and the #futureofhospital care in #Africa workshop is taking place in #Paris, France (16th to 19th) with the title “The future of hospitals, from the South. #Epistemologies & Experimentations" at MSH Paris Nord.
🔗Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
📰Read this thought-provoking piece by our #Humateam Visiting Research Fellow Eyob Balcha Gebremariam on #Epistemic Justice and Knowledge Sovereignty for #SustainableDevelopment. Dr Gebremariam is an awardee of the joint #UCT- #UoBristol Fellowship.
🔗 un.org/osaa/news/ep...
We are pleased to host Sarah Saddler (@baruch.cuny.edu)
for an #AtayaSeminar | May 29th | 13:00 SAST | From Workers to Managers: Theatres of Capital in South Africa
📍HUMA Seminar Room
🔗 Read more/Register to join online: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/events/...
Anthropology Prof Francis B. Nyamnjoh, who has Chaired
@humauct.bsky.social Advisory Board, will be delivering the International Africa Institute’ IAI Biennial Lecture at the European Conference on #AfricanStudies #ECAS2025 in Prague 25-28 June 2025 🎊
🔗More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
[New Postdoctoral Fellow Alert] 🎊
We are delighted to welcome Solomon Uhunamure to the #HUMATeam as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow funded by
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social on #AfricaAIEthics. Solomon holds a PhD in #EnvironmentalSciences from the University of Venda, #SouthAfrica
📚 Apply for the HUMA Visiting Fellowship Programme
The HUMA #VisitingFellowship Programme is intended to create supportive and productive relationships with a particular emphasis on appropriate partnerships in other parts of the #South.
Visit our website: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/huma-vi...
[New Visiting Fellow Alert]🎊
Our #Humateam is pleased to be hosting Juliana Maria Costa (Universidade de #SãoPaulo) as a Visiting Doctoral #ResearchFellow. Juliana researches the framework of complementary actions to racial #inclusion policies underway in #Brazil and #SouthAfrica
[New Postdoctoral Fellow Alert] 🎊
We are delighted to welcome Emily Mashonganyika to the #HUMATeam as a Pre-Postdoctoral Research Fellow funded by
@carnegiecorp.bsky.social on #AfricaAIEthics. She is currently completing a PhD in #Sociology at UCT.
More: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/about/p...
This vibrant celebration is organized by Director of African Studies & #humacommunity alum Dominique Somda and Assistant Professor of French Manfa Sanogo.
The events are held at the Arcus Center Center at 201 Monroe
Read more: www.kzoo.edu/news/africa-....
#AfricaMonth celebrations 🥳 at @kalamazoocollege.bsky.social begin today with a keynote lecture by @divinefuh.bsky.social. This marks the relaunch of Kalamazoo’s #AfricanStudies concentration
🔴🎥 Watch live: vimeo.com/event/1804369
Such a privilege to celebrate 40 years of African Studies at the University of Copenhagen with friends
#AfricaMonth is coming up! Many incredible scholars and artists will gather to explore #disobedientknowledge, acts of refusal, and transformative visions at #kalamazoocollege
- including our Director @divinefuh.bsky.social 🎉 We look forward to a month of celebration around the world!
Read the latest op-ed from our #Humateam Postdoctoral Research Fellow @azzamustafa.bsky.social and co-writer Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón on "How AI Exploits"
They demonstrate how the #AIsupplychain involves precarious working conditions, lack of transparency, and inadequate regulation in #Africa
The keynote was profoundly critical. Student Aisha Mohamed reflects that Prof. @divinefuh.bsky.social "spoke passionately about the concept of #pluriversality— the idea that multiple perspectives must coexist and be respected in the quest for deeper understanding."
Our Director, Assoc. Prof @divinefuh.bsky.social inaugurated the 40th Anniversary of the Centre of African Studies at the
#UniversityofCopenhagen with a keynote lecture "Africa as Theory: A Proposition for #AfricanStudies"
Photo credits: Freja Wille
⚠️ Reminder! Reminder!
The submission deadline for #ASAA2025 6th Biennial Conference in #CaboVerde is tomorrow️ | #AfricanStudies Association of #Africa
⏰ Send through your abstracts, panels, workshops, roundtables, films, and creative submissions 🌍 ✨
We are pleased to announce that @humauct.bsky.social
Director @divinefuh.bsky.social will be delivering the keynote lecture of the #Universityofcopenhagen Centre for #AfricanStudies' 40th Anniversary on April 25 💫
Read more: teol.ku.dk/cas/news/cal...
Recent upheavals in aid programmes have had devastating consequences for vulnerable populations worldwide.
🗓️ Mark your calendar for this upcoming discussion hosted by the @devcomms.bsky.social featuring HUMA Director @divinefuh.bsky.social
8 April 2025 | 2pm SAST
Register: bit.ly/whatnextaid
Publication Alert ⚠️ Read the full book review of
@azzamustafa.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Researcher at
HUMA on The #MiddleClass in #Sudan by Atta El Bat'hani
Published by @cmi.no
In our latest #AtayaSeminar, Marcelo Rosa, Professor of Sociology at #UFRRJ & Visiting Research Fellow at HUMA, presented his book project which addresses the limits of the #socialsciences in dealing with other-than-modern subjects.
📹 Now Online: youtu.be/ixhR3mQGwS4
The deadline for submissions for African Studies Association of Africa 6th Biennial Conference has been extended to 5 April 2025! 📝CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...
♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
🌍 Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde in September!
Reminder 📣📣 Only 3 days left to send your submissions for the #ASAA2025 6th Biennale | Come join us in Praia #CaboVerde this September 🌍
📝 CfP Submissions:
forms.gle/ShBanbTdw7TV...
♦️ Creative Submissions:
forms.gle/RtbwkfaKJ8s7...
Our #humateam & @wennergrenorg.bsky.social funded Fanidh Sanogo reflects on her participation at the #WomeninResearch Leadership Development Symposium along other #earlycareer researchers from multiple disciplines in #Africa brought together by CIFAR in #Rwanda
All #HUMATeam fellows had the opportunity to present their research to their peers as well as to Godisang Mookodi, chair of the HUMA Advisory Board, and Tiny Diswai member of the advisory board.
✨ Read in full: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
The Annual HUMA Opening #ResearchSymposium on March 4th marked the beginning of the institute’s 2025 activities & seminars. The event brought together our diverse cohort of doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scholars.
✨ Read more: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/article...
What an honor to have two distinguished members of the HUMA #AdvisoryBoard with us this week: Godisang Mookodi & Tiny Diswai. Their presence brought invaluable energy and insightful perspectives as part of the Institute's inaugural week.
✨Learn more: humanities.uct.ac.za/huma/about/g...
📹Now Online! #AtayaSeminar with Shogo Kudo
"Since 2010, I have been conducting #fieldresearch on the impacts of #aging and #depopulation in Akita Prefecture, #Japan. Some of the observed problems are the abandonment of farmland, the closure of schools, and the gradual fading of traditional culture."
The 6th Biennial Conference of the #AfricanStudies Association of Africa #ASAA2025 Call for Papers is open!
📝 Submission form for papers, panels, roundtables & workshops: forms.gle/itug6RUFd77r...
🎨 Form for creative Submissions: film, art & performance: forms.gle/kbgJoNN2MNsq...