Nairobi, Kenya
Kansas African Studies Center’s 8th Annual
Graduate Research
WORKSHOP March 30, 2018
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spencer Museum of Art |KU
Engage. Network. Converse.
Program 9:00 – 9:15 Coffee and Welcome Peter Ojiambo 9:15 – 10:45 Session 1 | Migration, Neoliberal Subjectivity, and Governance Co-chairs: Ebenezer Obadare; Abel Chikanda • Constructions of Love and Prioritization of Obligation Darlingtina Atakere | Psychology • Mental Health Issues Among West African Immigrants Araba A. Kuofie | Psychology • What is the Relationship between the Decentralization of Poverty Alleviation, Agrarian Programs, and the Scale of Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries? William Hatungimana | Political Science 10:45 – 11:00 Tea Break 11:00 – 12:30 Session 2 | Authoritarianism and Processes of Place-Making Co-chairs: Antje Ziethen; Van Kelly • • •
Alterglobalization and Sustainable Worlds Chris Hall | English Perceptions and Influences of the Sense of Place of the Pokot through the Lens of Western Christian Missions Julie Morris |Geography Embracing the Monster / Diachronic Environments: An Introduction with a Case Study in Maputo Luis Felipe Gómez Lomelí | Spanish and Portuguese
12:30 – 1:15 Lunch [Provided for participants and chairs] We invite guests to bring a brownbag or purchase lunch from the The Market (Kansas Union)
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Program 1:15 – 2:00 Gallery Talk: “Race, Gender, and the ‘Decorative’ in 20th Century African Art” Dr. Jessica Gerschultz | African & African American Studies 2:00 – 3:00 Session 3 | Gendered Politics: Embodied and Historicized Chair: Emily Riley • Past and Present - Namibian Women’s Roles during Liberation and Gender Relations Today Mariah Crystal | Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies • Women as Nation Builders and Space Negotiators in Egypt Jenna D’Ottavio Swanson | African & African- American Studies 3:00 – 4:00 ColLAB Roundtable | Bridging East Africa’s Digital Health Divide Co-Chairs: Elizabeth MacGonagle; Peter Ojiambo
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Mariah Crystal | WGSS Sierra Upton, KUMC | Epidemiology Paeten Denning | School of Law Symantha Dawson | Anthropology
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