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Point Sud conference 2021
Update June, 2023:
The interview series on how the Covid 19 pandemic impacted social movements and activists in Africa is now available online at the ISA RC47 Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movements youtube channel.
Conveners:
Lamine Doumbia, Social Anthropology, German Historical Institute, Centre de recherches sur les politiques sociales, UCAD II, Dakar, Senegal – Fellow of MIASA – University of Ghana
Antje Daniel, Sociology, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
Louisa Prause, Political Science, Latinamerica Institute Freie Universität Berlin
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop, Head of Programme Democracy and Society; Helmut-Schmidt Foundation
Sabrina Zajak, Head of Department at the at the German Center for Migration and Integration Studies (DeZIM) e.V., and Professor at the Faculty of Social Science at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
Abstract
Social movement research is still predominantly concerned with protest and activism in the Global North. While scholars based in Latin America have pushed the research on Latin American social movements as well as theory building, protests in Africa and their relationship to the theoretical debates in social movement studies have only recently come into focus.
The literature on African social movements largely focuses on the so called ‘Arab Spring’ while the ‘African Uprisings’ that took place since the mid 2000ds all over the continent received less attention. Yet the there is a vast diversity of mobilizations such as mobilization for regime chance, anti-mining movements or protests against large-scale agro-industrial projects, labour movements, mobilization for women’s rights or the rights of the LGTBQI* community or recent mobilizations for environmental justice and against the climate crisis. These movements not only claim more democracy, but also practice different forms and principles of democracy from within. While there is a considerable amount of interesting research and theorizing being produced from within the different countries, this research continuous to be largely invisible in the international social movement literature.
This conference aims to bring together researchers from Africa and other world regions, including Latin America, Asia and Europe to gain a more nuanced picture of the existing empirical knowledge on social movements and protests in Africa and their link to democratization processes. It will contribute to portray a nuanced picture of these movements and protest events with their various links to democracy thorough fostering an inter-regional and interdisciplinary debate between researchers. The conference also pays attention on how the pandemic situation affected the dynamics between social movements and (de-)democratization in different localities, while at the same time putting these struggles in a historical and global perspective. Through the conference we intend to introduce theories and concepts from the Global South, especially African states, into international research on democratization and social movements. We also discuss how this Southern perspective helps us to uncover preexisting Northern prejudices in the conceptualization of social movements in terms of democratic statehood and practices.
The conference takes place from 16.-19. November as a hybrid event at University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. The conference is organized in cooperation with The Research Committee 47 of the International Sociological Association, Social Movements and Social Classes (RC47), and also builds upon the existing African research networks which were established at previous Point Sud Conferences.
Struggles for ‘democracy’ in Africa before and during the pandemic - Encounters from the Global North and South
Luttes pour la "démocratie" en Afrique - Rencontre avec des chercheurs et des militants du Nord et du Sud
Preliminary Program: Workshop Point Sud, Dakar 17. – 19.11.2022
Before the conference (Tues. 16 Nov. 2021): Excursion to Y’en a marre’s office
Day 1: Wed. 17 Nov. 2021
Zoom: https://unige.zoom.us/j/61983976751?pwd=MWh2MU1ONEJnVG9BU0lKSncyT0FOUT09
ID de réunion : 844 1561 7391
Code secret : 551639
4 – 6:30 pm (Dakar/GMT)
5 – 7:30 (CET)
Welcoming 1 (Point Sud and CREPOS)
Amadou Dramé (IHA-CREPOS): Welcoming
Issa Fofana (Point Sud)
Welcoming 2
Lamine Doumbia, German Historical Institute, Centre de recherches sur les politiques sociales, UCAD II, Dakar, Miasa, University of Ghana
Antje Daniel, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna
Louisa Prause, Latinamerica Institute Freie Universität Berlin
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop, Helmut-Schmidt Foundation
Sabrina Zajak, German Center for Migration and Integration Studies (DeZIM) e.V., and Ruhr-University Bochum
Moderation: Sabrina Zajak, German Center for Migration and Integration Studies (DeZIM) e.V., and Ruhr-University Bochum
New waves of movements in pandemic times in different world regions
Geoffrey Pleyers, FNRS-UCLouvain, Vice-President for Research of the International Sociological Association
South-South dialogues in social movement research
Breno Bringel, State University of Rio de Janeiro
The Indian farmers’ movement in the time of Covid 19
Simin Fadaee, Manchester University
Logiques dé-coloniales et visibilisation des invisibles: les mobilisations sociales et citoyennes des collectifs de jeunes en Afrique de l'Ouest. Le cas de Y en a marre
Saliou Ngom & Cheikh Niang, IFAN-UCAD
Day 2: Thu. 18 Nov. 2021
Zoom: https://unige.zoom.us/j/66028761649?pwd=eThTRmNxOHBHTWY1QzkyNUJ5Mncrdz09
ID de réunion : 660 2876 1649
Code secret : 123456
9 – 10:30 (GMT)
10 – 11:30 (CET)
Social movements and democracy in Africa
Moderation: Antje Daniel, University of Vienna
Africa's Crash and Burn
Bond Patrick, University of Johannesburg
Lutter pour une politique publique négociée : les OSC et la réforme foncière au Sénégal - 2012-2016
Phillippe Lavigne Delville, IRD
Whither social movement unionism: Organised Labour's response to the Covid 19 Pandemic in South Africa
Mbuso Nkosi, University of Witswatersrand
11–12:30 (GTM)
12 –13:30 (CET)
Social movements and democracy in Africa
Moderation: Antje Daniel, University of Vienna
Jihade governance in Northern Mali: Socio-political orders in contest
Georg Klute, University of Bayreuth
Le mouvement feministe Malien. Des instruments juridiques aux réalités quotidiennes
Fodié Tandjigora, Université des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de Bamako
Le mouvement social religieux et la (dé)construction de la démocratie au Sénégal
Mamadou Bodian, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
2 – 3:30 (GTM)
3 – 4:30 (CET)
Epidemies, controle et surveillance en contexte colonial: les maladies quarantenaires en Afrique de l'Ouest. Etude de cas du Sénégal 1848 à 1960
Biram Ba, UCAD, Dep. d'Histoire, DHI-CREPOS
La solidarité et les pratiques informelles dans les organisations communautaires dans deux villages de la région de Ziguinchor
Koly Fall, UCAD, Dep. de Sociologie, DHI-CREPOS
L'action de l'église catholique au Sénégal: la question de l'enseignement 1817-1945
Etienne Badji, UCAD, Dep. d'Histoire, DHI-CREPOS
Moderation:
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop, Helmut-Schmidt Foundation
Lamine Doumbia, German Historical Institute, Centre de recherches sur les politiques sociales, UCAD II, Dakar, Miasa, University of Ghana
Discussions with
Aimie Bouju, DeZIM-Institut
Niklas Steinkamp, Ruhr-University Bochum, PhD student from Scuola Superiore Italy
Day 3 Fri. 19 Nov. 2021
Zoom: https://unige.zoom.us/j/69396505938?pwd=ZzhQR3VQbWVMTWI1cmRFalFPUEFaUT09
ID de réunion : 693 9650 5938
Code secret : 123456
9 –10:30 (GMT)
10 – 11:30 (CET)
Democracy within social movements in Africa
Moderation: Louisa Prause, HU Berlin
Balancing commonalities and discord: informal workers in Ghana’s labour movement.
Akua Opokua Britwum, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Successful democratisation movements. What happens to activists? Dieter Neubert, University of Bayreuth
Networks, alliances and their potential for democratic change: A comparison of struggles against land grabbing in Senegal and Ghana Sarah Kirst, Freie Universität Berlin
11-12:30 (GTM)
12-13:30 (CET)
Democracy within social movements in Africa
Moderation: Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop, Helmut-Schmidt Foundation
The government would become an enemy of the people: The Gambian refusal to accept deportation from Europe and the role of transnational social activism
Judith Altrogge, University of Osnabrück
Three-Faced Activists: The Social (local), Political (national) and Economic (international) Embeddedness of Social Movements in Africa
Janick Schritt, Technische Universität Berlin
3:30 – 5 (GTM)
4:30 – 6 (CET)
Hybrid: Thinking beyond the box and moving forward.
Coming together to discuss the key findings of the conference
Moderation: Louisa Prause, HU Berlin
5:15 – 6:15 (GTM)
6:15 – 7:15 (CET)
Hybrid : Next plans towards the next ISA world congress:
https://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/melbourne-2023
Moderation: Geoffrey Pleyers (ISA Vice-President for Research) & Sabrina Zajak (Vice-president of ISA Research Committee on Social Classes and Social Movement (RC47)
Planning of joint publication
Moderation: Sabrina Zajak
Conveners:
Lamine Doumbia, German Historical Institute, Centre de recherches sur les politiques sociales, UCAD
Antje Daniel, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna
Louisa Prause, Humboldt University Berlin
Nina-Kathrin Wienkoop, Helmut-Schmidt Foundation
Sabrina Zajak, German Center for Migration and Integration Studies (DeZIM) e.V., and Ruhr-University Bochum
Unsere Veranstaltungsreihen
DeZIM_talk ist ein Veranstaltungsformat des DeZIM-Instituts, das sich an eine breite Öffentlichkeit richtet. Hier diskutieren Wissenschaftler*innen des DeZIM mit Gästen aus Politik und Gesellschaft über aktuelle Themen der Integrations- und Migrationsfoschung
Die Lunch Discussions am DeZIM-Institut dienen dem wissenschaftlichen Fachaustausch. Sie finden in unregelmäßigen Abständen zur Mittagszeit statt. Wissenschaftler*innen des DeZIM diskutieren dabei mit Gästen über aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse oder Fragen der Integrations- und Migrationsforschung.
Zu den Lunch-Discussions
DeZIM_book discussion ist ein Veranstaltungsformat, das sich an ein Fachpublikum richtet. Wissenschaftler*innen stellen hier eine aktuelle Publikation aus dem Bereich der Integrations- und Migrationsforschung vor und diskutieren sie mit Kolleg*innen vom Fach oder anderen Gästen. Zu den book discussions
Berliner Reden: Die Kanzlerkandidat*innen des Jahres 2021 im Gespräch mit Vertreter*innen aus Wissenschaft, Kultur und Zivilgesellschaft im Allianz Forum am Pariser Platz.
Bei DeZIM_meets taz talk diskutieren wir über die Covid19-Krise: Wie verstärkt die Pandemie den Rassismus? Welche Auswirkungen hat sie auf Geflüchtete, Migrant*innen und Minderheiten? Wie verändert sie politischen Protest?