International Workshop, Low Tech/High Tech, For a new mapping of assembly methods Venues: ENSCI, 17-18 Dec., and Musée du Quai Branly, 19 Dec. 2012 Coordination : ARTMAP, URMIS-IRD, Paris Diderot, LESC-CNRS-Paris Ouest, Musée du Quai Branly. Organisation : D. Vidal, E. Grimaud, Y.P. Tastevin More information : http://www.artmap-research.com/?p=814 Programme
Methodological Meeting Goal: Building a common framework of enquiry between researchers in Kenya and Ethiopia: Colleagues from Ethiopia will be introduced to training in heritage management by their Kenyan counterparts through the visit of sites connected to slavery heritage on the Kenya coast. This workshop takes place with the financial support of the platform HeReGo (Heritage, Resources and Governance) launched by the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD).
Dear friends and colleagues, please find hereunder the announcement of the next session of our research seminar on slavery, to be held at Addis Ababa university, Siddist Kilo campus of Social sciences, in the History Department, at the ground floor (room G 9) on Friday May 25, from 2-5pm. Entrance is free and open to all On forced migrations and labour Slaves & slavery from an Ethiopian perspective Research seminar […]
The Challenge of the Threshold. Border Closures and Migration Movements in Africa Edited by Jocelyne Streiff-Fénart and Aurelia Segatti Publisher: Lexington Books, Lanham, Md, USA. Hardback November 2011: $95.00 (£59.95) ISBN : 978-0-7391-6510-2 288 pages Paperback November 2013: $37.99 (£22.95) ISBN : 978-0-7391-6511-9 eBook November 2011: $37.99 (£22.95) ISBN 978-0-7391-6512-6 Contributions by: Julien Brachet; Lorenzo Gabrielli; Paolo Gaibazzi; Elise Palomares; Anaik Pian; Philippe Poutignat; Catherine Quiminal; Joris Schapendonk; Aurelia Segatti; Amandine Spire; […]
Denis Vidal, Research Director at IRD and member of Urmis, organises with Emmanuel Grimaud (CNRS) and Ravi Sundaram (SARAI/CSDS), a Workshop on “Low-Tech/High-Tech”. Click here to read the presentation on IFP Website : http://www.ifpindia.org/Low-Tech-High-Tech-Workshop-on-December-15-17-2011.html
The Land Policies in East Africa International conference will be taking place on 2nd – 3rd – 4th November at Makerere University. Many local and international researchers have documented land-related issues in East Africa and wider scientific exchanges are expected to stem from this meeting. The main aim of the conference is to present on-going research which questions common representations about land and policy-making. By analysing current and longerterm trends […]
This conference aims at promoting scientific exchanges involving researchers and stakeholders dealing with land issues. Participants will be invited to share their work and experiences in order to assess land strategies and policies within a comparative framework. This conference was initiated by Ugandan and French researchers from the Institute of Research for Development (IRD, France) and the University of Makerere (Kampala, Uganda). Many local and international researchers in East Africa
23-24-25 November 2011. Espace Isadora Duncan – Campus Meudon Bellevue of CNRS. Deadline to submit proposals : 15 June 2011. Website : http://www.gis-cist.fr/index.php/main-sections-2/colloque-sciences-du-territoire Poster / Affiche programmeWorkshop Université Paris Diderot / University of Chicago ” Mobilities, Regulations, and Citizenship “ September 23 and 24, 2010 Coordinators: Gilles Guiheux (Université Paris Diderot, SEDET) James Hevia (University of Chicago) Manuela Martini (Université Paris Diderot, ICT) Dominique Vidal Université Paris Diderot, URMIS) Session 1: September 23- Morning Manuela Martini (Université Paris Diderot, ICT), Moderator Gilles Guiheux (Université Paris Diderot, SEDET) Title: White-collar migrants in coastal Chinese […] PosterThe International Conference Transit Migration in Africa: Local and Global Dynamics, Politics and Experiences is organized on 10-12 December 2009, at the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, by Urmis and the Institut français d’Afrique du Sud as the closing closing event to MITRANS, a French National Research Agency (2006-2009) funded research programme devoted to the analysis of mobility within and from the African continent in the context of a hardening of […] International Conference: “Transit” Migration in Africa: Local and Global Dynamics, Politics and Experiences 10-12 December 2009 Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis Download the call for papers in english (PDF) Télécharger l’appel à communication en français (PDF) This conference is organised as a closing event to MITRANS, a French National Research Agency (2006-2009) funded research programme devoted to the analysis of mobility within and from the African continent in the context […] The Migrations and Society Research Unit (URMIS) is specialised in the study of migrations and interethnic relations, and unites the universities Paris Cité and Côte d’Azur with the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD, UMR205) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS, UMR8245). URMIS brings together not only research groups located in Paris and Nice, but also researchers from a variety of disciplines (sociology, anthropology, political science, […]
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