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OpportunityCall for Papers on African Consumer Marketing!October 25-26 (Monday-Tuesday), 2021 | Online / Hybrid Following the success of the Inaugural “Out of (and Into) Africa” Conference - International Symposium on African Consumer Marketing and Firm Strategies - which was held at the Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore in 2018, we are now excited to launch the next edition of the conference with multi-HBCU involvement. Sponsored by: Morgan State University, CIBER-CMCC, and Howard University Paper Submission Deadline Extended to: July 20, 2021 Submit your paper via the Paper Submission Form and register via the Conference Registration Form below.By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021EDUCATION
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OpportunityCALL FOR PAPERS: Pan-African Symposium on Digital Learning in Global AfricaThursday & Friday, October 21 & 22, 2021 | Virtual International Symposium The Howard University Department of African Studies will host an international virtual symposium on Digital Learning in Global Africa During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, on October 21 and 22, 2021. The Department plans the symposium in collaboration with the Title VI Center for African Studies at Howard University; the Howard University Department of World Languages and Cultures; the Howard University Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication; the Howard University Center for Women and Gender Studies; the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public & International Affairs (TM-School) South Africa; the Bowie State University Department of History & Government; Distance Education for Africa (DeAfrica); and the State of the African Diaspora. The purpose of the Symposium is to enable scholars, researchers, and Higher Education Executives from the African continent and the Global African Diaspora (GAD) to critically reflect on the challenges and opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic has created for higher learning and research on the continent of Africa, in the Caribbean, and in the African American community. It is also to enable the participants to explore concrete and innovative ways in which institutions in these Global African regions can utilize digital technology to meet the challenges and seek ways to improve teaching, learning, and research. Paper Proposal Submission Deadline: July 15, 2021 Submit your paper via the Paper Submission Form and register via the Conference Registration Form below.By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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ArticleConference: A Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern StudiesA Call for the Desuperiorization of Philosophy and the Foundation of Superaltern Studies August 11-13 About the conference It seems Western thought, to this day, has not sufficiently recognized its superioristic danger as the danger that it is! When considering contemporary contexts, this danger remains real. The foreign, the other, is stigmatized or re-stigmatized. Western thought remains dangerous. The West must finally take this seriously and critically evaluate its value as a normative authority. It would hardly be surprising if we indeed find that a lot of contemporary problems have grown forth from the pseudo-self-evident superiority of the white, heterosexual, male human being many of the Enlightenment thinkers tried so vigorously to defend by manipulating philosophy. The West needs to understand itself, needs to understand all the intricacies of its superiorism, its superalternity and finally start working on the desuperiorization of its thought. We want to stimulate a discussion that Western thought must understand that its central task must be its Desuperiorization. We need to establish Superaltern Studies. We need to understand the superiorism of Western thought. We need to understand it deeply to be able to identify and avoid it. We need to understand why Western thought and Western action so often brought exploitation and humiliation with it. The Enlightenment did not only introduce a new understanding of the value of the human being, it also introduced a new level of dehumanization. Philosophy did not only argue to treat all human beings humanely, it – implicitly and explicitly – worked at the same time on reducing the numbers of those who were human enough to be treated humanely. This seems to have been one the most important intellectual self-deception moves that enabled so many philosophers to be humanist and anti-humanist at the same time: to simply disregard the humanness of those mistreated. We want to understand how superiorism has, and continues to play out, in terms of the colonialism and neocolonialism that has continued to affect much of the global south. We need to see how decoloniality expresses itself, and should express itself, as a necessary response to superiorization and inferiorization, as well as the psychological baggage that comes with it. We need to also examine the epistemological effects of superiorization, which has presented itself in what scholars have termed epistemic injustice, epistemic harm, and/or epistemic violence. How has this affected scholarship and knowledge production and must it be resisted? How do we balance identity and pride with the devastating effects of superiorization and othering? Speakers Robert Bernasconi, Pennsylvania State University, USA Benda Hofmeyr, University of Pretoria, South Africa Elvis Imafidon, University of London, England Janine Jones, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA Siseko Kumalo, University of Pretoria, South Africa Dimpho Takane Maponya, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Veli Mitova, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Ana Paula Coelho Rodrigues, University of Paderborn, Germany Boaventura des Santos Sousa, University of Coimbra, Portugal University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Natsu Taylor Saito, Georgia State University, USA Abraham Tobi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Mpho Tshivhase, University of Pretoria, South Africa Organization Committee Björn Freter, Independent Researcher, Knoxville, TN, USA Aribiah Attoe, Conversational Society of Philosophy, South Africa For any questions, please write to desuperiorization@gmail.com The event will be held online. Please register here https://www.desuperiorization.com/By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021CULTURE AND SOCIETY
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ArticleQuality higher education ‘indispensable’ for Africa’s futureVice Chancellor and Professor of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the United States International University- Africa, Dr. Paul Zeleza has written an article on the role of higher education in the transformation of Africa. Zeleza additionally represents AAP as one of our advisory board members. Zeleza states within the article that quality and transformative higher education is indispensable to use the growth of Africa’s population for the betterment of the continent’s future. To read more: https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=202107051145016&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=uwn-AF320By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021EDUCATION
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OpportunityCall for Submissions: Innovate4Cities ConferenceCall for submissions: Deadline 04 August The Innovate4Cities Conference will be an international gathering at the nexus of cities, climate change science and innovation. This groundbreaking meeting will be co-hosted by UN-Habitat and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM). It will bring together over 1,000 city leaders, scientists, researchers, innovators, academics, youth and business people to advance pragmatic and action oriented research and science that will help cities reduce their carbon footprint and increase resilience to climate change. We invite our global network to collaborate with us on the conference program by showcasing the latest science and innovation from academia, city practitioners, policymakers, the private sector, and civil society, helping to bridge the gap between climate ambitions and results. We are calling for submissions with a unique focus on research and innovation across the conference themes, inspired by the Global Research Action Agenda.By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021WATER, ENERGY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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OpportunityCall for proposals in East, West, and Southern AfricaCall for proposals in East, West, and Southern Africa: Generating and mobilizing knowledge and innovation for early learning Eligibility This call is open to individual African organizations (organizations with independent legal registration in an African country) or consortia of up to three organizations. The applicant organization/lead institution must have legal corporate registration and the capacity to administer foreign funds. Proposals from consortia must name one lead organization that can subgrant to additional organizations. The lead organization must be a Southern organization with independent legal registration in an African country. Other consortium members may include organizations from within the region; national, regional, or international offices of multilateral organizations or international NGOs; or other organizations from outside the region. This call is NOT open to individuals, governments, or organizations interested in using this grant to conduct research on the for-profit provision of core education services. Scope The IDRC, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the LEGO Foundation invite proposals from individual organizations, or consortia of organizations, for projects to generate and mobilize knowledge to enable national education systems in developing countries to address challenges associated with two targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These are targets 4.1 (“By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes") and 4.2 (“By 2030, ensure that all boys and girls have access to early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education”). Projects funded through this call will generate and mobilize evidence on how to adapt and scale up approaches that strengthen quality early learning for all children, supporting smooth transitions from pre-primary to primary education. Projects will build on existing promising or proven approaches that: adapt and further test the approaches to assess how to scale up positive impact in GPE-member countries; and mobilize knowledge and strengthen capacity so the approaches can be taken up in policy and practice. Projects funded through this call will not finance the implementation of the approaches More details Please refer to the detailed call for proposals for more information about the call objectives, eligibility, timelines, selection criteria, review process, application guidelines, and challenge. You are strongly encouraged to read the detailed call for proposals document before applying. Register for a webinar about this call on June 28, 2021. Please e-mail your questions in advance to kixcalls@idrc.ca by June 21, 2021. Please consult the Frequently Asked Questions.By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021EDUCATION
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OpportunityCall for proposals: 'Evidence for Innovation'Eligibility All proposals must identify potential innovation support programs that might form the basis of their research program. Direct-entry grants will be required to provide a detailed methodology suitable for examining the identified innovation support program(s). Stage 1 proposals must identify principal and co-principal investigators based at a public research organization (e.g., a government-legislated public or private university) or a non-profit research organization (e.g., think tanks). Direct- entry proposals will also have a principal investigator from a research organization but will include collaborator from innovation agencies that have or had some responsibility for the implementation of the innovation support program being investigated. Stage 1 grants are to include representatives from two or more countries. Direct-entry grants do not have to involve two or more countries. Eligible countries: This funding opportunity supports applications led from and focused on the following countries: Afghanistan; Angola; Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Chad; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Liberia; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Myanmar; Nepal; Niger; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Togo; Timor-Leste; Uganda; United Republic of Tanzania; Yemen; Zambia and Zimbabwe. For purposes of this call, the lead administrative organization must be based in the countries above. Applicants from the island states of Tuvalu, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Comoros, and São Tomé and Príncipe may participate but as members of a consortia. Scope This funding opportunity aims to: generate new evidence on the performance and the distributional impacts of innovation support programs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), promote collaboration between researchers and innovation agencies, and strengthen networks and capacity for analysis and implementation of innovation policies. Research focus: The funding opportunity supports research that generates evidence on the performance and distributional impacts of SME support programs or policies (e.g., on women-led enterprises, access to goods and services in underserved communities, employment for youth). There are a wide range of policies and services that seek to create and develop SMEs, referred to here as innovation support programs. The performance of such programs has been examined but there is considerable scope to strengthen the evidence base in lower-income countries. It aims to support an integrative approach to understanding both the firm/economic performance of innovation support programs as well as their social impacts by integrating equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) analyses. The rationale for this focus stems from an interest in promoting evidence-informed decision-making as well as understanding the strengths and weaknesses of targeted EDI initiatives and how economic policies can support social development goals (e.g., gender equality). Collaboration: The funding opportunity invites active involvement and leadership from both researchers and agency staff responsible for designing and/or implementing innovation support programs. Non-academic collaborators may involve representatives from government and non-profit or for-profit agencies. It is expected that this collaboration will facilitate access to data, improve empirical analysis, and position research evidence for application. Sequenced funding: The application deadline for Stage 1 and direct-entry grants is July 28, 2021. Stage 1 grants will fund survey research and network development over a 12-month period. This preparatory phase will position teams to submit detailed Stage 2 proposals, which would support in-depth analysis of identified innovation support programs. Direct-entry grants are designed to support time-sensitive research projects that can be mobilized quickly to advance the aims of this call. More details For more information, please read the program description for this funding opportunity. A frequently asked questions page will be maintained to respond to applicant questions. For further inquiries, contact e4i@idrc.ca. If you are eligible for this opportunity, we welcome you to submit an application.By: Madeleine FutterMonday, Aug 16, 2021OTHER
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