www.international.ucla.edu/afri...t.asp
SATURDAY, APRIL 12 SCHEDULE:
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- Panel Discussions
Lunch will be provided -- African Cuisine -- FREE to conference attendees
Conference Panels:
Saturday: Panel I, 10 - 11:30 AM – Defining Urban Space
Moderator: TBD
Erin Pettigrew, African Studies, UCLA, “The Capital of Sand: Nouakchott as a Space of Negotiation in Mauritania”
Andre Wellington, African Studies, UCLA, “Space and Power Transformed: A Critical Social History of our Hillbrow”
Michal Singer, History, University of the Witwatersrand, “Rural Transformation and the Coal City: The Rise of the Coal Mining Industry in the Witbank Coalfields, Transvaal: 1860s – 1940s”
Panel II, 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM -- Women in African Urban Space
Moderator: Prof. Katrina Daly Thompson, African Languages and Linguistics, UCLA
Katharine Stuffelbeam, Ethnomusicology, UCLA, “Women, Music, and Identity: The role of traditional Dagbamba music in an increasingly urban context”
Kim Foulds, Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA, “Urban Women’s Political Participation in Nairobi: The Failure of Formal Politics and the Power of Informal Networks”
Thomas Harding and Dorothy Yumi Garcia, Art Aids Art, “Bead by Bead, Brick by Brick: Community and Transformation in South Africa”
1:30 - 2:30 PM: Lunch of African Cuisine (free and open to all symposium attendees)
Panel III, 2:30 - 4 PM -- Art History and the City
Moderator: Prof. Steven Nelson, Art History, UCLA
Michelle Huntingford Craig, Art History, UCLA, “A Cropped Shot: Scenes and Views of an Urban History from Fez, Morocco”
Erica P. Jones, Art History, UCLA, “Reflecting the Urban Fabric: Reality and Fantasy in the Urban Simulations of Bodys Isek Kingelez”
Dr. A. Sameh El Kharbawy, Art and Design, Cal State University, Fresno, “The ‘Other’ Modernity: Lessons Learned from Egypt’s New Urban Developments”
Panel IV, 4:15 - 5:45 PM -- Development and Urban Planning
Moderator: Prof. Stephen Commins, Urban Planning, UCLA
Charisma Acey, Urban Planning, UCLA, "Civic Participation and Service Delivery in the Urban Context: Opportunities and Challenges in Lagos, Nigeria"
Meghan Corroon, Urban Planning, UCLA, “The Political Economy of Sanitation Services in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Damola Osinulu, World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, “Painters, Blacksmiths and Wordsmiths: Building Molues in Lagos”
www.international.ucla.edu/afri...t.asp
SATURDAY, APRIL 12 SCHEDULE:
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM -- Panel Discussions
Lunch will be provided -- African Cuisine -- FREE to conference attendees
Conference Panels:
Saturday: Panel I, 10 - 11:30 AM – Defining Urban Space
Moderator: TBD
Erin Pettigrew, African Studies, UCLA, “The Capital of Sand: Nouakchott as a Space of Negotiation in Mauritania”
Andre Wellington, African Studies, UCLA, “Space and Power Transformed: A Critical Social History of our Hillbrow”
Michal Singer, History, University of the Witwatersrand, “Rural Transformation and the Coal City: The Rise of the Coal Mining Industry in the Witbank Coalfields, Transvaal: 1860s – 1940s”
Panel II, 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM -- Women in African Urban Space
Moderator: Prof. Katrina Daly Thompson, African Languages and Linguistics, UCLA
Katharine Stuffelbeam, Ethnomusicology, UCLA, “Women, Music, and Identity: The role of traditional Dagbamba music in an increasingly urban context”
Kim Foulds, Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA, “Urban Women’s Political Participation in Nairobi: The Failure of Formal Politics and the Power of Informal Networks”
Thomas Harding and Dorothy Yumi Garcia, Art Aids Art, “Bead by Bead, Brick by Brick: Community and Transformation in South Africa”
1:30 - 2:30 PM: Lunch of African Cuisine (free and open to all symposium attendees)
Panel III, 2:30 - 4 PM -- Art History and the City
Moderator: Prof. Steven Nelson, Art History, UCLA
Michelle Huntingford Craig, Art History, UCLA, “A Cropped Shot: Scenes and Views of an Urban History from Fez, Morocco”
Erica P. Jones, Art History, UCLA, “Reflecting the Urban Fabric: Reality and Fantasy in the Urban Simulations of Bodys Isek Kingelez”
Dr. A. Sameh El Kharbawy, Art and Design, Cal State University, Fresno, “The ‘Other’ Modernity: Lessons Learned from Egypt’s New Urban Developments”
Panel IV, 4:15 - 5:45 PM -- Development and Urban Planning
Moderator: Prof. Stephen Commins, Urban Planning, UCLA
Charisma Acey, Urban Planning, UCLA, "Civic Participation and Service Delivery in the Urban Context: Opportunities and Challenges in Lagos, Nigeria"
Meghan Corroon, Urban Planning, UCLA, “The Political Economy of Sanitation Services in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Damola Osinulu, World Arts and Cultures, UCLA, “Painters, Blacksmiths and Wordsmiths: Building Molues in Lagos”
www.international.ucla.edu/afri...t.asp
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