Why worship the sun in a desert?
Terje Oestigaard, researcher at NAI in the rural research cluster, gives a lecture at Linnaeus University in Växjö on Monday, 13 February. He will speak about Nile archaeology and answer the question why the ancient Egyptians worshiped the sun despite the fact that a large part of their country was made up of desert. Terje Oestigaard is an archaeologist but he also researches contemporary rituals and cremation, and the interaction between water and religion. His current research project at NAI is entitled: "Rain Making and climate change in Tanzania: the traditions, rituals and globalisation”.
Events
23 February, Nuffield College, England: Mats Utas is a speaker at a workshop on 'Sierra Leone Elections 2012: Between Democracy and Violence'. Read about the workshop at Centre for International Studies' website.
1-2 March at Uppsala University: NAI will co-organise the conference on “Water systems and urbanization in Africa and beyond”. More information can be found here (pdf). Programme (pdf).
7-8 March, International conference: "Changing socio-spatial configurations of inclusion and exclusion: planning and counter-planning in the African city". Organized by the Urban Cluster at NAI, the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University and the African Centre for Cities, South Africa. Find more information about the conference here (pdf).
These events are part of the Urbanity Week and also includes public lectures on 7 March, see our event page for more information. Another event during Urbanity Week is the symposium “Emergent cities: conflicting claims and the politics of informality”. See the annoucement here (pdf).
NAD - Nordic Africa Days 2012
18-19 October in Reykjavík
The Nordic Africa Days (NAD), the biennial conference of the Nordic Africa Institute, will be hosted at University of Iceland in Reykjavík on October 18-19, 2012. The theme is 'Africa unplugged'. NAD will highlight Africa’s multiple positions in a global world, looking simultaneously toward the past and the future, while asking about Africa’s situation in the world today and the near future. The deadline for proposing papers and panels is March 1 , 2012. Read more about the conference here (pdf opens in new window).
Movies from Africa Day at Sida
On 19 January Sida arranged the seminar "Africa - Developing or lack of progress?" in Stockholm. Carin Norberg, the Nordic Africa Institute’s director, was one of the speakers. Movies from the seminar, including all the presentations and the discussion that followed, are now available on Sida's website (opens in new window).
Carin Norberg's presentation can also be read here (pdf opens in new window).
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NAI celebrates 50 years
The celebrations in Uppsala will take place in October to coincide with the inauguration of the institute’s new premises in the Botanical Gardens. There will also be anniversary events in Finland in March, in Oslo in May and in Copenhagen in November. The Nordic Africa Days 2012, to be held in Reykjavik in October, will also mark the anniversary. There will also be activities in Africa: in Dakar, Ethiopia or Uganda, and in Pretoria.
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