Restructuring Ethnicity, Gender, and Ecological Knowledge in the
Contact Zones of Namibia
DATE : November 15th, 2024 12:50~18:00
VENUE: #Medium-sized meeting room, Inamori Memorial Foundation Building (third floor), Kyoto University
STYLE: All presentations will be given hybrid (on-site & online)
APPLICATION:https://x.gd/2h35Q
PROGRAM
12:50~13:00 Akira Takada (Kyoto University, Japan)
Introduction to “restructuring ethnicity, gender, and ecological
knowledge in the contact zones of Namibia”
13:00~13:30 Mayu Watanabe (Kyoto University, Japan)
Pastors’ Gender Perspectives in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN): From Two Feminist Ideologies
13:30~14:00 Hu Elsa (Kyoto University, Japan)
Old wisdom and essential foods: Discovering the food scenes of Ovambo
single-mother households
14:00~14:30 Simon Hangula (Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and
Tourism, Namibia)
The ecological mechanisms causing landscape ecological fragments
formations: Application of Remote Sensing and GIS mapping in Namibia
14:30~15:00 Yuichiro Fujioka (Kyushu University, Japan)
Ondombe as cultural landscape: A monograph of seasonal wetlands
utilization by Owambo people in north-central Namibia
15:00~15:15 Short break
15:15~15:45 Mattia Fumanti (University of St Andrews, UK)
The Otavi mine company lets its sick workers starve’: Madness and
well-being in the colonial mines
15:45~16:15 Kleopas Nghikefelwa (Museum and Art Project Coordinator, Namibia)
Bridging the San, Aawambo, and Christian cultural heritage: The life
and achievements of Nghikefelwa Sakaria
16:15~16:45 Romie Nghitevelekwa (University of Namibia) and Martha Akawa(University of Namibia)
Indigenous ecological knowledge for climate early warning and
preparedness in northern Namibia
16:45~17:30
General Discussion
【Notes】
- No registration fee is required.
- For any inquiries, please contact the following:
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Ecological future making of childrearing in contact zones between hunter-gatherers and agro-pastoralists in Africa” (Primary investigator: Dr. Akira Takada)
Contact
E-mail: CCI.takada.lab※gmail.com