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CO-SPONSORED EVENTS HELD AT THE HUMANITIES CENTER
Mobile Africa Conference
Friday October 26, 2012 | 03:00 -08:00 PM | Stanford Humanities Center Levinthal Hall
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the movement of people and goods, the
transformative nature of local and regional exchanges, and the mobilization of ideas and
ideologies. Ever increasing trade, migration, and availability of technology are changing the
relationships between consumers and producers, state and society, publics and politicians.
We aim to examine the ways in which people interact with their fellow citizens, produce and
promote ideas, share culture and knowledge, and learn and borrow concepts that continue to
shape the future of political, economic, and social development on the African continent. We
welcome proposals that combine insights, methods, and research from all fields and
disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Regional integration and the economic effects of migration within Africa
• Technologies of exchange and mobility, including social media and mobile services
• Social and political movements, uprisings and protests
• Class mobility and the making of the elite and middle class
• The governance and regulation of mobility
• Changing nature of physical and social boundaries in Africa
• Entrepreneurship and economic exchange
• Channels and barriers to movement and movements
More information: http://stanfordfas.wordpress.com/
Mobile Africa Conference
Friday October 26, 2012 | 03:00 -08:00 PM | Stanford Humanities Center Levinthal Hall
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the movement of people and goods, the
transformative nature of local and regional exchanges, and the mobilization of ideas and
ideologies. Ever increasing trade, migration, and availability of technology are changing the
relationships between consumers and producers, state and society, publics and politicians.
We aim to examine the ways in which people interact with their fellow citizens, produce and
promote ideas, share culture and knowledge, and learn and borrow concepts that continue to
shape the future of political, economic, and social development on the African continent. We
welcome proposals that combine insights, methods, and research from all fields and
disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences and the humanities.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Regional integration and the economic effects of migration within Africa
• Technologies of exchange and mobility, including social media and mobile services
• Social and political movements, uprisings and protests
• Class mobility and the making of the elite and middle class
• The governance and regulation of mobility
• Changing nature of physical and social boundaries in Africa
• Entrepreneurship and economic exchange
• Channels and barriers to movement and movements
More information: http://stanfordfas.wordpress.com/
All events take place at Stanford University, unless otherwise noted.
The Calendar of Events lists events sponsored and co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. For a more comprehensive listing of university-wide events, see the Stanford Event Calendar.
The Calendar of Events lists events sponsored and co-sponsored by the Stanford Humanities Center. For a more comprehensive listing of university-wide events, see the Stanford Event Calendar.