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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191211
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SUMMARY:African Peacebuilding Network Grantee Research Writing and Dissemination Training Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program held a week-long joint workshop in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania for the 2019 cohort of APN Individual Research Grant (IRG) recipients and the 2019 cohort of Next Gen fellows. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the University Dar es Salaam from December 9th to 14th\, 2019. \n15 APN Individual Research Grant participants benefited from lectures\, working group sessions\, and one-on-one dialogues with experienced facilitators\, including senior scholars\, and current and former APN Advisory Board members. The grantees met from December 11th to 14th\, 2019. The workshop involved a mix of plenary lectures\, small working groups and one-on-one feedback sessions. During the breakout sessions\, each small working group (led by a facilitator) guided grantees through presentation of their projects and peer-review and feedback on each other’s projects. These sessions helped grantees refine their proposals\, research questions and methods before heading out to conduct fieldwork and collect data for their research projects. \nOn December 11th\, APN grantees joined Next Gen fellows for the first day of their joint workshop. The day began with opening remarks from Professor William A. L. Anangisye\, Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam. This was followed by a keynote lecture titled “Law Making\, Peacemaking\, and National Development: Reflections on Research and Policy Linkages” given by Dr. Tulia Ackson\, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Tanzania. Dr. Tulia Ackson spoke about the correlation between research and policymaking and how these two are very important when talking about peacebuilding in Tanzania and in other African countries. The day’s activities were concluded with an emotional and reflective off-site visit to Bagamoyo\, a cultural heritage site which in the first half of the 19th century became a trading port for ivory and the slave trade. Following the visit\, APN and Next Gen fellows and grantees attended a dinner at the Vice Chancellor’s Residence at the University of Dar es Salaam. \nThe second joint workshop day consisted of two joint thematic sessions and two roundtables. The first roundtable featured Professor Yolande Bouka (Queen’s University)\, Dr. Siphokazi Magadla (Rhodes University)\, and Professor Sarah Ssali (Makerere University). The roundtable was titled “Mainstreaming Gender in Academic Writing.” During the roundtable\, the speakers talked about how taking gender seriously when researching can allow us to take fundamental parts of and facts about our history into consideration. They also urged the fellows and grantees to question how having a gender focus can bring about new insights to their analyses/research. \nThe second and last roundtable of the joint workshop featured a panel of APN and Next Gen fellows and grantees who spoke on the “Challenges of Dissertation Writing – Candidate and Supervisor Perspectives.” The fellows and grantees on the panel talked about how important it is for candidates to do their research before getting into a PhD program. Some spoke about the complicated power dynamic embedded within the student-supervisor relationship while others talked about the pressure of having to publish while being a PhD student. \nThe third day of the APN workshop included two plenary sessions and one roundtable discussion. The first plenary keynote was given by Professor Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa) and was titled “The Perils of Securitization: Understanding the Global Political Economy of Conflict and Insecurity.” Professor Abrahamsen talked about how poverty and development usher in a new type of militarization and that certain myths such as “poverty is dangerous” determine the process of securitization. She also talked about the ways in which politicians and policymakers can change their language when talking about underdevelopment. The second plenary keynote was titled “Contemporary Issues in African Peacebuilding” and was given by Professor Kenneth Omeje (University of Johannesburg). Professor Omeje spoke about how peacebuilding can be considered as a post-conflict activity. He also touched on making a distinction between “orthodox peacebuilding in Africa” and “African peacebuilding.” \nThe roundtable discussion featured Dr. Temitope Oriola (University of Alberta)\, Professor Rita Abrahamsen (University of Ottawa)\, and Dr. Ismail Rashid (Vassar College). The roundtable focused on “Disseminating Research Findings through Peer-Reviewed Journals.” They spoke to the mechanics of submitting articles to journals\, the various steps and things to consider\, particularly the things journal editors look out for. Some of the advice given included the following: decolonizing debates as Africa in under-represented in most journals\, take writing seriously – you cannot make a good argument without revising your draft many times – identifying your audience\, and learning how to deal with rejection. The featured speakers also talked about the Catch 22 that occurs when African scholars start publishing in international journals. What happens is that even though publishing internationally is a good thing\, it also impoverishes national journals because people put their best efforts in international journals. They also spoke on the writing process and how researchers need to decide early on in their process who their audience is going to be and understand that that is going to influence their approach. \nThe last day of the APN workshop began with a plenary keynote titled “The Politics of Knowledge Production\, Power\, and What it Means to be an African Scholar” given by Professor Ismail Rashid (Vassar College). Professor Rashid talked about the historic mission of the African scholar and how a myriad of disciplines have been clustered together to create a particular subject on the African continent. He also emphasized that the purpose of being in education or being a scholar is to be the best possible citizen in the world. \nThe last plenary session and activity of the workshop featured Dr. Christine Noe (University of Dar es Salaam) and Dr. Duncan Omanga (APN and Next Gen Program Officer). The session was titled “Using Digital Data and Platforms for Academic Writing and Publications.” Dr. Noe and Dr. Omanga talked about how it is necessary for journals and writers to tap into the power of media in order to disseminate their work.  Dr. Noe also identified and spoke about several digital tools for collaboration with other scholars\, referencing\, and compiling bibliographies. She noted that such tools were important for the following: searching literature\, knowledge-sharing\, image editing\, editing\, writing help\, visualizing work in different ways and reference management.  In his presentation\, Duncan Omanga noted that it was not sufficient to publish\, and emphasized the importance of making an overt and conscious effort to disseminate the knowledge produced. He also underscored the importance of developing a sound knowledge of social media and spoke to the use of social media to disseminate information about research findings and publications.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/african-peacebuilding-network-grantee-research-writing-and-dissemination-training-workshop/
LOCATION:Ramada Resort\, Wyndham Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, United Republic of
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191213
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SUMMARY:Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa joint Bi-Annual Fellows Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) and African Peacebuilding Network (APN) program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) held a week-long joint workshop in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania for the 2019 cohort of APN Individual Research Grant (IRG) recipients and the 2019 cohort of Next Gen fellows. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the University Dar es Salaam from December 9th to 14th\, 2019. \n24 Next Gen Proposal Development and Dissertation Research fellows were joined by six experienced and scholars and Next Gen board members in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania for a four-day workshop event including two full days devoted to holding a series of joint activities with APN grantees. Next Gen fellows met from December 9th – 12th\, 2019. The workshop was designed to help early-career faculty (progressing through various stages of their doctoral dissertation) from African universities learn more about each other’s work\, engage in scholarly reflections\, research\, writing and networking. Other activities included a series of lectures\, working group sessions and one-on-one feedback sessions with facilitators on individual projects and interdisciplinary perspectives to research. \nThe first day of the Next Gen workshop began with opening remarks given by Professor Razack Lokina\, the principal of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Dar es Salaam. Professor Lokina welcomed the fellows to Tanzania and acknowledged the SSRC’s efforts to advance knowledge sharing of important issues pertinent to the African continent. Dr. Cyril Obi\, Program Director of the APN and Next Gen programs also gave opening remarks. \nThe keynote lecture\, titled “Green Violence\, Environmental Governance and the Challenge of Development in Africa\,” was delivered by Professor Maano Ramutsindela of the University of Cape Town\, South Africa. In his lecture\, Professor Ramutsindela spoke about conceptualizing violence in the context of “nature\,” environmental governance\, and the challenge of African development. He noted that this was important for several reasons: the place of Africa in the world\, the history of conservation on the continent and contemporary practices and experiences. In this regard\, Prof. Ramutsindela called for greater reflection on the brutalities against non-human nature with the visible suffering of certain animals. He interrogated the assumption that local African communities do not appreciate nature\, and such appreciation had to imposed or received from outside. He went further to show how and why global and local forces interprete nature\, and raises the important question about “How do Africans own and govern their own natural resources?” In concluding he called for a critical reading of tactics of conservation movements\, and learn to confront these by pooling Africa’s intellectual resources to tackle the logic underpinning such tactics. \nThe second day of the workshop consisted of plenary sessions\, cohort breakout sessions\, and one-on-one sessions. The first plenary lecture of the day was given by Professor Thomas Kwasi Tieku (Western University) and was titled\, “Why Writing Matters: Overcoming Common Problems in Doctoral Dissertation Writing.” The lecturer talked about the value of good writing and how readers don’t care about “linguistic gymnastics” and that using complicated jargon will isolate the common reader. He also emphasized the need to diversify resources and the importance of paying attention to the content of dissertations. \nThe second plenary lecture was titled “The Lived Experiences of Women Scholars in Peacebuilding Research: Some Reflections” and was given by Dr. Yolande Bouka (Queen’s University). Professor Bouka spoke about the patterns of discrimination that come with being a woman in academia and opened it up to the women fellows in the room to talk about their experiences. \nThe third day of the workshop turned into a joint meeting with APN grantees. The day began with opening remarks from Professor William A. L. Anangisye\, Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam. This was then followed by a keynote lecture titled “Law Making\, Peacemaking\, and National Development: Reflections on Research and Policy Linkages” given by Dr. Tulia Ackson\, the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Tanzania. Dr. Tulia Ackson spoke about the correlation between research and policymaking and how these two are very important when talking about peacebuilding in Tanzania and in other African countries. The day’s activities were concluded with an emotional and reflective off-site visit to Bagamoyo\, a cultural heritage site which in the first half of the 19th century became a trading port for ivory and the slave trade. Following the visit\, APN and Next Gen fellows and grantees attended a dinner at the Vice Chancellor’s Residence at the University of Dar es Salaam. \nThe second joint workshop day consisted of two joint thematic sessions and two roundtables. The first roundtable featured Professor Yolande Bouka (Queen’s University)\, Dr. Siphokazi Magadla (Rhodes University)\, and Professor Sarah Ssali (Makerere University). The roundtable was titled “Mainstreaming Gender in Academic Writing.” During the roundtable\, the speakers talked about how taking gender seriously when researching can allow scholars and researchers to take fundamental parts of and facts about our history into consideration. They also urged the fellows and grantees to question how having a gender focus can bring about new insights to their analyses/research. \nThe second and last roundtable of the joint workshop featured a panel of APN and Next Gen fellows and grantees who spoke on the “Challenges of Dissertation Writing – Candidate and Supervisor Perspectives.” The featured grantees were Njoki Wamai\, Fikile Masikane\, Wesley Mwatwara. It was moderated by Nixo Wamamela. The fellows and grantees on the panel talked about how important it is to make sure candidates do their research before getting into a PhD program. Some spoke about the complicated power dynamic embedded within the student-supervisor relationship while others talked about the pressure of having to publish while being a PhD student.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/next-generation-social-sciences-in-africa-joint-bi-annual-fellows-workshop/
LOCATION:Ramada Resort\, Wyndham Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, United Republic of
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191208
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SUMMARY:African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa National Proposal Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program held a national proposal writing workshop in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. Participants were given the opportunity to share their draft projects and research proposals with their peers and several experienced mentors. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the College of Social Sciences\, University of Dar es Salaam from December 6th to 7th\, 2019. \n20 participants benefitted from lectures\, roundtables\, breakout sessions\, and one-on-one sessions with experienced mentors and current and past members of both APN and Next Gen Advisory Boards. Some alumni of the APN and Next Gen programs attended and played the role of peer-mentors to some of the participants. The workshop was to help participants refine their research/project proposals ahead of submission to APN and Next Gen Fellowship competitions. Other goals included helping them build upon their proposal writing skills. It was an opportunity to inform Tanzanian scholars about the opportunities that the APN and Next Gen Fellowships offer them to advance their research skills and professional development. Another point is that Tanzania had been under-represented in terms of applications received by APN and Next Gen and it was hoped that the workshop will sensitize Tanzanian scholars to both programs and increase the number of applications received as well as increase the representation of Tanzanian scholars in APN and Next Fellowship cohorts. \nThe first day of the workshop began with opening remarks by Dr. Cyril Obi\, the Program Director of APN and Next Gen. Dr. Obi homed in on the main objective of both the SSRC and the University of Dar es Salaam; to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. Dr. Obi continued by talking about the focus of both the APN and Next Gen fellowships and emphasized how the participants are well on their way to beginning their journey. Professor Razack Lokina\, Principal of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Dar es Salaam\, was represented by Dr. Sigalla Huruma spoke to the benefits of the workshop  as an important opportunity for participants drawn from across the country to strengthen their capacities for proposal writing\, and working with senior and highly experienced mentors to develop their draft proposals  ahead of applying for APN and Next Gen fellowship awards. He also commended the partnership between the University of Dar es Salaam and the Social Science Research Council\, describing the workshop as a highly valued opportunity for the participants can expand their knowledge on the various aspects of proposal writing\, research method ethics\, literature review\, and editing. \nThe first keynote lecture of the day was delivered by Professor Sarah Ssali\, Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University and Chair of the Next Gen Advisory Board. The title of her presentation was “Situating Research on Peacebuilding and Development in East Africa.” During her keynote lecture\, Professor Ssali talked about how conflict in East Africa is not always clear because it is seen as a region that is politically dynamic and diverse\, has the greatest level of development\, and has the least wars. However\, she does emphasize that there is still a lot of research that needs to be done on conflicts in East Africa. Furthermore\, Professor Ssali advised participants to go beyond focusing on land conflicts and asked them to keep this question in mind: How do these conflicts (terrorism\, post-election conflict\, conflict of the youth\, etc.) play out in terms of gender\, ethnicity\, and local and international politics? \nThe second keynote lecture on “The Fundamentals of Crafting a Winning Research Proposal: Linking Research Questions\, Theory\, and Methods” was given by Dr. Christine Now\, senior lecturer in Geography at the University of Dar es Salaam and member of the Next Gen Advisory Board. Dr. Noe presented participants with the four reasons to develop their proposal writing skills: to build their capacity to write highly competitive proposals\, make intellectually compelling arguments; nurture a clear and coherent research agenda; and to raise the standard of the academic quality of the research project. She also emphasized you’re the importance of content of research proposals to actively push for an African narrative. \nThe first roundtable of the workshop on “Academic Citizenship: African Universities\, Society\, and Developing an Academic Culture.” featured Professor Ismail Rashid (Vassar College)\, Professor Sarah Ssali (Makerere University)\, Ernest Mallya (University of Dar es Salaam)\, Damian Shumbusho (University of Dar es Salaam)\, and Iddy Ramadhani Magoti (Next Gen alumnus 2013/2014\, IRG 2018)\, and was moderated by Duncan Omanga (Program Officer\, APN and Next Gen). One of the key points that the roundtable participants emphasized was the three roles of the academic; to teach\, to research and produce knowledge\, and participate in public/community services. They recognized the dual role of academics as citizens and scholars and explored ways of advancing both roles simultaneously. Of note were the guiding principles of commitment\, professional development and contribution to national development through teaching\, research and service. Participants are discussed the importance of belonging to international networks of scholars and knowing what other scholars are doing in other parts of the world. \nThe second day of the national workshop began with one-on-one sessions and was followed by a presentation given by Professor Ismail Rashid\, professor of history at Vassar College and Chair of the APN Advisory Board. The title of his presentation was “Conducting Fieldwork-based Research in Conflict-Affected Settings: Design\, Techniques\, and Ethics” where he talked about researchers needing to be aware of their position of privilege when working in certain conflict-affected environments. Professor Rashid also advised scholars on the need to always act in an ethical manner; in other words\, acting with integrity when in the field or working with junior colleagues or their PhD students. He emphasized the importance of always operating within the ethical framework of “do no harm” to research participants or respondents. \nThe last roundtable of the workshop was titled “APN and Next Gen Alumni Testimonials: My APN/Next Gen Fellowship Experience” and featured the following alumni; Enock Makupa (APN IRG 2016)\, Iddy Ramadhani Magoti (Next Gen 2013/2014\, IRG 2018)\, Verdiana Tilumanya (Next Gen 2012)\, and was moderated by Duncan Omanga (Program Officer\, APN and Next Gen). The panelists talked about the ways in which receiving either an APN or Next Gen fellowship allowed them to continue their research and spoke to how the fellowship enabled them complete their PhDs\, while that of the APN spoke to how they was able to complete their project and how it impacted their professional development. They also spoke on the ways in which being part of the APN and Next Gen community has benefited them\, from building a network of scholars to being able to continue their field work and research.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/african-peacebuilding-network-and-next-generation-social-sciences-in-africa-national-proposal-writing-workshop-2/
LOCATION:Ramada Resort\, Wyndham Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, United Republic of
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191208
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SUMMARY:African Peacebuilding Network and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa National Proposal Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) program held a national proposal writing workshop in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. Participants were given the opportunity to share their draft projects and research proposals with their peers and several experienced mentors. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the College of Social Sciences\, University of Dar es Salaam from December 6th to 7th\, 2019. \n20 participants benefitted from lectures\, roundtables\, breakout sessions\, and one-on-one sessions with experienced mentors and current and past members of both APN and Next Gen Advisory Boards. Some alumni of the APN and Next Gen programs attended and played the role of peer-mentors to some of the participants. The workshop was to help participants refine their research/project proposals ahead of submission to APN and Next Gen Fellowship competitions. Other goals included helping them build upon their proposal writing skills. It was an opportunity to inform Tanzanian scholars about the opportunities that the APN and Next Gen Fellowships offer them to advance their research skills and professional development. Another point is that Tanzania had been under-represented in terms of applications received by APN and Next Gen and it was hoped that the workshop will sensitize Tanzanian scholars to both programs and increase the number of applications received as well as increase the representation of Tanzanian scholars in APN and Next Fellowship cohorts. \nThe first day of the workshop began with opening remarks by Dr. Cyril Obi\, the Program Director of APN and Next Gen. Dr. Obi homed in on the main objective of both the SSRC and the University of Dar es Salaam; to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. Dr. Obi continued by talking about the focus of both the APN and Next Gen fellowships and emphasized how the participants are well on their way to beginning their journey. Professor Razack Lokina\, Principal of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Dar es Salaam\, was represented by Dr. Sigalla Huruma spoke to the benefits of the workshop  as an important opportunity for participants drawn from across the country to strengthen their capacities for proposal writing\, and working with senior and highly experienced mentors to develop their draft proposals  ahead of applying for APN and Next Gen fellowship awards. He also commended the partnership between the University of Dar es Salaam and the Social Science Research Council\, describing the workshop as a highly valued opportunity for the participants can expand their knowledge on the various aspects of proposal writing\, research method ethics\, literature review\, and editing. \nThe first keynote lecture of the day was delivered by Professor Sarah Ssali\, Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University and Chair of the Next Gen Advisory Board. The title of her presentation was “Situating Research on Peacebuilding and Development in East Africa.” During her keynote lecture\, Professor Ssali talked about how conflict in East Africa is not always clear because it is seen as a region that is politically dynamic and diverse\, has the greatest level of development\, and has the least wars. However\, she does emphasize that there is still a lot of research that needs to be done on conflicts in East Africa. Furthermore\, Professor Ssali advised participants to go beyond focusing on land conflicts and asked them to keep this question in mind: How do these conflicts (terrorism\, post-election conflict\, conflict of the youth\, etc.) play out in terms of gender\, ethnicity\, and local and international politics? \nThe second keynote lecture on “The Fundamentals of Crafting a Winning Research Proposal: Linking Research Questions\, Theory\, and Methods” was given by Dr. Christine Now\, senior lecturer in Geography at the University of Dar es Salaam and member of the Next Gen Advisory Board. Dr. Noe presented participants with the four reasons to develop their proposal writing skills: to build their capacity to write highly competitive proposals\, make intellectually compelling arguments; nurture a clear and coherent research agenda; and to raise the standard of the academic quality of the research project. She also emphasized you’re the importance of content of research proposals to actively push for an African narrative. \nThe first roundtable of the workshop on “Academic Citizenship: African Universities\, Society\, and Developing an Academic Culture.” featured Professor Ismail Rashid (Vassar College)\, Professor Sarah Ssali (Makerere University)\, Ernest Mallya (University of Dar es Salaam)\, Damian Shumbusho (University of Dar es Salaam)\, and Iddy Ramadhani Magoti (Next Gen alumnus 2013/2014\, IRG 2018)\, and was moderated by Duncan Omanga (Program Officer\, APN and Next Gen). One of the key points that the roundtable participants emphasized was the three roles of the academic; to teach\, to research and produce knowledge\, and participate in public/community services. They recognized the dual role of academics as citizens and scholars and explored ways of advancing both roles simultaneously. Of note were the guiding principles of commitment\, professional development and contribution to national development through teaching\, research and service. Participants are discussed the importance of belonging to international networks of scholars and knowing what other scholars are doing in other parts of the world. \nThe second day of the national workshop began with one-on-one sessions and was followed by a presentation given by Professor Ismail Rashid\, professor of history at Vassar College and Chair of the APN Advisory Board. The title of his presentation was “Conducting Fieldwork-based Research in Conflict-Affected Settings: Design\, Techniques\, and Ethics” where he talked about researchers needing to be aware of their position of privilege when working in certain conflict-affected environments. Professor Rashid also advised scholars on the need to always act in an ethical manner; in other words\, acting with integrity when in the field or working with junior colleagues or their PhD students. He emphasized the importance of always operating within the ethical framework of “do no harm” to research participants or respondents. \nThe last roundtable of the workshop was titled “APN and Next Gen Alumni Testimonials: My APN/Next Gen Fellowship Experience” and featured the following alumni; Enock Makupa (APN IRG 2016)\, Iddy Ramadhani Magoti (Next Gen 2013/2014\, IRG 2018)\, Verdiana Tilumanya (Next Gen 2012)\, and was moderated by Duncan Omanga (Program Officer\, APN and Next Gen). The panelists talked about the ways in which receiving either an APN or Next Gen fellowship allowed them to continue their research and spoke to how the fellowship enabled them complete their PhDs\, while that of the APN spoke to how they was able to complete their project and how it impacted their professional development. They also spoke on the ways in which being part of the APN and Next Gen community has benefited them\, from building a network of scholars to being able to continue their field work and research.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/african-peacebuilding-network-and-next-generation-social-sciences-in-africa-national-proposal-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Ramada Resort\, Wyndham Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, United Republic of
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