In each episode of Afrikanists Assemble, people from various academic backgrounds answer a question related to the field of Afrikanistik and African Studies. This month’s episode is a special one which was recorded live during a digital session of the lecture series “(de)colonial practices in/across academia” put on by the departments of Anthropology and African Studies at the University of Leipzig!
This month’s question is: “What is your utopian vision for cooperation/research collaborations in African Studies? What does it have to entail? What are the aspects that make it 'decolonial'?”
Let us know how you would answer in the comments!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro; “Titanleeb” - Big T
05:04 My utopian vision is already happening; Decolonializing by studying from within - Maarten Mous
07:11 African colleagues should be able to study Europe like we study Africa - Rose Marie Beck
09:34 We need to decolonize the curriculum used in African contexts and hold it accountable - Oladapo O. Ajayi
11:21 We need African scholars studying the discipline and redesigning it and the same language proficiency standards for European historians that we have for them - Mathias Hack
13:12 We need more Africans teaching more African languages in Afrikanistik departments - Emmanuella Bih
16:20 Publishing open-access and citing African scholars while decolonializing funding - Anne Schumann Douosson
18:01 Doing more work with activists to develop our decolonial activities - Lara-Stephanie Krause
20:34 Fostering more South-South collaboration and making knowledge sources also the beneficiaries of knowledge production - Jacky Kosgei
22:50 Thinking about inclusivity when it comes to terms, spaces, resources, and approaches to research in Translation Studies - Serena Talento
26:15 Redefining ways of knowing rather than objects of study; Participating in artistic expression rather than just studying it - Annmarie Drury
29:34 Getting out of our bubbles, getting more translations, and doing outreach towards our own societies - Clarissa Vierke
33:07 More South-South collaboration and repatriating what was lost - Vincent Magugu
34:58 Creating research justice and de-exoticizing African Studies - Rose Marie Beck
37:50 Paying attention to details, striking a balance in collaboration, and simply taking interest - Osedebamen Oamen
43:22 Getting funding and using technology to feature local projects in cyber literature - Manta G. Yadok
45:35 The coloniality of language ideologies and what is worth learning - Emmanuella Bih
47:56 Africa is colonizing itself in regards to language - Osedebamen Oamen
50:48 End credits; “Titanleeb” - Big T
EPISODE 14 CONTRIBUTORS:
Maarten Mous - Leiden University
Rose Marie Beck - University of Leipzig
Oladapo O. Ajayi - University of Bayreuth
Mathias Hack - University of Leipzig
Emmanuella Bih - University of Cologne
Anne Schumann Douosson - University Library Frankfurt am Main
Lara-Stephanie Krause - University of Leipzig
Jacky Kosgei - University of the Witwatersrand
Serena Talento - University of Bayreuth
Annmarie Drury - Queens College, City University New York
Clarissa Vierke - University of Bayreuth
Vincent Magugu - Moi University
Osedebamen Oamen - Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
Manta G. Yadok - Federal University of Wukari
EPISODE 14 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT:
Production & Editing: Brady Blackburn & Berenike Eichhorn
Design: Kaitlyn Blackburn
Intro Animation: Folarin Pearse, Nigeria
Sound Effects: ZapSplat.com
Music: “Titanleeb”; Written and performed by Big T; Courtesy of Big T
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Afrikanists Assemble is produced by Recalibrating Afrikanistik, a collaborative research project of six partnering universities in Europe and Africa funded by the VW Foundation. Afrikanistik as the study of African languages, literatures, and texts is in a privileged position to mediate heterotopic and heterogeneous knowledge practices. Through joint forums, summer schools, workshops, a fellowship program, and more, we invite young scholars to recalibrate Afrikanistik with their innovative ideas in dialogue with African Studies. Visit our website at [ Ссылка ]
