Environment, Development, and Sustainable Communities in Africa – January 17, 2020

9:00AM-Introductions

9:30AM-11:30AM: Panel #1: The Politics of Environment and Infrastructure

     Joella Bitter – Duke University, Cultural Anthropology

            “Garage Atmospherics”

     Brittany Meché – UC Berkeley, Geography

          “Desertification Discourse and Security Imaginaries in the West African Sahel”

     Veronica Jacome – UC Berkeley, Energy and Resources

            “Electricity Infrastructure Imaginaries: Power Inequalities in 20th Century Grid Development”

     Carmen Anthonj – UNC, Dept of Environmental Sciences/Water Institute

             “Flooding, Drought, and Human Health in Africa”

     Discussant – Dave Pier—UNC, AAAD

11:30AM-1PM: Panel #2:Environment, Development, and/as Security in Africa

    Colin West – UNC, Anthropology

“Environmental Rehabilitation: Development, Desertification, and Desiccation in Sahelian Drylands”

Eunice Sahle – UNC, AAAD

“Sustainable Development Goals in Kenya: The Case of Makueni County”

Navin Bapat – UNC, Peace, War & Defense

“Understanding the War on Terror in Africa”

Moderator: Michael Lambert—UNC, AAAD

Lunch 1PM-2PM

2PM-3:30PM: Panel #2: Precarious Value: Land Use and Extractive Investment

        Nisrin Elamin – Columbia University, Anthropology & Columbia University Society of Fellows

            “Toxicity and the socio-spatial politics of enclosure in central Sudan”

        Timothy Makori – University of Toronto-Scarborough, Human Geography

            “Tin, Taxes and Traceability: mineral flows in eastern Congo”

        Alfredo Rojas—UNC, Anthropology

            “Cooperation and Cashews: Agricultural Change and Labor Strategies in Northwest Côte d’Ivoire”

        Discussant: Andrew Curley—UNC, Geography

3:30PM-Closing Remarks