TECHNOLOGY, RESSOURCES & NEW GLOBAL DYNAMICS. ReCentGlobe Annual Conference

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TECHNOLOGY, RESSOURCES & NEW GLOBAL DYNAMICS. ReCentGlobe Annual Conference

Organizer
Nina Mackert, Daniela Ruß, Marian Burchardt (Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe), Leipzig University)
Host
Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe), Leipzig University
Venue
7th Floor (Lancaster University) | Room 7.15 / 7.16, Strohsackpassage, Nikolaistraße 6-10, 04109 Leipzig
ZIP
04109
Location
Leipzig
Country
Germany
Takes place
Hybrid
From - Until
18.04.2024 - 19.04.2024
Website
https://recentglobe.uni-leipzig.de/en/annual-conference-2024#c840232
By
Connections Redaktion, Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics, Universität Leipzig

he 2024 ReCentGlobe Annual Conference aims to explore the interrelations between technological evolution and globalization, specifically in the context of resource flows.
The conference provides a platform for scholarly discussion on how technological advancements and global interconnectedness have historically affected the distribution and conceptualization of resources, while also considering the contemporary challenges that complicate this relationship.

TECHNOLOGY, RESSOURCES & NEW GLOBAL DYNAMICS. ReCentGlobe Annual Conference

The 2024 ReCentGlobe Annual Conference aims to explore the interrelations between technological evolution and globalization, specifically in the context of resource flows.

The conference provides a platform for scholarly discussion on how technological advancements and global interconnectedness have historically affected the distribution and conceptualization of resources, while also considering the contemporary challenges that complicate this relationship.

We seek to discuss the dual role of technology as a facilitator of globalization and a complex agent within environmental and socio-economic frameworks. Furthermore, we will also address the historical perspective of technology as a means of imitating and enhancing nature for human benefit, and its transformation into a force with significant environmental and societal implications.

The conference will include a keynote lecture on Thursday evening by anthropologist Richard Rottenburg entitled 'Technicization, Colonization, and Decoloniality'. Also, on Thursday between 13:30 and 14:30 we will gather for our annual general meeting (ReCentGlobe-Members only. A separate invitation email will be sent to you. Nevertheless, we kindly ask you to register using the form below.).

Programm

THURSDAY, 18.04.2024

08:30 – 09:00 Registration + Coffee

09:00 – 09:30 Welcome

09:30 – 11:00 Panel I

Ground as Resource: State, Territory and Environment in East Africa
Convenor: Ismay Milford

Emily Brownell (University of Edinburgh – online): (Para)sites of development: Soil, Labour, and Foreign Exchange in Postcolonial East Africa

Hassan Kochore (Independent researcher, Halle): (Re-)Claiming the Frontier: Mega Infrastructure Projects and Ground Realities in the Kenya-Ethiopia Borderlands

Ismay Milford (Freie Universität Berlin): An inventory of resources: From aerial surveys to remote sensing satellites in East Africa

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45 Panel II

Theorizing Technology and Digitization: Ethnographic Approaches (Part I)
Convenors: Prof. Dr. Marian Burchardt & Dr. Edwin Ambani Ameso
Discussants: Dr. Phillip Willians Leite (Leipzig University), Dr. Kebene Kejela Wodajo (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Kim Chung (Leipzig University): Blood collection and storage in northern Ghana: Observations at the Tamale Teaching Hospital

Evans Awuni: (Erfurt University): Digitalization and the Future of Work and Policy in Sub-Sahara Africa: The Macro Picture

Edwin Ambani Ameso (Leipzig University): Digital Entanglements: Medical Drones in African Healthcare Systems

12:45 – 14:45 Lunch Break

13:30 – 14:30 Members’ Assembly ReCentGlobe (upon invitation only)

14:45 – 16:15 Panel III

Theorizing Technology and Digitization: Ethnographic Approaches (Part II)
Convenors: Prof. Dr. Marian Burchardt & Dr. Edwin Ambani Ameso
Discussants: Dr. Phillip Willians Leite (Leipzig University), Dr. Kebene Kejela Wodajo (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)

Viddy Ranawijaya and Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling (Erfurt University): Navigating Digitalization on Work: Content Analysis on Indonesian Online Media

Sreya Dutta Chowdhury (Leipzig University): People as data infrastructures: Digitizing Villupuram's health centers

Dr. Gift Mwonzora and Prof. Dr. Achim Kemmerling (Erfurt University): Transcending the ‘Jobs Gained and Jobs Lost’ duality: Mapping Digitalization and the Future of Work in Middle Income Countries

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 18:00 Panel IV

Panel Discussion on the joint Halle-Leipzig Transregio Initiative: Transformative Practices
Convenor: Jonathan Everts

With inputs by:

Nina Mackert, Dirk Hanschel, Caroline Meier zu Biesen, Christoph Zielhofer (tbc), Martin Bauch (tbc), Christoph Brumann, Christian Tietje (tbc), Melanie Schmidt, Jörg Dinkelaker

18:00 – 18:30 Small Break

18:30 – 19:30 Keynote Lecture

Richard Rottenburg: Technicization, Colonization, and Decoloniality

19.30 - 22:00 Reception: Buffet Dinner and Drinks

FRIDAY, 19.04.2024

09:00 – 11:00 Panel V

Navigating the Material Consequences of Global Energy Transitions
Convenors: Sina Leipold / Diana Ayeh

Hannes Warnecke-Berger (University of Kassel): Green Growth, Unequal Specialization, and the Dark Sides of Sustainability: Implications for the Global South

Sina Leipold (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig): The Circular Economy and Renewable Energy: A Critical Look at Justice & Equity

Meike Schulze (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)): Fostering EU Raw Material Policy: Strengthening the Foreign Policy Dimension

Diana Ayeh (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig): The Global Aluminum Value Chain and German Responsibility in Guinea

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:30 Panel VI

Shifting resources in floodplains from a multidisciplinary perspective
Convenor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Zielhofer
Chair: Dr Martin Bauch – GWZO, Environmental History

Prof Dr Christoph Zielhofer (Leipzig University, LeipzigLab Historical Anthropospheres working group): Fluvial Anthroposphere, floodplain transformation and shifting resources

Dr Michael Hein (Leipzig University, LeipzigLab Historical Anthropospheres working group): Understanding of floodplain transformation from a fluvial geomorphological perspective

Dr Mathias Scholz (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department Conservation Biology): Understanding of floodplain transformation from an ecological perspective

Dr Iris Nießen (Leipzig University, LeipzigLab Historical Anthropospheres working group) Understanding of floodplain transformation from historical and archaeological perspectives

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch Break

Contact (announcement)

Katrin Köster
Leipzig Research Centre Global Dynamics (ReCentGlobe)
katrin.koester@uni-leipzig.de

https://recentglobe.uni-leipzig.de/en/annual-conference-2024#c840232