Public Symposium in the 60th Annual Conference of JAAS
The Future of Africa and the Young Generations
We have seen African societies in rapid transitions, where the steady growth of education, proliferation of mobile communication, and development of financial services to the poor have been progressing. Accordingly, peoples' lives have been changing as in, for instance, interpersonal networking, income generation, political participation, religion, and entertainment as well as perspectives and beliefs. While there are big hopes that those changes will remove constraints in society and raise economic and social welfare, most people watching Africa presumably share concerns that they do not necessarily alleviate poverty and inequality and rather, generate different marginalized groups of people. Since we have no prior experiences of similar changes to refer to, we can hardly imagine the future of African societies.
Nevertheless, we may be able to have some ideas of the future by closely looking at the youth, who are the most positive and susceptive to recent changes. In this symposium, we will think of the future of Africa through field studies on the African youth.
Date and Time
Sunday, May 14, 2023, 13:30 - 16:10 (Door opens at 13:10)
Venue
Makuhari International Training Center, 2F Nagisa Hall
Participation Fee
Free
Capacity
250 persons
Programme
| 13:30‑13:40 |
Introduction
Takahiro Fukunishi (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
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| 13:40‑14:00 |
“Religion and Sociability of the Digital Native Generation: Mirroring a Changing Senegalese Society”
Kae Amo (Kyoto University)
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| 14:00‑14:20 |
“Laughter and Young Generation in African Politics (Society)”
Takuo Iwata (Ritsumeikan University)
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| 14:20‑14:40 |
“ 'Never Do We Return to the Hill' The Army as Young Women's Future in Contemporary Rural Rwanda”
Yukiko Kondo (Ehime University)
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| 14:40‑15:00 |
“Art and Politics Creating the Next Generation in South Africa”
Yohei Miyauchi (Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics / Rikkyo University)
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| 15:00‑15:10 | Break |
| 15:10‑15:40 | Panel discussion |
| 15:40‑16:10 | Discussion with the audience |
(Moderator: Yuka Kodama, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
※Please note that this symposium will be held in Japanese and there will be no translation service.