SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

(Draft)

First Day, Saturday, February 14

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Opening: Symposium Introduction & Programme

9:35 – 10:20 a.m.

Mobilities and Identities: The Fluid Social Landscape of Sudan

Sondra Hale

10:25 – 11:10 a.m.

The Consequences of Technological Innovation for Mobility and Identity: Social Drivers and Aversions

Gada Kadoda

11:10 – 11:40 a.m. Break & Refreshments

11:45 – 12:30 p.m.

Informatics of Domination in Crisis Ridden Societies of North Africa and the Middle East

Atta El-Battahani

12:35 – 1:20 p.m.

Towards a Holistic Perception of Health: The Interrelationships with Identity and Mobility

Asma Elsony

1:20 – 2:20 p.m. Lunch

2:20 – 4:15 p.m. Panels [1 & 2] and 3D Printing Workshop

Panel 1: Global Perspectives on Education

African-American Students’ Service Learning in Africa and Latin America:  Identity and Knowledge

Creation and Transfer

John Tharakan

A Program for Linking Sudanese Professionals in the Diaspora with Those at Home 

Magdi Osman Ali

The Influence of Online Courses on Students from Developing Countries: Mobility, Identity and Performance
Khawla Osama

Migration and Education: The Exodus of East African Youth and the Role of Education 

Samson Maekele Tsegay

Panel 1 Q & A    

Panel 2:  Connectivities in Friendships, Neighbourhoods, History and Culture

The Effect of Identity on Knowledge Production

Asha Musa

Neighborhood is our Native Culture: Transformations of Neighborhoods in Khartoum and Omdurman in times of Mobility and Social Change 

Margret Otto

An Anthropological Study of the Virtual Community: Chosen Family and Open Identity 

Murtada Rudwan

Personas and Friendships: Real versus Virtual 

Mayada Abdelazim

Panel 2 Q & A    

Workshop: 3D Printing 

Mohamed Elamin, Yahia Holi and Marwan Awad (Demonstrators)

4:15 – 4:45 p.m. Break & Refreshments

4:50 – 5:35 p.m.

Ethical challenges for knowledge production using social media

Ellen Gruenbaum

5:35 – 6:00 p.m.

DAY 1 Closing & Symposium Announcements

Second Day:  Sunday, February 15

9:00 – 9:10 a.m.

Introduction to the Day

9:10 – 10:00 a.m.

Nuba Community Mobility in a Conflict Situation:  Seeking Alternative Identities Beyond Borders

Guma Komey

10:05 – 10:50 a.m.

Conflict and Displacement:  Threatened Masculinity in Sudan

Asha Elkarib

10:55 – 11:45 p.m.

Migratory Trajectories of Adolescence: (Im)mobility, Place and Identity

Kasia Grabska

11:45 – 12:15 a.m.  Break & Refreshments

12:20 – 1:05 a.m.

Engendering Social Change: New Information Technologies and the Dynamics of Gender in Northern Sudan

Janice Boddy

1:10 – 1:55 p.m.

Women in Urban Khartoum: Changing Roles and Identities

Samia Alnagar

1:55 – 2:55 Lunch

2:55 – 4:50 p.m. Panels [3, 4 & 5]

Panel 3:   Technological Convergence and Knowledge Production

Translating Crowdmapping Initiatives in Khartoum 

Siri Lamoureaux

The Opportunities, Challenges and Problems of Mobile Identity in the Context of Knowledge Production, a Comparative Study 

Marwan Awad Ahmed Adam

Mobile Applications for Disaster Management 

Osama Yousif Fadalla and Lana M. Abdelmunim Abdallah

Climate Change and Cultural Identity in Darfur:  Preliminary Thoughts 

Fatima Salah

Panel 3 Q & A    

Panel 4: Diaspora and Knowledge Production

When Chickens Become Birds: Mobility, Forums and Knowledge Production amongst the Kom, Cameroon 

Walter Gam Nkwi

Diaspora and Identity: Unpacking My Identity 

Asma Abdel Halim

New ‘Bad Girls’ of Sudan: Women Singers in the Sudanese Diaspora 

Anita Fábos

Panel 4 Q & A    

Panel 5: Society and Technology Innovations

Technology Induced Distance and Technology Enabled Mobility: A Framework for Participatory Technology Innovation 

Marcel J. Castro Sitiriche

Social Media and Their Impact on Sudanese Society 

Weam Shawgi

Social Networks Influences on Knowledge Management in Organisations: A WhatsApp Messenger

Case Study 

Elfatih Wadidi and Salma Mamoun

The Role of Interactive Knowledge Sharing Platforms in Influencing Sudanese Identity Features:

Foresighting Sudan 2030 

Wigdan Seedahmed and Nada Ali

Panel 5 Q & A    

4:50 – 5:15 p.m. Break & Refreshments

5:15 – 6:00

Emerging Futures for Knowledge Production in Sudan: Identities, Mobilities and Social Media

Gada Kadoda (Facilitator)

7:30 – 9:30

Symposium Dinner

Third Day:  Monday, February 16

9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Introduction to the Day and to the Speakers for the IGNITE Talks

9:15 – 10:00 a.m.

Ignite Talks
Nada Ali (Facilitator)

10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Knowledge Production Futures in Sudan (Group Work)

11:30 – 12:00 Break & Refreshments

12:00 – 1:30

Group Presentations & Discussion

1:30 – 2:30 Lunch

2:30 – 3:30

Participants’ Reflections, Symposium Closing & Overview of Evening Programme

7:30 – 9:30

Film Night
Fatima Salah (Facilitator)