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FINAL PROGRAMME

First Day: Saturday, February 14

9:00 – 11:10 a.m.	Plenary Session
9:00 – 9:30	Opening: Symposium Introduction & Programme Layout Symposium Coordinators
9:30  –  9:35	(Kadoda) Introduction to Hale
9:35 – 10:20	Mobilities and Identities: The Fluid Social Landscape of Sudan Sondra Hale
10:20 – 10:25	(Hale) Introduction to Kadoda
10:25 – 11:10	The Consequences of Technological Innovation for Mobility and Identity Gada Kadoda
11:10 – 11:40 a.m.	Break & Refreshments
11:40 – 1:20 p.m.	Plenary Session
11:40 – 11:45 a.m.	(Hale) Introduction to El-Battahani
11:45 – 12:30 p.m.	Informatics of Domination in Crisis Ridden Societies of North Africa and the Middle East Atta El-Battahani
12:30 – 12:35	(Abdel-Halim) Introduction to Elsony
12:35 – 1:20	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
	2:20 – 2:25	Chair’s (Castro-Sitiriche) Introduction to Panel
	2:25 – 2:45	African-American Students’ Service Learning in Africa and Latin America:  Identity and Knowledge Creation and Transfer John Tharakan
	2:45 – 3:05	A Program for Linking Sudanese Professionals in the Diaspora with Those at Home Magdi Osman Ali
	3:05 – 3:25	The Influence of Online Courses on Students from Developing Countries: Mobility, Identity and Performance Khawla Osama and Tagwa Warrag
	3:25 – 3:45	Migration and Education: The Exodus of East African Youth and the Role of Education Samson Maekele Tsegay
	3:45 – 4:15	Panel 1 Q & A
Panel 2:	Connectivities in Friendships, Neighbourhoods, History and Culture
	2:20 – 2:25	Chair’s (Elkarib) Introduction to Panel
	2:25 – 2:45	The Effect of Identity on Knowledge Production Asha Musa
	2:45 – 3:05	"Neighborhood is our Native Culture": Transformations of Neighborhoods in Khartoum and Omdurman in times of Mobility and Social Change Margret Otto
	3:25 – 3:45	Personas and Friendships: Real versus Virtual Mayada Abdelazim
	3:45 – 4:15	Panel 2 Q & A
Workshop:	3D Printing
	Mohamed Elamin, Yahia Holi and Marwan Awad (Demonstrators)
4:15 – 4:45 p.m.	Break & Refreshments
4:45 – 6:00 p.m.	Plenary Session
4:45 – 4:50 p.m.	(Boddy) Introduction to Ellen Gruenbaum
4:50 – 5:35	Ethical Challenges for Knowledge Production using Social Media Ellen Gruenbaum
5:35 – 6:00	DAY 1 Closing & Symposium Announcements

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Second Day:  Sunday, February 15

9:00 – 11:45 am	Plenary Session
9:00 – 9:10	(Kadoda) Introduction to the Day and to Guma Komey
9:10 – 10:00	Nuba Community Mobility in a Conflict Situation:  Seeking Alternative Identities Beyond Borders Guma Komey
10:00 – 10:05	(Grabska) Introduction to Asha Elkarib
10:05 – 10:50	Conflict and Displacement:  Threatened Masculinity in Sudan Asha Elkarib
10:50 – 10:55	(Gruenbaum) Introduction to Kasia Grabska
10:55 – 11:45	Migratory Trajectories of Adolescence: (Im)mobility, Place and Identity Kasia Grabska
11:45 – 12:15 p.m.	Break & Refreshments
12:15 – 1:55	Plenary Session
12:15 – 12:20 p.m.	(Elkarib) Introduction to Janice Boddy
12:20 – 1:05	Engendering Social Change: New Information Technologies and the Dynamics of Gender in Northern Sudan Janice Boddy
1:05 – 1:10.	(Hale) Introduction to Anita Fábos
1:10 – 1:55	New ‘Bad Girls’ of Sudan: Women Singers in the Sudanese Diaspora Anita Fábos
1:55 – 2:55	Lunch
2:55 – 4:50 p.m.	Panels [3, 4 & 5]
Panel 3:	Technological Convergence and Knowledge Production
	2:55 – 3:00	Chair’s (Tharakan) Introduction to Panel
	3:20 – 3:40	The Opportunities, Challenges and Problems of Mobile Identity in the Context of Knowledge Production, a Comparative Study Marwan Awad Ahmed Adam
	3:40 – 4:00	Mobile Applications for Disaster Management Osama Yousif Fadalla and Lana M. Abdelmunim Abdallah
	4:00 – 4:20	Climate Change and Cultural Identity in Darfur:  Preliminary Thoughts Fatima Salah
	4:20 – 4:50	Panel 3 Q & A
Panel 4:	Diaspora and Knowledge Production
	2:55 – 3:00 p.m.	Chair’s (Fábos) Introduction to Panel
	3:00 – 3:20	Translating Crowdmapping Initiatives in Khartoum Siri Lamoureaux
	3:20 – 3:40	When Chickens Become Birds: Mobility, Forums and Knowledge Production amongst the Kom, Cameroon Walter Gam Nkwi
	3:40 – 4:00	Diaspora and Identity: Unpacking My Identity Asma Abdel Halim
	4:00 – 4:50	Panel 4 Q & A
Panel 5:	Society and Technology Innovations
	2:55 – 3:00 p.m.	Chair’s (El-Battahani) Introduction to Panel
	3:00 – 3:20	Technology Induced Distance and Technology Enabled Mobility: A Framework for Participatory Technology Innovation Marcel J. Castro-Sitiriche and Héctor José Huyke-Souffront
	3:20 – 3:40	Social Media and Their Impact on Sudanese Society Weam Shawgi
	3:40 – 4:00	Social Networks Influences on Knowledge Management in Organisations: A WhatsApp Messenger  Case Study Elfatih Wadidi and Salma Mamoun
	4:00 – 4:20	The Role of Interactive Knowledge Sharing Platforms in Influencing Sudanese Identity Features: Foresighting Sudan 2030 Wigdan Seedahmed and Nada Ali
	4:20 – 4:50	Panel 5 Q & A
4:50 – 5:15 p.m.	Break & Refreshments
5:15 – 6:00	Plenary Session
	Emerging Futures for Knowledge Production in Sudan: Identities, Mobilities and Social Media Gada Kadoda (Facilitator)
7:30 – 9:30	Symposium Dinner

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Third Day:  Monday, February 16

9:00 – 10:00	Plenary Session
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.	Introduction to the Day and to the Speakers for the IGNITE Talks
9:15 – 10:00	Ignite Talks Nada Ali (Facilitator)
	9:20 – 9.25	Sudan’s Future through History  Mohamed Yahia Mahjoub Abd -alraheem
	9:25 – 9:30	Sudan Known to All & Appreciated by All Samia Mohamed Elfadil
	9:30 – 9:35	Education Led by All Asaad Mohamed Taha
	9:35 – 9:40	The Future of Sudan’s Web Ihab Shouly
	9:40 – 9:45	Sudanese Aware of their Rights Gihad Ibrahim Ahmed
	9:45 – 10:00	Ignite Talks Q & A
10:00 – 11:30	Knowledge Production Futures in Sudan (Group Work)
11:30 – 12:00	Break & Refreshments
12:00 – 1:30	Plenary Session
	Group Presentations & Discussion Gada Kadoda (Facilitator)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.	Lunch
2:30 – 3:30	Plenary Session
	Participants’ Reflections, Symposium Closing & Overview of Evening Programme Sondra Hale (Facilitator)
7:30 – 9:30 pm	Film Night Fatima Salah (Facilitator)

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

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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)