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ANU Africa Network
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This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.
The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.
Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.
Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.
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Adegboyega Adeniran, PhD Seminar – “The standpipe is broken again!” Infrastructure renovation and failure: connecting people, time, place, and space in Nigeria
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PhD Seminar – “The standpipe is broken again!” Infrastructure renovation and failure: connecting people, time, place, and space in Nigeria
About the speaker
Adegboyega Adeniran is a PhD student at the Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University. He tutors and works as a research officer at the School
About the event
‘Repeated malfunction and failure of water supply infrastructure poses a critical challenge to equitable and sustainable water access and the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in most sub-Saharan African countries. A governing approach that ignores power and historical relations in water infrastructure management presents interesting conceptual, theoretical, and practical problems. With Nigeria as a case study, I seek to understand these problems by asking the question: what are the changing effects of power on water infrastructure failure?’
9.30am, Thursday 9 Dec 2021
Frank Fenner Seminar Room
141 Linnaeus Way, Acton ACT 2601
Attend in person or register online for the Zoom webinar
For more information and registration see
https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/phd-seminar-standpipe-broken-again%E2%80%9D-infrastructure-renovation-and-failure
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‘Canberra event: Volunteering and e-volunteering
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From Women in Aid & Development
“Canberra event: Volunteering and e-volunteering
6:00 pm 8:30 pm
Wednesday, 1 December
Hear from speakers who are responsible for developing and funding volunteer programs, and those who have experience volunteering overseas and in Australia. Find out how you can be engaged in meaningful volunteering, and the importance of avoiding short term unskilled or orphanage volunteering or ‘voluntourism’. “
For more information see
https://www.womeninaiddevelopment.com/events/canberra-event-volunteering
One speaker is Fiona Goggins ‘ a communications professional with experience in the public, private and non-profit sectors.
Before the pandemic she was on assignment through the Australian Volunteer’s Program as Grants and Communications Coordinator at Tanzanian non-profit Girls Livelihood and Mentorship Initiative (GLAMI), and continues to volunteer with the organisation remotely, along with Tanzanian based organisation Male Advocacy For Gender Equality (MAFGE) and the US-based International Institute for Human Security (IIHS).
Fiona has a Bachelor of International Studies (Globalisation), a Master of Human Rights Law and Policy, and is currently completing a second Masters in Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development through the ANU. ‘
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ANU supports 2022 AAUN Forum
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From
https://aaun.edu.au/2021/10/aaun-annual-australia-forum-and-agm-2021-2/
‘The Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN) Annual Forum and AGM 2021-22 will be held on 10-11 February 2022 at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia. The Forum topic for this year is “Universities and Governments: Securities and Economic Development to 2030”.
‘We are grateful to the Australian National University (ANU) for co-hosting the AAUN Forum, and for sponsoring part of the program. ‘