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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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How to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery
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More information on the fourth Anthony Low Commonwealth Lecture is available on the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific website https://asiapacific.enu.edu.au
Topic: How to eliminate human trafficking and modern slavery
from our 21st century world.Speaker: Julie Bishop, Chancellor of ANU and former Australian Foreign Minister.
Date: Thursday, 27 May
Time: 5.30-7pmLocation: Lotus Hall Auditorium Theatre, Australian Centre on China in the World,
Building 188, Fellows Lane, CanberraThis is a free event open to the public. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, registration is
essential and numbers are limited. Please join us for light refreshments after.At present there are no plans to stream it
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2021 SOUTH AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
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2021 SOUTH AFRICAN FILM FESTIVAL
12th – 24th May
‘We are bringing to your homes 17 remarkable films’
‘What kind of tickets are available?’
‘You can either buy a Festival Pass which will grant you access to all of the films (A$60 for an individual or A$80 for more than 1 person viewing films), or you can purchase individual tickets for each film you would like to view $8 (for an individual) or $10 (more than 1 person).’
For more information see
https://saff.org.au/
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Measuring individual-level multidimensional poverty in South Africa
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ANU School of Demography Seminar
Date and Time: Tuesday 20 April 1.30-2.30pm
Location: Room 1.23 RSSS Building and By Zoom (details below)
Presenter: Dr Helen Suich
Title: Measuring individual-level multidimensional poverty in South Africa
Abstract:
The Individual Deprivation Measure (IDM) is a gender-sensitive and multidimensional measure of poverty, assessed across 14 economic and social dimensions of deprivation. I this seminar, I will introduce the IDM as an individual measure of multidimensional poverty, and provide highlights from the South African country study. Data was collected from more than 8,500 individuals across South Africa, in 2019. I will provide examples of how this innovative tool can provide rich insights into the different patterns of deprivation, and use the data to highlight some of the important differences in the experiences of men and women and across age groups. I will present data from a range of dimensions which illustrate how individual-level data enriches our understanding of multidimensional poverty and can better inform poverty reduction policies and programmes designed.
Bio:
Helen Suich is an independent researcher, focusing largely on issues of poverty alleviation, rural development and natural resource management, and the design and evaluation of projects and programs designed to achieve these goals. Helen worked as a senior research fellow in the IDM programme at ANU, and led the IDM South Africa Country Study.
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https://anu.zoom.us/j/89520189486?pwd=NlpFQVRoVFV5YUxzL3pMS1cwT0NnUT09
Meeting ID: 895 2018 9486
Password: 144496Additional Resources provided by Helen Suich
There are a wide range of resource available for those who are interested in the results of the South African survey and the methods used for the analysis. There are six briefing notes, describing the results for the main sample, as well as the analyses by gender, by age group, by disability status and by rural/urban locality. The sixth summarises the South African country study and the revised data analysis methods. Accompanying documentation includes reports describing the revised methods in detail, as well as providing all of the revised results. A comprehensive report published in May 2020 summarises the initial analysis of both the main sample and the purposive sample, which is available here. There is also a series of videos, one summarising the South African country study, one for the overall results of the main sample, based on the revised analysis methods, and one each describing the results by gender, age, rural/urban locality and disability status.
More information about the ANU-led Indonesia study can be found here.