Category: Research
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Removing bias from recommendation algorithms can lead to a fairer, more transparent, immigration system
By Bernard Baffour This article was originally published by the ABC. Immigration decisions are increasingly being outsourced in order to save costs and optimise resources. It is often efficient to rely on algorithms that analyse historical data and identify patterns to indicate potential risks or outcomes. In most government departments, resources such as time, staff,…
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African Citizens: Breaking the Corruption Cycle
By Dr Ernest Mensah Akuamoah The irony of African politics is that those who promise to eradicate corruption are often the ones distributing money to voters, while those who demand corruption-free leadership are frequently the recipients of such payments. This illustrates the intricate relationship between political rhetoric and practical realities shaping the continent’s political landscape. …
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Of Non-native Cultivation: The Indigenization of the Arabic language in Nigerian Arabic Novels
The Majlis at the ANU: A cross-disciplinary roundtable on historical and contemporary issues across North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia Fri 21 Oct 2022, 1–2pm (AEDT, UTC+11), Online via Zoom The use of indigenized Arabic forms a collective identity for the Nigerian writers of Arabic to distinguish their literary outputs from other Arabic…
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Decolonial Gazing and Hermeneutic Resistance: Black German Challenges to White German Cultural Hegemony in the Museum
Tomorrow, Thurs 6/10 @4:30pm AEDT (with apologies for late posting) This work in progress essay highlights the ways that Black Europeans, in this case in the German context, challenge universalizing notions of cultural heritage to highlight decolonial possibilities and interrogate the collection, display, and spectatorship of museum objects in majority-white contexts. I use the Berlin…
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Transforming Small-Scale Irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 2–5pm Small-scale irrigation schemes have been identified as a major vehicle to improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers and their communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including improving food security, education, health and adapting to climate change. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) funded the project Transforming Small-scale Irrigation in…
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Studying Africa in Australia – Report and Public Lecture
The results of research into the current situation of African studies in the Australian Capital Territory, are available online. A lengthy report, contextualizing the past and present situation of African studies in Canberra, with reference to international developments, and a shorter article recently published in the Australasian Review of African Studies, focusing on changes in…
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Dr Kirsty Wissing’s research on Ghana
Kirsty Wissing is a recent ANU postgraduate from the School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia the Pacific, ANU. She received her PhD on July 16th, 2021, although the Graduation Ceremony has been postponed. Specialising in anthropology, her topic was ‘Permeating purity: Fluid rituals of belonging in Ghana’. Her research focused on customary…
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Tomorrow (20 May): Senegambian Rhythmic Traditions, Embodied Knowledge, and Adaptation
Senegambian Rhythmic Traditions, Embodied Knowledge, and Adaptation Lamine Sonko and King Marong Date & time: Thursday 20 May 2021, 3.30–5pm Location: Kingsland Room, Level 6, ANU School of Music In this research seminar, Lamine Sonko and King Marong will reflect on their longterm engagement with embodied knowledge of ancient rhythmic traditions in West Africa, as…
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God, Development, and Technology Transfer: Mediated Ethics between Chinese and Ethiopians
Dr. Liang Chen Australian Centre on China in the World Thursday, 22 April 2021, 4.00pm – 5.30pm Online and in person, China in the World seminar rooms (Building 188), Fellows Lane, ANU Details and link to registration here. Abstract The rolling out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and overseas projects provides a window to…
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The Individual Deprivation Measure South Africa Country Study Results
Helen Suich, Senior Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy (ANU) The Individual Deprivation Measure, or IDM, is an individual-level, gender sensitive measure of multidimensional deprivation—it measures deprivation at the individual rather than household level, and is designed to discern differences in the experiences of poverty between men and women. The IDM program was a…