{"id":11744,"date":"2018-04-02T10:45:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T14:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?page_id=11744"},"modified":"2018-10-12T11:52:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T15:52:37","slug":"4th-annual-undergraduate-research-conference-africa-climate-change-the-environment-and-afrofuturism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/4th-annual-undergraduate-research-conference-africa-climate-change-the-environment-and-afrofuturism\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Africa: Climate Change, the Environment and Afrofuturism<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>When: <\/strong>Saturday October 13, 2018 | 8:30 a.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where:<\/strong> Discovery Centre MacOdrum Library, Carleton University<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Keynote by<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/profile\/russill-chris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Russill<\/a>, School of Journalism and Communication<\/p>\n<p>The Institute of African Studies (IAS) at Carleton University\u00a0is hosting its 4th Annual IAS Undergraduate Research Conference, organized by the Institute of African Studies Students Association (IASSA). The goal of this one-day interdisciplinary conference is to provide a platform for emerging researchers in the field of African Studies.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s <strong>Theme: Africa: Climate Change, the Environment and Afrofuturism<\/strong>, seeks to encourage interdisciplinary discourse among a new generation of continental and diasporic Africans on the topical global and continental agendas of climate change, environmental sustainability, and Afrofuturism. The conference is intended to offer a space for discussions concerning the ever-changing relationship between Africans and their environment. The goal is to conceptualize environment and climate change in terms of how they challenge us to imagine alternative futures for the African continent in geographic, political, economic, techno-cultural, and epistemological terms. We seek to discover ways in which, among others, climate change affects themes such as Health care, Resource Management, Infrastructural development, Economic advancement, Food Security, Human Rights, Migration and Refugees, Community Development, Social Cohesion, Gender Politics, and Innovation. We are also interested in exploring social policy implementation, technological advancements, and communal efforts as they relate to everyday continental African and\/or Afro-diasporic experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Papers within the scope of African Studies and the foregoing fields will be presented:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Renewable and Sustainable Development in Africa<br \/>\n\u2022 Digitalization of Africa: Globalization and popular culture<br \/>\n\u2022 African cities of the future<br \/>\n\u2022 Youth and the environment<br \/>\n\u2022 Food security<br \/>\n\u2022 Technology and cultural aesthetics<br \/>\n\u2022 Gender and reproductive rights for Sustainable Development in sub-Saharan Africa<br \/>\n\u2022 Conservation of Energy and Waste Management<br \/>\n\u2022 Ecotourism in Africa<br \/>\n\u2022 Fantasy, eco-literature, and ecocriticism<br \/>\n\u2022 Environmental degradation and its impact on migration<br \/>\n\u2022 Climatic change as a disruptive effect of social cohesion<\/p>\n<p>For 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