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WISER Director's position on Tangwa Seminar

Submitted by Sarah Nuttall on 13 September, 2019 - 15:01

Wiser has received numerous calls and inquiries concerning the recently announced seminar in the Mapping African Futures seminar series.  As Director of WISER I would like to dissociate both myself and this Institute from the problematic and objectionable assertions in the proposed seminar by Professor Tangwa on the subject of  gender.   I was not consulted on the announcement of the talk.

Divinatory Computation : Artificial Intelligence and Africa

Submitted by Keith Breckenridge on 25 January, 2019 - 12:24

Faeeza Ballim & Keith Breckenridge, 24 October 2018

Statement from Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe on “Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation” Conference (Stellenbosch University)

Submitted by Sarah Nuttall on 27 November, 2018 - 17:43

Statement from Sarah Nuttall and Achille Mbembe on “Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation” Conference (Stellenbosch University)

 

We, like a large number of South African and international scholars, firmly oppose Israeli occupation of Palestinian land and support the boycott as a non-violent strategy for ending the occupation.

WiSER is pleased to be part of a 5 year collaborative project: "Enclaving: Patterns of global futures in three African cities"

Submitted by Nolwazi Mkhwanazi on 2 October, 2018 - 18:21

WiSER is pleased to be part of a new 5 year collaborative project: "Enclaving: Patterns of global futures in three African cities."

The website is here, and a news story about the project can be found here.

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