Aspiration, exclusion and belonging in South Africa and Kenya: Cross-regional dialogues to be held on 7-8 October 2015 at WISER

Day One

Date Time Session Presenters/ Discussants 7 October 9:00–9:30 Welcome and coffee 9:30–11:00 1. Transforming citizenship and

political participation Presenters: Prisca Kamungi Bodil Folke Frederiksen Discussant: Dina Ligaga

11:00–11:15 Coffee break 11:15–12:15 2. Identity formations in cross

country comparative perspectives: notions of entrepreneurship and “Somaliness”

Presenters: Lumkile Mondi Nereida Ripero-Muniz Discussant: Max Bolt

12:15 –1:00 LUNCH 1:00-2:00 3. Aspiration through Care Presenters:

Masheti Wangoyi Catherine Burns Discussant: Sarah Duff

2:00–2:50 4. Property, Law & expanding Citizenship Short showing (16 mins) of film Dear Mandela

Presenters: Jackie Dugard Richard Pithouse Discussant: Keith Breckenridge

2:45–3:50 Brief Introduction and then Film Screening: FORERUNNERS

Film by Simon Woods

3:50–4:15 Refreshments in Foyer 4:15–5:30 KEYNOTE

Achille Mbembe The Politics of Aspiration and the End of Utopia.

5:30 – 6:00 Exhibition: Metropolitan Nomads

Nereida Ripero-Muiz – Anthropology Museum

Workshop presenters and discussants: supper in Melville 7:00pm –9:30 pm

Day Two Date Time Session Presenters/ Discussants 8 October 9:00–10:45 5. Control, Surveillance and IDs Presenters:

Alex Wafer & Jacob Rasmussen Erica Penfold Keith Breckenridge Discussant: Pamila Gupta

10:45–11:00 Coffee break 11:00–12:30 6. Middle Class Formations and

Aspirations in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

Presenters: Bill Freund Stephen Sparks Thabiso Mahlape Discussant: Hlonipha Mokoena

12:30 –2:00 LUNCH – (this will be a “brown bag” lunch – so participants can be mobile with this) Also at WISER in this slot – session with Achille Mbembe and Lucy Allais and others – “Race and Kant” at WISER – All welcome

2:00–3:30 7. Methodologies and Approaches to the study of Aspirations and Participation

Presenters Preben Kaarsholm Richard Ballard Discussant: Bill Freund

3:30 to 4:30 Coffee and wrap up and way forward

Preben Kaarsholm Jacob Rasmussen and Catherine Burns