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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATOR: Prof. Dr. Augusto Nascimento | Prof. Dr. Marcelo Bittencourt

Abstract: The Objective of This Thematic panel to debate is to create forum for Researchers Who Have Look at the Importance and the Peculiarities of sport and leisure practices in the African continent.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Dr. Lotte Pelckmans | Dr. Eric Komlavi Hahonou

Summary: What is at the heart of African public debates is Often Discussed under the So-Called 'Palaver Tree' Which Remains an important source of social discussion on top of modern media (radio, news papers, TV, internet, mobile phones ...) .

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Luca Bussotti

Abstract: This research program presented by Has Been six (6) Researchers and Finance by CODESRIA in 2011. Main Objective: to show how the press in the PALOPS've Covered and Its Human Rights Violations, Principally from the point of view of Violations Carried out subjects by Institutional

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Ana Lúcia Sá | Yolanda Aixelà

Abstract: The influence of European settlement still persists in many realities experienced in Africa. Economic and political systems facilitate the maintenance of colonial power networks. Considering the political domain, the current state is in many cases as a continuation of the colonial state.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Oyewale Tomori | Amadou A. Sall

Abstract: Western've done significant damage AID to African Development. Indeed, western AID westerners have held out to make African Experts on Problems, to the deteriment of Africans.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Maria Antonia Barreto | Filipe Santos

Summary: The Last Years Have Seen a Facilitation of Technological That allows us access to Consider it as a global phenomenon. Still it is important to analyze the sense of globalism That, by the state ITS Appropriation and Civil Society and what is the Impact of Their Use.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Marta Patricia | Udelsmann Cristina Rodrigues

Summary: "Borders and Identities in Africa" ​​is a research project Funded by the Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia for a (FCT) of Portugal, Which Took Place Between May 2010 and May 2012. The main Objective of This research project to analyze the WAS Relationship Between African ethnic groups colonial Divided by international borders.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATOR: Daniel Mekonnen

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATOR: Stephan Duennwald | Ana Larcher Carvalho

Summary: In Africa, agricultural production is still MOST important, be it regarding food security, social values ​​and Organisation, Development or interventions. On the other hand, This does not Necessarily mean a high degree of sedentariness.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

CHAIRS: Eugenia Rodrigues | Valdemir Zamparoni

Abstract: The Circulation of Knowledge and Medical Practice, Regardless of the scale and speed of traffic, Involves Exchanges, Negotiations and Interactions Between the local and the global dimensions flows. In Africa, as in other continents, These dynamics of the circulation associated with healing of Knowledge Processes Within The historical fall depth and are rebuild Continuously Until the present days.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Diana Castilho | Marzia Grassi

Abstract: The economy of "survival" is a relevant part of the economy and life of people in the Countries of sub-Saharan Africa. According To Numerous studies, These Activities are Considered Economic Strategies of Escape from Scarcity, a form of resistance to the institutionalization of closed systems economical Dominated by the male universe, and imposer by Government Programs.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Corrado Tornimbeni

Summary: Apparently, local forms of Belonging and Even the notion of autochthony Have powerful Mobilizing surfaced as Factors in the Different Levels of politics of the Countries of Sub-Saharan Africa After the end of the cold war, Especially in relation to the "global" imperatives of neo-Liberalism and Democratisation.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Lorenzo Bordonaro | Frank Marcon

Summary: This panel AIMS to bring together work on the forms of presence of urban youth in contemporary Africa, emphasizing the centrality of youth in the Process of Appropriation and reconfiguration of public spaces and Their Relevance as Political Actors.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Alexandra A. Arkhangelskaya | Dmitri M. Bondarenko

Abstract: The BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) are "(re) Emerging Powers" that at present in Africa MOST Actively compete with "traditional powers" (former colonial Powers, the USA, Some others), on the one hand, and, in Fact, With Each Other, notwithstanding the formal establishment of the BRICS unity, on the other.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Ascanio Carmen Sanchez | Carmelita Silva Alfonseca

Abstract: In many areas of Africa is found in recent years positive trends and / or criticisms regarding democratic governance: debates about the need for accountability, financial systems, increasing transparency, equality policies and so on.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATOR: Alexander Keese | Enrique Martin Martino

Summary: Forced Labour Was an integral ingredient of systems of European colonial domination on the African continent, as well as an experience to Which Populations Were widely colonized subject.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Maria Paula Menses | Bruno Sena Martins

Abstract: The Colonial War is one of the foundations Amongst the socio-political for reality of contemporary Portugal. In Fact, the democratic transition, Initiated With The Carnation Revolution, is intimately linked to the conflict Which, Between 1961 and 1974, the Portuguese Armed Forces Opposed to the independency Movements in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Elsa González Aimé | Alexandra M. Days

Abstract: In the last two decades, the Horn of Africa has been the scene of diverse backgrounds and training state of conflict. The creation of states in the post Cold War has introduced new dyads of states that have changed the relations between predecessor and successor states, and between them and their neighbors.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Gema Sánchez Medero | Ruben Sanchez Medero

Abstract: The interpretations of the most common African state in the field of political science consists of a (i) interpretation of the same neo-patrimonial, (ii) the conceptualization of a hybrid structure, where the state and civil society are affected by rules emerged from the colonial and traditional norms, and (iii) the rejection of a transplant course of colonial structures to African territory.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Carlos Lopes | Gerard Horta

Abstract: The Aim ​​of the present panel is to explore the dynamics of change in the collective transport systems in African contexts. We analyze and discuss Propose to the Heterogeneous forms of mobility and urban transformation in Africa Within the general framework of global motorization, in relation with transport and Experiences of urban planning, public health and economic change.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Elisio Macamo | Paulo Inglês

Summary: The Panel Seeks to ponder the Conditions of Possibility of Knowledge produced by the social sciences on Africa. It is Mainly Concerned With The process of translation entailed when to very specific concepts Developer in cultural and historical contexts (Especially in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries) are Brought to bear on the description and analysis of African cultural and historical contexts Which seem to us to be different.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Mariona Rosés Tubau | Pilar Lacuna Great

Abstract: Conflict resolution at the local African today reflects the coexistence of different jurisdictions and different procedures based on different legal systems. On one hand the European law, a legacy of colonization and adopted by postcolonial states, and the other local legal practices.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Almeida Neide Fiori | Maria Beatriz Rocha-Trindade

Summary: Essa position that num certo sense, Aponte to a individualidade / particularidade, unwrap-is-a week that I researched or integrative role esqueçam geral da theme here at analyzing é proposta that Relações that atravessando or Atlanta, estabelecem-are among Europe, Africa do Sul America ea na da globalização time, sob as cultural perspectives, economic and political.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Jesus Garcia-Luengo | Alicia Campos Serrano

Abstract: The extraction of natural resources in Africa has experienced exponential growth over the past decades as a result of increased demand from new and old consumers, and specialization in the primary sector to the neoliberal policies of the eighties strengthened.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Marian del Moral Garrido | Brian Larkin

Abstract: The diversity of African media, which now exist, is another example of economic strategies, social cultural and African nations have been doing for decades. Many of these companies have shown a high degree of creativity in promoting photography, film, internet, etc.. in their cultural contexts.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Théophile Ambadiang

Abstract: Beyond the conditions that are specific to different contexts in which they live, black groups characteristically share traits that can be considered crucial in relation to the uniqueness of his works of literature (Irel & Gikandi 2004).

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Maryan del Moral | María Victoria del Pino Ordoñez

Abstract: The African cinema emerged after the independence of the sixties of the twentieth century has become a cultural landmark of the first order, despite the continuing difficulties of financing to distribution and has had to face. The 2000s have been further off the digital cinema as a new opportunity for the rich means of disseminating ideas and sensibilities that no doubt reflect the plurality African

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Carlos Oya

Summary: After decades of structural adjustment reforms and liberalization of the agricultural sectors in Africa, a new trend has been strengthened in many parts of the continent.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Gemma Serón | Audrey Jolivel

Abstract: In this panel, beyond addressing migration to Europe, we intend to approach human mobility in the African continent in the XXI century still presents considerable challenges. We will refer to the concept of "mobility" by considering a generic category that includes other subcategories such as "migration", and allows us to address different types of mobility, overcoming the limitations imposed by legal or political categories.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Franz-Wilhelm Heimer | Fernando Florêncio

Summary: Both Angola and Mozambique Have Gone Through Long Periods of armed violence - During The respective wars for Independence, Decolonization During The Processes and MOST importantly civil wars That During The After Independence broke out. Profound Experiences HAD These Impacts, in Political, Economic, social, and psychic terms. The Panel Proposes to furnish a platform for the presentations and discussion of the results of research on this subject Carried out area.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Fernando Campos | Olga Iglesias

Abstract: Most of the authors is the phenomenon of globalization of our day Iberian discoveries, that the arrival of Columbus in the New World, or Basque da Gama to India, are the ex-libris.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Marta Iniguez de Heredia Suny | Manuel Manrique Gil

Abstract: The weakening of state institutions, either as a result of violent conflict, either organized crime or transnational networks, is a serious threat to human security, and one of the most complex and urgent challenges to those faced by African states.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATOR: Juan Carlos Gimeno Martin | Jesus Martinez Milan

Abstract: This symposium aims to examine spatial and socio-cultural transformations occurring in the territory along the Saharan twentieth century and the first decade of the century (1900-2010).

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Marta Carballo de la Riva | Enara Echart Muñoz

Summary: If in the previous Congress attempted to address issues related to migration (from a local perspective, regional and international), the existence of a historic African diaspora (and its associated building new migration flows in the centuries XX and XXI), and the importance of networks in these areas, this panel we want to address the African diaspora from the new mobility paradigm as an analytical framework using broader.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Maria Antonia Barreto | Konstantin Pantserev

Abstract: Educational Reforms That systems are Taking Place in the country clubs are NECESSARY PALOP These systems are not as Fulfilling Their Objectives at an access success and Educational Levels. We at AIM Their modernization, essential for the Development of the countries. In These Reforms, a fundamental aspect of the compromise is the local and global, the role of the Civil Society Institutions, RESULTING in the brand identity of the systems, a condition for Their quality. We AIM in this panel to Reflect on the Achieved identity in the 5 PALOP countries.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Roberto Alvaro Pires | Jacimara Souza Santana

Abstract: The theme of resistance in African historiography from relevant've Become the nationalist Movements. The Investigations Have produced distinct Contributions: deconstructed the notion of Acceptance and passivity of the African peoples by colonial conquest propagate by the European literature of 60-70 years, the resistance Movements Showed That Were rational and impactful, as well as on the natural and Widespread continent.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: José A. García Rojas | Vincent J. Díaz García

Abstract: The present African island spaces specificities of their geography and their common tax parallels insular character. This requires a different treatment in the joint analysis of social, cultural and political, not always coinciding with the prevalence in the continental United States.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: José Manuel dos Santos Rebelo Gameiro | Carmen Perez Gonzalez

Summary: The panel "African immigration in Europe over the last twenty years," is aimed at discussion of the conditions in which African immigration has developed in Europe, especially in the last twenty years and in the Southern European continent.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Dr. Ana Cristina Martins | Patricia Conde

Summary: Like a tree, science ingrains, fortified, grow, divide and fructify, if handled Carefully, With Knowledge and moderated joy. Otherwise, it Remains unprotected, brushed off and forgotten, circumstantial Detachments Before withering orchestrated by Various schedules.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Alba Valencia | Christian Mulek Mwewa

Abstract: In recent decades, anthropology of the body has undergone a remarkable interest from specialists thus setting an important body of theory whose application is an important contribution to the study of any society.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: José S. Gomez Soliño

Abstract: The African cultural heritage, both the material and the immaterial, is not exempt from the dialectic between tradition and modernity that permeates contemporary African societies.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATOR: Robert Yavoucko Cyriaque | Raquel Freitas

Abstract: In the Past Decade taken significant steps Towards Have Been regional integration in Africa, through its Economic Regions and Through the African Union. At the Same Time Africa Has Been Engaged with partners increasingly from other continents, not only Europe, a traditional partner, But Above All The Emerging Powers Such as China, India and Brazil.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Ruiz-Gimenez Itizar Arrieta

Abstract: In the last twenty years has imposed a model of international intervention in post-conflict contexts, especially in Africa, responding to what the academy calls "liberal peace project."

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Albert Roca i Alvarez | Clara Carvalho

Summary: The programs of cooperation for development, including those made ​​in the field of health, are at the heart of globalization processes.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Ana Bénard da Costa | Margarida Lima de Faria

Summary: Following the challenge Proposed by the current Congress, Mainly Deeper Understanding of the regional and global new connections and dynamics of integration ...

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Alexandre Na Lamba | Espinel Manuel Vallejo

Abstract: An estimated 22.5 million [20.9 million-24, 2 million] people living with HIV in 2009 in sub-Saharan Africa, which represents 68% of all cases of HIV / AIDS worldwide.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Dear Camilo Leitão da Graça

Abstract: The Democracy in Africa continue STIs way, Sometimes Slowly, very fast Sometimes, With STI progress and retrocess.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Amelia Frazão-Moreira | Dolores Agúndez

Abstract: Among the management of natural resources for the local survival of Populations and Their conservation, defined as the Sustainable Management of These resources, Sometimes Conflicts occur.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

COORDINATORS: Esther Guijarro Massó

Abstract: The activity of the Sufi Muslim brotherhoods of African descent in the diaspora and migration takes a long time under consideration relevant because of the crucial and diverse roles such religious brotherhoods.

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June 14, 2012 - June 16, 2012

CHAIRS: Hartmut Quehl

Abstract: In the world of the 21st century becoming increasingly Which is more globalized and Constantly. Africa Should be No longer as a Separate entity Investigates But as part of the Rather whole. The WIDER our Knowledge basis Becomes, The More We Will Have to put our Africa-specific research topics Into Broad context.

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