*sorry for the cross-posting*
Research project Growth into Citizenship in Civil Society Encountershttps://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/yfi/en/research/projects/political-institutions/Grow (GROW), funded by the Academy of Finland (2015-2019) conducts a final seminar and welcomes researchers, students, policy-makers, civil society actors and other interested public to join.
Date: Friday the 7th June 2019 Venue: Congress Centre Paasitorni, Paasivuorenkatu 5 A, Helsinki Time: 9-16
The number of participants is restricted to 40; please registerhttps://email.jyu.fi/owa/Register%20here%21 by the 15th May 2019.
PROGRAMME
Learning citizenship? Philosophical pragmatism meets lived experiences in Tanzania and Uganda
Conference centre Paasitorni, Paasivuorenkatu 5 A Friday 7th June 2019, 9-16
9:00 Opening: Principal Investigator, Professor Katariina Holma, University of Oulu
9:15 Invited speech: Education and individual political agency in Uganda. Dr. Simone Datzberger, Assistant Professor in Education and International Development, UCL Institute of Education, London
10:00 Presentation: Learning citizenship in civil society: Lessons from GROW Professor Katariina Holma and Academy Research Fellow Tiina Kontinen, University of Jyväskylä Discussion
11:00 Comments on relevance -Senior Officer Anu Ala-Rantala, Unit for Civil Society, Department for Development Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland -Programme Manager Mikko Ylikangas, DEVELOP, Academy of Finland
12:00 (exact time tbc) Lunch
13:00 Comments on academic contributions -University Lecturer Eija Ranta, Development Studies, University of Helsinki -Professor emeritus, Reijo Miettinen, Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki
General discussion
Poster exhibition in the Aula. Authors present their chapters in a forthcoming book: Practices of Citizenship in East Africa: Perspectives from Philosophical Pragmatism.
-Rydenfelt: Pragmatism, social inquiry and the method of democracy -Kauppi & Holma: John Dewey’s notion of social intelligence -Nguyahambi & Chang’a: Social accountability monitoring as an approach for promoting active citizenship in Tanzania -Kilonzo & al.: Habits of contributing citizenship: Self-help groups in rural Tanzania -Nguyahambi & Kontinen: “A good believer is a good citizen”: Connecting Islamic morals with civic virtues in rural Tanzania -Ahimbisibwe at al.: Participatory methodology in exploring citizenship: A critical learning process -Bananuka & John: The crafting of ‘critical education’: experiences of a Ugandan NGO -Ndidde et al.: Gendered citizenship in rural Uganda: Localized, Exclusive and Active -Kontinen & Ndidde: Learning in a Ugandan gender advocacy NGO: Organizational growth and institutional wrestling -Alava: The everyday and spectacle of subdued citizenship in northern Uganda
15:15 Coffee
Welcome! Registration in advance is required by the 15th May 2019.
Register here!https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/317A05A7C3B0BA04
Tiina Kontinen, PhD
Academy of Finland Research Fellow
Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy
P.O.Box 35
40014 UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ
FINLAND
email: tiina.t.kontinen@jyu.fimailto:tiina.t.kontinen@jyu.fi
Please visit my webpagehttps://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/yfi/en/staff/kontinen-tiina for further information.