[STS-Africa] Call for papers for approved panel "Scientific and technical cooperation in Africa in the era of decolonisation: processes and legacies" (11th Iberian Conference on African Studies, Lisbon, July 2020).

[M. Luísa Sousa]

*Call for papers within the approved panels: Until February 24, 2020.*
*Panel: 33 - Scientific and technical cooperation in Africa in the era of
decolonisation: processes and legacies (Org. Cláudia Castelo) *

*11th Iberian Conference on African Studies CIEA,  2-4 July 2020, School of
Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon (Portugal)*
*Communication submission in the Conference website: *
https://ciea11.pt/index.php/en/

*33 - Scientific and technical cooperation in Africa in the era of
decolonisation: processes and legacies*

Authors

Cláudia Castelo

Institutions

Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra

Author Email

claucastelo at hotmail.com

Abstract

In the post-war, Africa knowledge was seen as crucial from the point of
view of several international actors and become a very disputed field. This
panel intends to discuss the processes and legacies of the scientific and
technical cooperation in Africa, between the post-war and the African
independences (circa 1945-1980).

The contributors to the panel should submit papers that analyse the role,
features and effective action of scientific and technical cooperation
organisations or agents, of inter-imperial, regional or international
scope, addressing or taking place in Africa, such as the Commission for
Technical Cooperation in Africa South of the Sahara (CCTA), the Scientific
Council for Africa (CSA), the Scientific, Technical and Research Commission
of the African Unit Organisation (STRC-AUO), United Nations agencies (FAO,
UNESCO, WHO), USA governmental or non-governmental bodies, universities and
foundations, or the European Economic Commission. The proposals can also
focus the bilateral cooperation promoted by China, Cuba, Eastern Bloc and
Western European countries, through the cold war lens. Beyond the politics
of scientific and technical cooperation in Africa, it is important to
identify and understand the dynamics of competition, emulation and
collaboration between the cooperation actors, but also internal tensions
and evolutions. In turn, it is worth enquiring how local elites perceived
scientific and technical cooperation and its impact in the life of local
populations. The submissions may contribute to a comparative appraisal of
how science and technology were envisioned and applied to solve African
problems, or in otherwords, the concepts and practices of African
development that scientific and technical cooperation conveyed and
materialised. Finally, how do those ideas and experiences resonate in
Africa today?
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