[2nd Seminar on Conflict and Coexistence in Africa] (October 20, 2012)

Date: October 20, 2012. 13:30 – 18:00
Venue: Inamori Foundation Memorial Bldg, Small-sized Meeting Room, Kyoto University

Program

13:30 – 14:35: Hideyuki Okano (Osaka University)
Role of the State and Maintenance of Local Social Orders in Republic of Sierra Leone

14:35 – 14:45: Break

14:45 – 15:50: Shinichi Fujii (Osaka University)
Anthropology of/and Conflict Resolution: Cases of ‘Ethnic Violence’ in Solomon Islands

15:50 – 16:00: Break

16:00 – 17:05: Miki Ito (Osaka University)
Ethnic Groups and their Subsistence Activities in Niger Inner Delta

17:05 – 18:00: General Discussions

Summary

Role of the State and Maintenance of Local Social Orders in Republic of Sierra Leone
Hideyuki Okano (Osaka University)

Nothing can be free from state systems today, and not excepting how local social orders are maintained. This presentation discusses how the state intervened in the process of exhaustion and break–up of social orders in rural villages in Sierra Leone, and what kind of parts the state took in the process of their recovery.

Anthropology of/and Conflict Resolution: Cases of ‘Ethnic Violence’ in Solomon Islands
Shinichi Fujii (Osaka University)

This presentation first reviews how anthropological studies dealt with conflict resolution. Then, resolution process of ‘ethnic conflict’ in Solomon Islands is investigated. Finally, this presentation explores the possibility of/and conflict resolution, reviewing reconstruction process of social orders in Solomon Islands.

Ethnic Groups and their Subsistence Activities in Niger Inner Delta
Miki Ito (Osaka University)

This presentation focuses on the multiple ethnic groups in Niger Inner Delta, especially the relationships between pastoral Fulbe and its agricultural neighbors. It explores how they shared natural resources, how they resolved conflicts, and how their relationships have changed during these 30 years, responding repeated droughts and changes in market relations.