African Borders in Motion: Seminar 5
This fifth ABM seminar brings together African and Southern European scholars to share new insights on African border topics and to discuss geographies of knowledge production during the finalisation of the book African Borders in Motion (Palgrave Macmillan). Previous seminars took place in Casablanca (Morocco), Saint Louis (Senegal), Copenhagen (Denmark), and Uppsala (Sweden) in 2025.
Borders are in constant motion, just like the people inhabiting African countries. Through seminars in Senegal, Morocco, Denmark, Sweden, and Portugal, new knowledge regarding borders, mobilities, and emerging global bordering issues is shared, and new approaches to studying these issues are widely discussed. This two-day seminar provides an opportunity to engage in the final discussion of African Borders in Motion.
Please contact Jorge Malheiros (jmalheiros@edu.ulisboa.pt) if you wish to sign up for the seminar.
Organising committee: Natalia Ribas-Mateos, Papa Sow, Henri Yambene and Jorge Malheiros
Programme
| Thursday – 4 September 2025 | |
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09h00-09h30 |
Welcome AddressThe Editors of the Book African Borders in Motion (Palgrave Macmillan); |
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09h30-10h30 |
Entangled terrains: Mapping the table of contents of the ABM-Book African Borders in MotionKey Speaker: Natalia Ribas-Mateos, researcher at TRANSMENA UAB (Spain) and MESOPOLHIS – Aix Marseille University (France) |
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10h30-10h45 |
Coffee break |
| 10h45-12h00 |
Epistemologies of the Book African Border in MotionKey Speaker: Doudou Gueye - Université Assane SECK de Ziguinchor, Senegal |
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12h00-13h15 |
Understanding borders beyond Lusophony LegaciesKey Speaker: Jorge Malheiros, CEG/IGOT-ULisboa (Portugal) |
| 13h15 – 14h30 |
Lunch break |
| 14h30-17h00 |
Chapter Papers Presentations (coordinated from Yaounde - Ministère de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation du Cameroun)Online - 10 min. presentations, each followed by discussions |
| 17h00-18h00 |
General Debate - Discussing Elements for Conclusions |
| Friday – 5 September 2025 | |
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09h15-10h15 |
The Senegalo-Mauritania basin and the Peul QuestionKey Speaker: Amadou Diallo (Université Gaston Berger, St. Louis, Senegal. Senegal) |
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10h15-11h15 |
GreenCcircuit: From the Global North to the Global South. The Role of Second-Hand Clothing in MozambiqueKey Speaker: Pedro Guimarães, CEG/IGOT-ULisboa (Portugal) |
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11h15-11h30 |
Coffee break |
| 11h30-12h15 |
What's the law got to do with? Who needs the law when the law can be broken?Key Speaker: Elizabeth Chalinnor - CRIA-FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) |
| 12h15-13h30 |
General Debate - Discussing Elements for Conclusions |
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13h30-14h30 |
Lunch break |
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14h30-17h00 |
Mixed Chapter Papers PresentationsIn person and online: 10 min. for each paper |
| 17h00-18h00 |
General Debate - Discussing Elements for ConclusionsGeneral conclusion from the Editors of the Book, according to sections: Part 1. Concepts, Part 2. Cartographies, Part 3. Epistemologies, Part 4. Legacies, Part 5. Selected spaces, Part 6. Circulation of people, Part 7. Circulation of goods, Part 8. Filters, Part 8. Border communities, Part 9. Gendering, Part 10. Activism. |
| Saturday – 6 September 2025 | |
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10h00-12h00 |
Discussions with Doctoral StudentsDebate on the book’s topics and chapters conclusions |
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13h00 |
Lunch and study tour – to be announced |
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