International Conference : Diversity in Society ‒ Theories and Practice, Organised by IFRA (Kenya) and GRER-ICT (Université Paris Diderot) on 1st and 2nd December 2011 in Nairobi (Kenya)

Programme

Thursday 1st of December

8h15 - Reception of conference members

8h30 - Opening the Conference: Christian Thibon, Thierry Vircoulon, Michel Prum

8h40 – Michel Prum (Université Paris Diderot): A Diverse Approach to Diversity

9h –10h30 - Rethinking diversity in the West

• Daniele De Lame (Royal Museum for Central Africa): How Come we Need to Think about (which) Diversity?
• Marie-Annick Mattioli (IUT Paris Descartes) : Diversité des cartes d'identité sur le sol britannique, 2002-2010, ou comment le projet d'une carte d'identité britannique s'est peu à peu transformé en carte pour étrangers

10h30-11h Tea break

11h-12h30 - An African historical approach to diversity

• Emile Mworoha (Université du Burundi) : Gestion politique et sociale des identités ethniques et claniques dans la région des Grands Lacs : le cas du Burundi
• Zacharie Saha (Université de Dschang, Cameroun) : Les chefferies des Grassfields de l'Ouest Cameroun à l'épreuve de la colonisation et de la postcolonie (1889-1997)

12h30-14h Lunch

14h-17h - Political management of diversity in contemporary Eastern Africa

• Jean-Salathiel Mutunitiwe (Université du Burundi) La démocratie consociative, outil de gestion de la diversité
• Marie-Aude Fouéré (IFRA): Rethinking Diversity in Contemporary Zanzibar
• Maurice Amutabi (CUEA, Kenya): Lessons from the 2008 Post-Election Violence in Kenya

Friday 2nd December

9h45-10h Tea time

10h -12h30 Ethnic, religious and sexual diversities

• Michel Adam: Le cas des minorités d'origine indo-pakistanaise
• Julius Kikoom (Makerere University, Uganda): Diasporic minority cultures: the social construction of enterprising identities of female "Asian-African" entrepreneurs in Uganda
• Mildred Ndeda (Kenyatta University, Kenya): The Struggles of New Religious Movements in the Kenyan Religious Space: the Case of Kings Outreach Ministry under Repentance and Holiness Movement

12h30-14h Lunch

14h-16h30 - Stereotyping diversity

• Stephen Omondi Owino (Kenyatta University, Nairobi): The Language Factor in the Search for National Cohesion and Integration in Kenya
• Joseph Egwrube (Université de La Rochelle, France): United we Claim, Divided we Act: Managing Diversity in Post-Colonial Nigeria
• Bernard Cros (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France): XV against VII: an inevitably unequal fight? Rugby and the management of diversity in South Africa