2022年11月19日、C01班がThe 6th Lifelong Sciences Research Seminarを開催します(続報)

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AY2022 The 6th Lifelong Sciences/MNGD Research Seminar

Challenges and Prospects of Contemporary Paratransit: Mobility, Daily Survival, and Urban Politics in Asia and Africa
Tro-tro in Ghana, Danfo in Lagos, and Jeepney in the Philippines. These are the paratransit, public transports operated by private operators. For a long time, paratransit has been playing a vital role in Asia and African cities to fill the growing mobility demands. Meanwhile, it has been a center of various major issues socially, culturally, and politically. This international seminar invites three scholars, who focus their studies on transport issues in Philippines, Nigeria, and Ethiopia respectively. Based on their rich experience in the field, they will present occurrent issues and challenges that paratransit faces and tries to see its future prospects across Asia and Africa.

Date and Time
19 November 2022, 9:00-11:35 JST/KST(Japan & Korea),
19 November 2022, 8:00-10:35 PHT (Philippines)
18 November 2022, 19:00-21:35 EST (Eastern Standard Time, USA)
Online meeting

Language: English

The registration forms: https://forms.gle/m313LzVbsc88CcsB6

Advance entry deadline: 15 November 2022

【Program】
9:00-9:10 JST/KST [8:00-8:10 PHT/19:00-19:10 EST(18th Nov.)]
Introduction
Eunji Choi, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

9:10-9:55 JST/KST [8:10-8:55 PHT/19:10-19:55 EST(18th Nov.)]
[Chair: Morie Kaneko, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University]
Terminal is Our Life: Job Mobility and Adaptive Strategy of Transport Workers in Addis Ababa
Eunji Choi, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
Commentator
Daniel Agbiboa, African and African American Studies, Harvard University

10:00-10:45 JST/KST [9:00-9:45 PHT/20:00-20:45 EST(18th Nov.)]
[Chair: Eunji Choi, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University]
Thinking for Convivial Infrastructure: A Case Study of Jeepney in Metro Manila
Zenta Nishio, Graduate School of Core Ethic and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Commentator
Michael D. Pante, Department of History, Ateneo De Manila University

10:50-11:35 JST/KST [9:50-10:35 PHT/20:50-21:35 EST(18th Nov.)]
[Chair: Tomohiro Machikita, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University]
Transport Labor, Corruption, and Everyday Survival in an African Megacity
Daniel Agbiboa, African and African American Studies, Harvard University
Commentator
James Nyachae Michira, Department of African Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

11:35-11:40 JST/KST [10:35-10:40 PHT/21:35-21:40 EST(18th Nov.)]
Closing remarks
Masayoshi Shigeta, Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

Organizers: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research for Transformative Research Areas(A) “Lifelong sciences: Reconceptualization of development and aging in the super aging society “[No.20H05806]; SATREPS-MNGD project [JPMJSA1807]; Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University