When: Friday 22.11.2024 at 10.15-11.45
Where: Siltavuorenpenger 5A, Minerva Room K222b (if you wish to attend online, please fill out the registration form found at the end of this page)
Schedule
10:15-10:30 Opening words and introductions: Prof. Annalisa Sannino, Chair
10:30-11:15 Presentation by Solwati/Dr Sibongile L. Masuku from University of Mpumalanga, South Africa "Decentering and challenging inhumane practices: Masquerading as Indigenous Knowledges and Ubuntu”
11:15-11:30 Discussant remarks by University Lecturer, PhD, Wolfgang Zeller, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki
11:30-11:45 Discussion
Speaker's bio:
Solwati/PhD Sibongile L. Masuku
Tifundvo TeMasiko neMafa / Culture and Heritage Studies
University of Mpumalanga, South Africa
Chairperson of Culture to the National Commission for UNESCO
Sibongile, PhD from Rhodes University, is a senior lecturer in Culture and Heritage Studies at the University of Mpumalanga in South Africa. Her research work intersects, culture, the natural environment and education with a particular focus on indigenous knowledges and decolonisation. Her teaching interests are in cultural policy, the cultural and creative industries, indigenous knowledges and development. Sibongile is interested in exploring the impact and (im)potential of artificial intelligence in/for advancing the growing understanding of indigenous knowledges in education. She is currently an African Union working group member for the Art Education Policy for Africa.