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Eur02a


Connexion between African and European researchers: epistemological, methodological and political issues I 
Convenor:
Mahamadou Bassirou Tangara (Universite des Sciences Sociales et de Gestion de Bamako)
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Discussants:
Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka (University of Mons)
E. Fabert Mensah Ngoma Adete (Université Omar BONGO (UOB))
Medina Sheila KARAMBIRI (Centre Universitaire de Ziniaré)
Lamine Savané (University of Ségou)
Format:
Panel
Stream:
African researchers in the European academic system
Location:
Room 1228
Sessions:
Thursday 9 June, -
Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Short Abstract:

African contribution in knowledge production in the world is marginal, particularly in social sciences. Although the financing and research collaboration from Europe are increasing. This panel aims at analyzing the research collaboration in Africa and its contribution to knowledge production.

Long Abstract:

Research principally aims to produce knowledge for a better understanding of the world. The question then is how to produce this knowledge and what are the conditions to be fulfilled for its production? This question becomes relevant to “social research”, which is everywhere and touches many aspects of our social and cultural lives. Because of constraints, in many cases, research collaborations are needed. Many times, collaborations in research between national and foreign researchers are focused on data collection, this is predominantly the case between African and European researchers. The first ones are on the ground and collect data for the second group mostly based in western universities and who are interested to produce knowledge on Africa. Even we can trust the analytical capacity of European researchers, we can rise some questions on the knowledge they produce on Africa in conditions of subcontracting in research, which is also mostly based on Western funding. Do the thoughts of scholars produced on Africa without mastering the ground realities describe suitable the complex realities of Africa? This question is relevant in social science because it rises ethical, methodological, epistemological and political issues in research. The research collaboration between African and European researchers is inequitable with only data collection for African researchers. What are the components and the purpose of this inequitable research collaboration? And how can we contribute to evolve the role of African researchers in this collaboration? This panel aims at analyzing the research collaboration in Africa and its contribution to knowledge production.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Thursday 9 June, 2022, -