Highlights from the ARUA 2021 Biennial Conference conducted on 17th to 19th November 2021

Highlights from the ARUA 2021 Biennial Conference conducted on 17th to 19th November 2021

 

(U)Official Identification for Health?” The Centre’s workshop held during the ARUA 2021 Biennial Conference conducted Health?” on 19th November 2021.

Key Messages from the workshop

  • Digitization and IT are an area of identities research we need to be exploring
  • Health pandemics such as COVID19 create identities and stereotypes we need to study
  • COVID19 induced measures have several repercussions for identities, which we need to study.

"I hope people can see how productive this is as an area of inquiry. I think in general there is little work being done. I would be delighted if the centre took identification as a core of its work."
Prof. Breckenridge, Panel Chair

The Director ARUA CoE Identities giving remarks after a scientific presentation on day three of the conference
The Director ARUA CoE Identities giving remarks after a scientific presentation on day three of the conference

As scientists strive to find workable solutions to health challenges in Africa, they should ensure science is culturally relevant to the Africans. It's high time we stopped thinking for Africans and began thinking with Africans - @SsaliSarah 

Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice Chancellor Makerere University and ARUA Chairperson with senior and junior researchers from the different ARUA Universities.
Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice Chancellor Makerere University and ARUA Chairperson with senior and junior researchers from the different ARUA Universities.

Benchmarking and Network Visits

Benchmarking exercises were undertaken by the CoE Identities Director and the Centre Manager alongside the ARUA Biennial conference.

L-R, Shiela Chikulo (Communications Person SFS), Prof. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (Director SFS), Assoc. Prof. Sarah Ssali (Director, CoE Identities), Nakiranda Salama (Administrator, CoE Identities ARUA CoE Identities meets and talks to ARUA CoE Sustainable Food Systems CoE SFS).
L-R, Shiela Chikulo (Communications Person SFS), Prof. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda (Director SFS), Assoc. Prof. Sarah Ssali (Director, CoE Identities), Nakiranda Salama (Administrator, CoE Identities ARUA CoE Identities meets and talks to ARUA CoE Sustainable Food Systems CoE SFS). 
L-R, The Director CoE Identities, Prof Cornish, the CoE at Future Africa Campus, and the CoE Identities Manager, at University of Pretoria in South Africa for the third ARUA International Conferences
L-R, The Director CoE Identities, Prof Cornish, the CoE at Future Africa Campus, and the CoE Identities Manager, at University of Pretoria in South Africa for the third ARUA International Conferences
L-R, CoE Identities Administrator (Salama Nakiranda) with Dr. Motlalepule Nathane Taulela, Social Work Department, College of Social Science, WITS
L-R, CoE Identities Administrator (Salama Nakiranda) with Dr. Motlalepule
Nathane Taulela, Social Work Department, College of Social Science, WITS

Key Messages from the Benchmarking

  • There are many areas of collaboration between the ARUA CoEs and ARUA University departments
  • There is need to explore opportunities to win other grants through collaborating with other centres or departments in other ARUA institutions
  • CoEs need to amplify their works more and share experiences with each other.