Conference/Workshop Presentations
(update July 2015)
Kurt Beck: “Technological dramas on the road”, Panel ‘Travelling Africa’. VAD, Bayreuth, 11-14 June 2014.
Kurt Beck: “Roadmaking‘ im Sudan“. Geographisches Kolloquium, Universität Erlangen, 15 May 2013.
Kurt Beck: “Socialities along the Shiriyân ash-shimâl highway”. Faculty of Social and Economics Studies, University of Khartoum, 13 April 2013.
Kurt Beck: “Truck stops on the Forty Days Road”. International workshop “The makings and uses of motor roads”, Thurnau, Bayreuth University, 7 June 2012.
Kurt Beck: “The Forty Days Road – socialities along an African long distance road”. Research Seminar, London School of Economics, 25 May 2012.
Kurt Beck: “Forschung auf der Afrikanischen Fernstraße”. Institutskolloquium des Ethnologischen Instituts München, 7 May 2012.
Kurt Beck: “African roadsides – Formen der Vergesellschaftung entlang der Fernstraße”. Kolloquium des Ethnologischen Instituts der Universität Göttingen. 24 April 2012.
Kurt Beck: “African road and roadsides”. Faculty of Social Studies, University of Khartoum, 29 March 2012.
Kurt Beck: “African roadsides – socialities on the long-distance road”. Ethnologisches Kolloquium, Universität Bayreuth, 6 December 2011.
Kurt Beck: “Appropriation and creativity in the making of an African road”. DGV Tagung Wien, 14-17 September 2011.
Kurt Beck: “The Sifinja on the Sudanese road”. University of Khartoum, Inter-Faculty Lecture for Staff, 4 May 2011.
Kurt Beck and Rami Wadelnour: “Living with danger along the Forty Days Road”. European Conference on African Studies (AEGIS), Lisbon/Portugal, 27-29 June 2013.
Kurt Beck, Gabriel Klaeger and Michael Stasik: “Reinterpretation of North Atlantic models: the case of roads and roadsides”. Biennial Conference, Priority Programme 1448 “Adaptation and Creativity in Africa” (DFG), Maputo, Mozambique, 4 October 2012.
Gabriel Klaeger: ‘Averse speeds, available spaces: The limits and opportunities of hawking in a hostile road environment’, Workshop: ‘Technologies of control and the limits of social creativity’, Kloster Banz/ University of Bayreuth, June 18-20, 2015.
Gabriel Klaeger: ’”Roadside and travel communities”: Methodische und sozio-technische Innovationen in einem vergleichenden Forschungsprojekt (Ghana, Sudan)’, Vorlesungsreihe: ‘Innovationen’, Institute für Afrikanistik und Ethnologie, Universität Leipzig, May 26, 2014.
Gabriel Klaeger: ‘Poverty and potentialities in African informal economies’, Main Model United Nations conference, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, February 6, 2014.
Gabriel Klaeger: “’Roadside and travel communities’: Methodische und sozio-technische Innovationen in einem vergleichenden Forschungsprojekt (Ghana, Sudan)“. Ringvorlesung ’Innovations’, Institut für Afrikanistik & Institut für Ethnologie, Universität Leipzig, 26 May 2014.
Gabriel Klaeger: “Moving markets: The trails of bread in a Ghanaian roadside community”. Young Scholars Workshop “Ethnologie der Straße in Afrika”, Wallenfels, Bayreuth University, 9 February 2013.
Gabriel Klaeger: “Bottlenecks and roadside vending on a Ghanaian road under construction”. International workshop “The Makings and Uses of Motor Roads”, Thurnau, Bayreuth University, 7 June 2012.
Gabriel Klaeger: “Moving with traffic: an ethnography of work, speed and change on Ghanaian through-roads”. African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2011.
Gabriel Klaeger: “Touting perishable products: The temporalities of trading, and at times tricking, on through roads in urban Ghana”. 4th European Conference on African Studies (AEGIS), Uppsala, 2011.
Gabriel Klaeger: “Fast business? Konkurrenz und Kalkül im Straßenalltag von ghanaischen Minibusfahrern”. Afrika-Kolloquium, Institut für Ethnologie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, 2011.
Michael Stasik: ‘Emplacement upon arrival: West African migrants in Accra’s central bus station’, DGV, Marburg, Sep 30-Oct 3, 2015.
Michael Stasik: ‘The valorisation of delay: waiting trades in the Ghanaian bus station’, PhD Workshop, Wallenfels/University of Bayreuth, July 17-19, 2015.
Michael Stasik: ‘Encroachment in reverse: the unviable efficiency of Ghana exemplary bus station model’, Workshop: ‘Technologies of control and the limits of social creativity’, Kloster Banz/University of Bayreuth, June18-20, 2015.
Michael Stasik: ‘Productive friction: planners’ visions, dwellers’ practices, and the struggles over urban spatial production in a Ghanaian transport hub’, 113. AAA, Washington, Dec 3-7, 2014.
Michael Stasik: ‘Vernacular neoliberalism, or how the invisible fingers of the informal market regulate public transport in Ghana’, 57. ASA, Indianapolis, Nov 20-23, 2014.
Michael Stasik: ‘Emplacement upon arrival’, SPP 1448 2. Biennale Conference, Dakar, Oct 1-4, 2014.
Michael Stasik: ‘Emplacement upon arrival: the migrant, the city and the station’, PhD Workshop, Wallenfels/ University of Bayreuth, Sep 19-20, 2014.
Michael Stasik: “Vernacular neoliberalism, or how the invisible fingers of the informal market regulate public transport in Ghana”. VAD, Bayreuth, 11-14 June 2014.
Michael Stasik: “Productive friction: planners’ visions, dwellers’ practices, and the struggles over urban spatial production in a central bus station in Accra, Ghana”. VAD, Bayreuth, 11-14 June 2014.
Michael Stasik: “Rhythm, resonance and prosthetic kinaesthesia in a long-distance bus station in Accra”, Panel ‘Anthropology of the road’. DGV, Mainz, 2-5 October 2013.
Michael Stasik: “Station struggles: planners’ imaginaries, dwellers’ practices, and the quest for urban spatial production in a travel hub in Accra, Ghana”. European Conference on African Studies (AEGIS), Lisbon/Portugal, 27-29 June 2013.
Michael Stasik: “’Do you feel Nkawkaw dancing?’: rhythm, resonance and prosthetic kinaesthesia in a long-distance bus station in Accra”. Institutskolloquium Ethnologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, May 14 2013.
Michael Stasik: “’Do you feel Nkawkaw dancing?’: rhythm, resonance and prosthetic kinaesthesia in a long-distance bus station in Accra”. Young Scholars Workshop: ‘Ethnologie der Straße in Afrika‘, Wallenfels/Universität Bayreuth, 8-9 February 2013.
Michael Stasik: “CARdiologies: ethnographic explorations into the rhythms and connections of a West African travel hub”. BIGSAS Colloquium, Universität Bayreuth, January 31-February 1 2013.
Michael Stasik: “Dis/Ordering the station: an ethnography of order and disorder at Accra’s Neoplan Station”. IAS Research Seminar, University of Ghana, Accra, 11 October 2012.
Michael Stasik: “Who is adapting to what, and what is adapted by whom: two contrasting examples from a West African travel hub”. SPP 1448 Summer School, Maputo, 1-3 October 2012.
Michael Stasik: “Contingent orders/orders of contingency: notes from a West African bus station”, 12. EASA. Nanterre/Paris, 10-13 July 2012.
Michael Stasik: “Being less than a shadow: “Balabala-business” at a central bus station in Accra, Ghana”, 3. SSSI Conference, Rotterdam, 4-6 July 2012.
Michael Stasik: “CARdiologies: metaphoric explorations into the rhythms, connections and life of a West African travel hub”. International workshop “The Makings and Uses of Motor Roads”, Thurnau, Universität Bayreuth, 7-9 June 2012.
Michael Stasik: “Dis/Ordering the station: conflicting perceptions and utilizations of a travel hub in Accra, Ghana”. VAD Tagung, Köln, May 30-June 2 2012.
Michael Stasik and Gabriel Klaeger: ‘Hawking in times of infrastructural renewal: technology and technique in Ghana’s new roadside spaces’, 6. ECAS, Paris, July 8-10, 2015.
Michael Stasik and Alena Thiel: “Re-gendering public space: the hybridization of entrepreneurial practices in Accra, Ghana”, 17. IUAES, Manchester, 5-10 August 2013.
Rami Wadelnour: ‘Stretching the road: How travel communities assert their claims on an unpaved road.’, PhD Workshop, Wallenfels/University of Bayreuth, July 17-19, 2015.
Rami Wadelnour: ‘Challenging independence: Travelling in convoys on the Forty Days Road’, Workshop: ‘Technologies of control and the limits of social creativity’, Kloster Banz/University of Bayreuth, June 18-20, 2015.
Rami Wadelnour: ‘Roaring lorries: How sound shapes driving in the desert’, SPP 1448 2. Biennale Conference, Dakar, Oct 1-4, 2014.
Rami Wadelnour: ‘Travel time on the Forty Days Road', PhD Workshop, Wallenfels/ University of Bayreuth, Sep 19-20, 2014.
Rami Wadelnour: “Unpacking long distance lorry travel on Sudan’s hinterlands”, Panel ‘Travelling Africa’. VAD, Bayreuth, 11-14 June 2014.
Rami Wadelnour: “Pursuing order on Sudanese hinterland roads: an ethnography of travel communities”. BIGSAS Colloquium, Universität Bayreuth, 6-7 February 2014.
Rami Wadelnour: “Traversing uncertain routes: perceptions and experiences of desert travellers in Sudan”. DGV, Mainz, 2-5 October 2013.
Rami Wadelnour: “Traversing uncertain routes: perceptions and experiences of desert travellers in Sudan”. 17. IUAES, Manchester, 5-10 August 2013.
Rami Wadelnour: “Traversing uncertain routes: perceptions and experiences of desert travellers in Sudan”. Young Scholars Workshop “Ethnologie der Straße in Afrika”, Wallenfels, Bayreuth University, 9 February 2013.
Rami Wadelnour: “Driving through the unknown? navigation techniques of lorry drivers on a Sudanese hinterland road”. SPP 1448 Summer School, Maputo, 1-3 October 2012.
Rami Wadelnour: “Gender and research on travel communities: contexts and remarks on desert travelling”. SPP 1448 Summer School, Maputo, 1-3 October 2012.
Rami Wadelnour: “Driving through the unknown? navigation techniques of lorry drivers on a Sudanese hinterland road”. Workshop “The Makings and Uses of Motor Roads”, Thurnau, Bayreuth University, 7 June 2012.
Osman M. Osman: “A perforated water skin: safety on paved highways in Sudan”. European Conference on African Studies (AEGIS), Lisbon/Portugal, 27-29 June 2013.
Osman M. Osman: “Road promotion, congestions and safety: contested issues in newspapers in Sudan“. International workshop “The makings and uses of motor roads”, Thurnau, Bayreuth University, 7 June 2012.
