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Dear colleagues, Happy new year 2019! I would like to draw your attention to a panel at the next ECAS conference in Edinburgh in 2019 on hierarchies of knowledge production in academic collaborations between Africa and Europe. Abstracts in English or French are welcome. I hope this panel may be of interest to you and your networks. Deadline for abstract submission: 21 January 2019 To submit your abstract: https://www.nomadit.co.uk/ecas/ecas2019/conferencesuite.php/panels/7942 *Hierarchies of knowledge production in academic collaborations between Africa and Europe* International mobility of researchers is a growing phenomenon in the increasingly competitive and global academic market. Meanwhile, collaborative projects which involve partners in the Global South are ever more in vogue among Northern funding bodies, reflecting attempts to generate more equitable processes of knowledge production. But what are the implications and impacts – whether social, economic, political or intellectual - of such activities? In this panel, we invite speakers to share case studies of collaborations between Europe and Africa (and potentially beyond), whether they concern research, publishing, capacity-building, networking, public engagement, teaching or related academic endeavours. While some information on the project rationale or outputs would be useful to provide context, we are more interested in critical analyses of such initiatives which speak to the conference themes of ‘connection’ and ‘disruption’. What kinds of connections do these activities promote? What kinds of power relations are created, reproduced or contested? Were there instances of disruption in terms of challenges or conflicts? Can these activities and their ensuring dynamics be considered disruptive of broader hierarchies, potentially ‘decolonising’ academic knowledge production, or are there limitations to this political objective? How might such constraints be overcome? Contributions from any discipline are welcome, but we expect a qualitative analysis of the project presented. Abstracts can be in English or French. They should include a brief explanation of the activity in question and the main points of the analysis, which should ideally be supported by theoretical concepts and speak to wider scholarly debates. *Les hiérarchies dans la production de connaissances dans les collaborations académiques entre l'Afrique et l'Europe* Les projets collaboratifs qui impliquent des partenaires du Sud sont de plus en plus en vogue parmi les bailleurs du Nord dans le cadre de tentatives visant à générer des processus de production de connaissances plus équitables. Mais quelles sont les implications - sociales, économiques, politiques ou intellectuelles - de telles activités? Nous souhaitons recueillir des communications comportant des exemples de collaborations académiques entre l'Europe et l'Afrique (et éventuellement au-delà). Ceux-ci peuvent concerner la recherche, la publication, le renforcement des capacités, le networking ou l’enseignement. Certaines informations contextuelles sur la raison d’être ou les résultats des projets concernés seront utiles, mais nous sommes plus intéressés par l’analyse critique des initiatives qui abordent les thèmes de la conférence, notamment la « connexion » et la « rupture ». Quels types de connexion ces activités favorisent-elles? Quelles relations de pouvoir sont créées, reproduites ou contestées? Les ruptures s’interprètent-elles comme des défis ou des conflits? Peut-on considérer que ces activités perturbent des hiérarchies plus larges, au point de « décoloniser » la production de connaissances ? A défaut, comment les contraintes pourraient-elles être surmontées? Les contributions de toutes disciplines sont appréciées, mais nous attendons une analyse qualitative des projets présentés. Les résumés peuvent être en anglais ou en français et doivent inclure une explication de l'activité. Les principaux points de l'analyse seront idéalement étayés par des concepts théoriques, ou s’inscriront dans des débats académiques plus larges. -- Dr Anneke Newman Postdoc Researcher at Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains (LAMC) at l’Université Libre de Bruxelles / Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex URL: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/193530 "Is this what has become of us? Can't we do better than that? People talking and talking, citing and citing, publishing and publishing. We need to be asking, 'are we answering questions?' Or, are we just peacocks parading about in all our show?" 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