Tuesday September 30
20:00 The organizers invite earlybirds to get together at Cafe Hvit at Studenthuset Driv. The conference has reserved tables, and there is a bar where one can purchase snack and refreshments
Note: All Keynote Plenary sessions will take place in Auditorium 2, Teorifagsbygget
Wednesday October 1st
09:30 – 10:30 Registration and coffee/tea: Outside Auditorium 2
10:30 – 11:00 Opening: Auditorium 2
– Welcome from Sveinung Eikeland, Vice Rector, University of Tromsø
– Welcome from Dr. Trond Waage, Visual Cultural Studies, UiT, NFU Board
– Cultural Performance by Elena Yakovleva
11:00 – 12:30 Keynote Plenary 1
Working in Both the North and the South: Comparative Experiences
– Professor Peter Geschiere, University of Amsterdam
– Professor Emerita Randi Rønning Balsvik, University of Tromsø
– Moderator: Dr. Christine Smith-Simonsen, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Tromsø
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Parallel Sessions 1
– Environment: Room 1.325
– African Crossroads: The Politics of Development and Conflict: Room 1.329
– Gender and Positionalities in the Field: Auditorium 2
– Power, Cross-Cultural Cooperation and the New Development Actors: Room 1.343
– Forests and Power: Inclusions and Exclusions in Forest Governance and REDD+ Processes: Room 1.333
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee/tea
15:30 – 17:00 Keynote Plenary 2 (part 1, dialogues)
Cross-Cultural Research Collaboration: Negotiating Codes and Dissonant Expectations
– Professor Anne Britt Flemmen, University of Tromsø & Dr. Mulumebet Zenebe, Addis Ababa University
– Dr. Natalie Kukarenko, Pomor State Univeristy & Professor Anne Britt Flemmen, University of Tromsø
– Dr. Torjer Olsen, University of Tromsø & Rachel Issa Djesa, Assistant Fellow, University of Tromsø
– Moderator: Professor Siri Gerrard, University of Tromsø
17:00 – 17:15 Coffee/tea
17:15 – 18:30 Keynote Plenary 2 (part 2)
– Dr. Jens Dahl, University of Copenhagen
– Gunnar Sørbø, Senior Researcher, Christian Michelsen Institute
– Moderator: Dr. Torjer Olsen, University of Tromsø
20:00 Conference Dinner at Clarion hotel The Edge
Thursday October 2nd
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee/tea: Outside Auditorium 2
09:00 – 10:30 Parallel Sessions 2
– Positionality, Trust and Power Asymmetries in Fieldwork: Room 1.325
– Localizing Peace: Room 1.329
– What do we Learn from ‘Shared’ Research Projects?: Auditorium 2
– Cross-Cultural Communication, Experience and the Importance of Ethnographic Fieldwork: Room 1.343
– Master’s Panel: Room 1.333
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee/tea
11:00 – 12:00 Keynote Plenary 3
Power, Communication and Development: Epistemological Output of Cross-Cultural Collaboration
– Professor Lisbet Holtedahl, University of Tromsø
– Moderator: Dr. Trond Waage, Visual Cultural Studies, University of Tromsø
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:30 Parallel Sessions 3
– Education and Social Justice: Room 1.325
– Democracy and Transparency: Room 1.329
– Visual Cultural Studies film screening: Auditorium 2
– Administrative Challenges: Room 1.343
– On Sami Terms? Local Institutions to Strengthen Local Identity: Room 1.333
– NB! Continuation of the panel Forests and Power: Room NLYST U06
14:30 – 15:00 Coffee/tea
15:00 – 17:00 Keynote Plenary 4
Policymakers’ Reflections: Major Challenges and Future Goals
– Director Jesper Simonsen, Norwegian Research Council:Presenting the NORGLOBAL II program
– Sverre Jervell, former diplomat, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
– Director Paul Richard Fife, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad)
– Moderator: Håkon Fottland, Senior Counselor, University of Tromsø
17:00 – 17:15 Closing: Auditorium 2
