Des rencontres scientifques au tour des questions africaines!

[Cheikhna Mouhamed WAGUE]

CEAN
International Research Group (GDRI) Inaugural Conference
CEAN ‐ Institute of Political Science of Bordeaux
31 January – 2 February 2007
Governing cities in Africa
Laws, local institutions & urban identities since 1945
Conférence inaugurale
Groupement de recherche international (GDRI) du CNRS
CEAN – Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux
31 janvier – 2 février 2007
Gouverner les villes d’Afrique
Lois, institutions locales & identités urbaines depuis 1945
PROGRAMME
Avec le soutien et la participation de
Centre d’étude d’Afrique noire, UMR 5115 du CNRS ‐ Institut d’Etudes Politiques
CEAN Centre d\'etude d\'afrique noire
11, allée Ausone – 33607 Pessac Cedex ‐ + (0)5 56 84 43 11 / 42 82
colloque.cean@sciencespobordeaux.fr
www.gdri‐africancities.org
Governing cities in Africa: law, local institutions and urban identities since 1945
CEAN – IEP – Bordeaux 31 January – 2 February 2007
WEDNESDAY 31 JANUARY
Morning
9:00 Registration
9:45 Plenary session
Laurent Fourchard: Welcome introduction to GDRI and organisation of the three‐day conference
Godfrey Chesang & Simon Bekker: Short reports on Nairobi and Stellenbosch workshops
Thematic and methodological presentations by theme coordinators
(Alan Mabin, theme 1; Dominique Darbon, theme 2; Denis‐Constant Martin, theme 3)
11:30 Break
12:00 Bill Freund: Keynote address
13:15 Lunch
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Afternoon
14:45 – 18:00 First working group session (see details below)
18:00 – 20:00 Formal launch of the GDRI programme (CNRS representatives and IEP director),
followed by a cocktail offered by the Institute of Political Science
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Axe 1 Urban government between the local and the global, Sub‐theme 1: Globalisation and local
governance (Alan Mabin, coordinator)
14:45 – 15:45: Presentations
Robert Cameron, Department of Political Science, University of Cape Town
Metropolitan governance reform in South Africa
Scarlett Cornelissen & Adolphe Lawson, Department of Political Science, Stellenbosch University
Urban Governance in an era of Globalisation: strategies towards urban internationalisation in
comparative perspective
Winnie Mitullah, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
Governing the city of Nairobi: addressing local realities and globalisation
Margot Rubin, Centre for Urban and Built Environment Studies (CUBES), School of Architecture and
Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
Caught betwixt and between: local government and its role in taking on international trends in
governance
15:45 – 16:00 Coordinator
16:00 – 16:30 Tea break
16:30 – 18:00 Discussion and research prospects
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Governing cities in Africa: law, local institutions and urban identities since 1945
CEAN – IEP – Bordeaux 31 January – 2 February 2007
Axe 2 Laws, public policies and private institutions, Sub‐theme 1: Urban governement, informalisation
and migration (Dominique Darbon, coordinator)
14:45 – 16:15 Presentations
Godfrey Chesang, GDRI/IFAS Research Fellow
Technologies of insertion: a quantitative survey in Johannesburg and Nairobi
Tara Polzer, Forced Migration Studies Project, University of the Witwatersrand
Sovereignisation and border town responses to Migrant Populations
Jeanne Vivet, Gecko, Université Paris X Nanterre
Migrations forcées et processus de citadinisation : l’exemple des déplacés de guerre à Maputo
(Mozambique)
Jantjie Xaba, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch
South African Somalis and ‘economic xenophobia’: An investigation into how ‘foreigners’ business
practices influence social relations with locals in selected townships of Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Michellene Williams, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch
Language Policy and Practice in two state service sectors in Cape Town and Bloemfontein
Jeremy Grest, School of Politics, University of KwaZulu‐Natal
Urban governance, state capacity, informality and urban management: a comparative study of policy and
practice in the management of informal trade and solid waste removal in Durban and Maputo.
16:15 Coordinator
16:30 Tea Break
17:00 – 18:00 Discussion and research prospects
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Axe 3 Urban identities and local power, Sub‐theme 1: Identity in the city
(Denis‐Constant Martin, coordinator)
14:45 – 16:00 Presentations
Susann Baller, Humboldt University, Berlin
Suburban Politics of Youth, Sports and Culture. Neighbourhood youth clubs in a Senegalese city,
Pikine/Guédiawaye
Laurent Fourchard, CEAN, IEP Bordeaux
State, youth and delinquency in Johannesburg, Lagos and Ibadan
Andrew Burton, BIEA, Nairobi
Delinquency, marginality and identity in late‐colonial and post‐colonial Dar es Salaam
Hélène Charton, IFRA Nairobi
Urban governance and imagined urban spaces: the role of urban elites in Nairobi and Dar es Salam
Rehana Vally, Department of Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand
Unwritten Rules of Eligibility: Maintaining a North Indian Profile in Primindia:
1945 to the present
16:00 Coordinator
16:15 Tea Break
16:45 – 18:00 Discussion and research prospects
Governing cities in Africa: law, local institutions and urban identities since 1945
CEAN – IEP – Bordeaux 31 January – 2 February 2007
THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY
Morning
9:30 – 13:00 Second working group session
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Axe 1 Urban government between the local and the global, Sub‐theme 2: Public participation and local
politics (Alan Mabin, coordinator)
9:30 – 11:00 Presentations
Luzuko Mdunyelwa, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch
Developmental Local Government: Public Participation as a Strategy for Transforming Service Delivery
in Local Government, with special reference to the City of Cape Town.
Fulufhelo Netswera, National Research Foundation (NRF), Pretoria
Community participation in the local government – the role of ward committees and community
development workers (CDWs) in Johannesburg.
Robert Mongwe, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Norway
The state and the Grassroots: Service Delivery and Local Politics in Cape Town
Ayodeji Olukoju, Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
Local Government and Grassroots Politics in an Urban Context: Focus on Actors and Institutions in
Lagos, Nigeria, 1950‐2004.
Hélène Quénot, CEAN, IEP Bordeaux
La construction du champ politique local à Accra et Ouagadougou : La question des politiques dʹhygiène
et de propreté
Claire Bénit‐Gbaffou, HSRC, Pretoria
La voix des pauvres dans la gouvernance urbaine: territoires de la mobilisation politique et relations aux
élus locaux dans les métropoles sud‐africaines
11:00 Coordinator
11:15 Tea Break
11:45 – 13:00 Discussion and research prospects
13:15 Lunch
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Axe 2 Laws, public policies and private institutions, Sub‐theme 2: Policy and practices in housing and
land sectors (Dominique Darbon, coordinator)
9:30 – 11:00: Presentations
Alain Durand Lasserve, CNRS SEDET
L’intégration des pratiques foncières coutumières dans les villes d’Afrique sub‐Saharienne passe‐t‐elle
par l’accession à la propriété?
Marius Tredoux, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch
Conflicting perceptions of the meaning of informal housing: A Cape Town case study.
Jean‐Fabien Steck, Gecko, Université Paris X
Dynamiques territoriales, encadrements et citadins dans une ville d’Afrique de l’Ouest : Lomé
Governing cities in Africa: law, local institutions and urban identities since 1945
CEAN – IEP – Bordeaux 31 January – 2 February 2007
Kees van der Waal & Steve Robins, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch
University
Local responses to urbanisation processes in Western Cape
Isabel Raposo, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade, Técnica de Lisboa
Institutions de planification et gestion urbaine des villes capitales d’Afrique lusophone et cohésion sociospatiale
depuis les indépendances (Maputo, Luanda, Praia, Bissau, Praia, S. Tomé)
Claude Féral, GRAS, Université de la Réunion, Mary Hames, & Vanessa Ludwig, Gender Equity Unit,
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town
Gender and housing in Cape Town
11:00 Coordinator
11:15 Tea Break
11:45 – 13:00 Discussion and research prospects
13:15 Lunch
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Axe 3 Urban identities and local power, Sub‐theme 2: Identity of the city
(Denis‐Constant Martin, coordinator)
9:30 – 10:45 Presentations
Odile Goerg, SEDET, Paris 7
Politique culturelle et activités de loisirs comme facteurs dʹidentités urbaines (cas de Conakry/Guinée)
Séverine Awenengo, SEDET, Paris 7
Un nouvel ordre urbain ? L’impact du mouvement indépendantiste casamançais sur la
production/reproduction des identités urbaines et le gouvernement de la ville de Ziguinchor (Sénégal).
Jean‐Luc Martineau, INALCO‐ SEDET, Paris
Territoires citadins, institutions de gouvernement et acteurs politiques dans l’ouest du Nigeria : les
espaces de production de l’identité
Mathieu Hilgers, FNRS, Laboratoire d’anthropologie prospective, Université catholique de Louvain
La ville comme collectif dʹappartenance. Représentations sociales, monde commun et potentialité
démocratique dans une ville moyenne dʹAfrique de lʹOuest.
Catherine Boudet, GRAS, Université de La Réunion
Construction nationale et marquage de l’identité nationale en territoire urbain à l’île Maurice
10:45 Coordinator
11:00 Tea Break
11:30 Discussion and research prospects
13:15 Lunch
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Afternoon
14:45 – 18:00 Third working group session
20:00 Dinner
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Governing cities in Africa: law, local institutions and urban identities since 1945
CEAN – IEP – Bordeaux 31 January – 2 February 2007
Axe 1 Urban government between the local and the global, Sub‐theme 3: Globalisation and environment
(Alan Mabin, coordinator )
14:45 – 15:30 Presentations
Ivan Crouzel, CEAN, IEP Bordeaux
Métamorphoses de l’action publique urbaine et enjeux environnementaux
Suleiman Ngware & Colman Msoka, IDS, University of Dar es Salaam
Governing African Cities: Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in Comparative Perspective
Bernard Calas, ADES‐Dymset
Morphogénèse et environnement à Dar es Salaam et Nairobi
15:30 Coordinator
15:45 Tea break
16:15 – 18:00 Discussion and research prospects
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Axe 2 Laws, public policies and private institutions, Sub‐theme 3: Controlling space, security
and territorialisation (Dominique Darbon, coordinator)
14:45 – 16:00 Presentations
Alain Dubresson, Gecko, Université Paris X, & Sylvy JAGLIN, Latts/Cestan‐ESO Université de Nantes
The territorialisation of urbanised space in post‐apartheid Cape Town
Marianne Morange & Sophie Didier, Département de Géographie, Université Paris 13
Les espaces de la croissance urbaine et leur rapport aux pouvoirs centraux au Cap (Afrique du Sud) : de
la recomposition des identités territoriales et politiques dans un contexte de gouvernance flexible
Elisabeth Peyroux, CIRUS‐CIEU, Université de Toulouse‐II
Privatisation de la sécurité et nouvelles formes de contrôle social dans les villes d’Afrique sub‐saharienne.
L’exemple de Johannesburg
Rufus Akinyele, Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
Mafoluku‐Oshodi axis of crime: an impact assessment of OPC’s crime control in Lagos.
Elrena van der Spuy & Julie Berg, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
Policies and practices in the governance and delivery of urban security in selected African cities.
16:00 Coordinator
16:15 Tea Break
16:45 – 18:00 Discussion and research prospects
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Axe 3 Urban identities and local power, Sub‐theme 3: Identities and the city: religious institutions and local
government (Denis‐Constant Martin, coordinator)
14:45 – 15‐45 Presentations
Olufunke Adeboye, Department of History & Strategic Studies, University of Lagos
The public role of Christian organisations in Ibadan 1945‐2005
Cédric Mayrargue, CEAN, IEP Bordeaux
Pouvoir local, gouvernement de la ville et organisations religieuses à Cotonou (Bénin)
Governing cities in Africa: law, local institutions and urban identities since 1945
CEAN – IEP – Bordeaux 31 January – 2 February 2007
Marie Miran, SOAS, University of London
Making Muslim Space: Islam, Mosque Architecture and Local Politics in Abidjan, Accra, Lomé and
Cotonou
Denise Brégand, CEAN, IEP Bordeaux
L’activisme social des militants islamiques à Cotonou et Porto Novo
Simon Bekker, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, University of Stellenbosch
How important are religious identities of urban residents? A Cape Town case study
15:45 Coordinator
16:00 Tea Break
16:30 – 18:00 Discussion and research prospects
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FRIDAY 2 FEBRUARY
Morning
9:00 – 13:00 Plenary session
9:00 Reports of coordinators on working group sessions by Alan Mabin, Denis‐Constant Martin
and Alain Dubresson
10:00 Discussion on thematic, methodological and theoretical questions.
Comparative and cross‐cutting issues
11:00 Tea break
11:30 Round Table and closure
13:15 – 14:45 Lunch
Afternoon
14:45 – 17:00 GDRI steering committee