Käte Hamburger Lecture with Fellow Tabitha Naisiko
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Innovation Center, Campus Saarbrücken, Building A2 1, seminar room 3.05.1
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ENGLISH
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The Käte Hamburger Centre for Cultural Practices of Reparation (CURE) and the CEUS | Cluster for European Studies warmly invite you to attend the next Käte Hamburger Lecture at Saarland University. This series allows fellows from the centre to share their latest research perspectives on cultural practices of reparation. After the lectures, audience members will have the opportunity to engage with key topics in more detail during a public discussion session.
Tabitha Naisiko: “We Are Reduced to Women” … “We Are Just Mere Rats”: On Post-Disarmament Gender Disparities in the Karamoja Region of Uganda
The title of this lecture quotes outcries of men living in the Karamoja region of Uganda, situated at the border with Kenya and South Sudan. Tabitha Naisiko argues that their bitter complaints arise from an anthropological lack in the post-disarmament development strategies. For Naisiko, the central problem lies in the mismanagement of gender relations: By prioritising women as change agents, efforts to develop the region have created gender disparities resulting in a masculinity crisis. Gender as a social structure has become dysfunctional. As a result, women are overwhelmed with both productive and reproductive roles while men are struggling with alcohol, violence, and social lethargy. These conditions impede sustainable development. In her lecture, Naisiko explores how existing social norms and gender relations can be incorporated into development efforts in order to establish successful programmes creating positive change.
The Käte Hamburger Lectures provide deeper insight into the centre’s ongoing research, convey these ideas to the wider university community, and invite the public to engage in meaningful discussions on cultural practices of reparation.
Registration for online participation: kontakt@khk.uni-saarland.de
