ECAS 2009
3rd European Conference on African Studies
Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

Panel 90: (Re-)mapping Eritrea in the Cultural Imagination: narratives of the nation in literature, theatre, film, and the new media (Christine Matzke)

Panel Organiser: Christine Matzke

This panel seeks to investigate how Eritrea has been (re-)mapped, (re-)shaped and (re-)invented in various forms of Eritrean cultural expressions - literature, theatre, film, and the new media - both inside the country and from a diasporic point of view. Any period or language may be considered.

Accepted Abstracts

The time-warp: the festival in time and space
Being Eritrean Between Three Worlds: Cultural Expressions of Young Eritrean-Germans in the 21st Century
Of Outer Space? Inner Landscapes in Beyene Haile’s Play Weg'i Libi
 
Jokes and other hidden transcripts: the everyday political imagination in Eritrea david.bozzini@unine.ch
 
The Lives and Times of Asmara=s Cinema Houses
Heart of fire (Feuerherz) Remapping Eritrea through cultural myths and cliches from Europe
 
Faction: A proof of authenticity (literal and medial aspects)