Panel 132: Contested Space in the Horn of Africa: regional and spatial conflicts in their economical, political and cultural contexts (Monika Maria Sommer / Alexander Meckelburg)
Panel Organisers: Monika Maria Sommer / Alexander Meckelburg
The interdisciplinary panel aims at discussing the nexus of territoriality and conflict and at rethinking ‘space’ in the region of the wider Horn of Africa, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. It invites scholars from a range of disciplines, including anthropology, political science, history and social psychology, who will present field based studies on the topic of regional interrelations and conflicts, seen from the entry point of contested spaces.
Accepted Abstracts
Contested natural resources and political conflict - case-studies from Darfur and
Gambella
Wherever the camel goes, that is
Somalia.
The concept of territory in
the Somali context.
The Place of Space in the Historical Thinking of the Selte (Southern Central-
Ethiopia
Identity Politics and
territoriality in Southern Ethiopia
Contested borders and disputed identities: The plight of those deported during the Ethiopian-Eritrean border war of 1998-2000
Biographies of roads biographies of nations: Somaliland
state building and the hinterland/coast geopolitics
Contested Cultural Space as a Challenge to Peace and
Stability in the Eritrean Context
Federalism and
Conflict in Ethiopia: Land, Boundaries, and 'Indigeneity'
Contested
space in the Kunama borderlands of Tigray in the mid-19th century
