8:30-9:00: Introducing Project FamilEA: The Remaking of the Family in East Africa
- Yvan Droz (Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland)
- Valérie Golaz (Institut national d'études démographiques, France)
- Clémentine Rossier (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
- Yonatan N. Gez (Instituto universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)
9:00-10:30: Session 1. Data and methods stemming from quantitative perspectives
- Éric Widmer (University of Geneva, Switzerland): A personal network approach to families: Results from Switzerland and elsewhere
- Philippe Bocquier (Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium): Longitudinal analysis of living arrangements using African HDSS data
- Matthias Studer (University of Geneva, Switzerland): Selecting qualitative cases using sequence analysis: A mixed method for in-depth understanding of life course trajectories
Moderator: Stephen O. Wandera (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)
10:30-11:00: Coffee break
11:00-12:30: Session 2. Diving into East African family experiences
- Rachel Spronk (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): What is queer here? The embeddedness of same-sex couples in kinship arrangements in Kenya
- Aude Franklin (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France): Family as a threat and a refuge: Thinking about family experiences of Congolese refugees in Kampala, Uganda
- Martin Bangha (African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya): Insights into APHRC's previous research on the family in Nairobi
Moderator: Eric R. Masese (Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya)
12:30-14:00: Lunch break
14:00-15:00: Session 3. Family structures, relations and resource flows
- Valérie Delaunay (Institut de recherche pour le développement, Marseille, France): The evolution of family structures in Togo, Burkina Faso, and Madagascar, with a particular focus on the capital cities
- Tabea Häberlein (Bayreuth University, Bayreuth, Germany): Generational relations and intra-family resource flows in West Africa: A Benin–Togo comparison
Moderator: Norah Kiereri (Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France)
15:00-16:00: Closing roundtable
Speakers:
- Christian Thibon (Université de Pau et des pays de l’Adour, Pau, France)
- Christian Kakuba (Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda)
- Rachel Spronk (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Marie Brossier (Laval University, Quebec, Canada)
Moderators:
- Valérie Golaz (Institut national d'études démographiques, France)
- Yonatan N. Gez (Instituto universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal)
- Norah Kiereri (Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France).
This event is organised by the Gender Centre, the University of Geneva and Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
