Exploring the possibility of a South East Asia–Africa ‘axis of knowledge’

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Notes

1 Among these institutions that supported the Dar conference were Calicut University, University of Ghana, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Henry Luce Foundation, Michigan University, Réunion University, National University of Singapore, Social Sciences Research Council, Leiden University, IIAS, Andrew Mellon Foundation, the academic publisher Taylor and Francis, Itinerario journal, and of course, University of Dar es Salaam. There were other organizations whose members worked very hard against extremely difficult constraints, to sponsor or contribute to the cost of a panel or a roundtable. I cannot name them all but I would like here to pay special homage to our colleagues from University Gaston Berger (Senegal), Airlangga University (Indonesia), Ibadan University (Nigeria), Vietnam National University, University of Zambia, and Kasetsart University (Thailand). In this list of supporting institutions were African, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, European, Japanese, American, and indeed South East Asian universities working together to ensure a maximum plurality of participants regardless of institutional, disciplinary or national backgrounds.

2 The listed participants were Itty Abraham, Nir Avieli, Malimi Buba, Lalita Hanwong, Mick Hirsh, Tom Hoogervorst, Rachel Leow, Su Lin Lewis, Dave Lumenta, Daniel Mekonnen, Antje Missbach, Lawrence Ogbo Ugwanyi, Rita Padawangi, Adrian Perkasa, Philippe Peycam, Pham van Thuy, Alexandra Samokhvalova, Pujo Semedi, Xiaosen Song, Tharaphi Than, Sikko Visscher, Awet Weldemichael. I take this opportunity to thank Tom Hoogervorst from KITLV for compiling this list and for taking note of the different points made by the participants.