Screening: Tomorrow Documentary, Jan. 28 2020 @ The Alchemist Bar – Westlands

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Date: January 28, 2020
Venue: The Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Time: 8 pm

As mankind is threatened by the collapse of the ecosystems, Cyril, Mélanie, Alexandre, Laurent, Raphäel and Antoine, all in their thirties, explore the world in search of solutions that can save their children, and with them, future generations. Using the most successful experiments in every area (agriculture, energy, habitat, economy, education, democracy…) they try to put back together the puzzle which may tell a new story of the future.

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Writers’ Forum: Mbogi ya Mawriters, Jan. 25 2020 @ Alliance Française

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Date: January 25, 2020
Venue: Médiathèque, Alliance Française
Time: 2 pm
Entrance: Free

Vincent de Paul is an Author/Freelance Writer, Editor and Publisher. He has published 11 books (two novels, three collections of flash fiction stories, and six poetry books). He has also been published in anthologies in Kenya and West Africa (Through the Journey of Hope by the Writers Guild Kenya and Black Communion: An Anthology of Poems by New Age African Poets in West Africa).

Science Café: Thinking Africa through the Works of the Philosopher V. Y. Mudimbe, Dec. 16 2019 @ Alliance Française

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Date: December 16, 2019
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6 pm
Free entry

About
V. Y. Mudimbe is a Congolese philosopher, professor and author of poems and novels, a towering figure in Francophone African studies.

He is an esteemed scholar of literature and social sciences in the United States recognized for his essays on contemporary African thought and intellectual history.

With the participation of European and Kenyan academics specializing in Mudimbe’s thinking.

Cartoons and Comics in Kenya: Chronicles and Conversations, Nov. 22 2019 @ Goethe Institut

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Date: November 22, 2019
Venue: Goethe Institut Nairobi
Time: 2-5 pm
Entry: Free

The Goethe Institut and Kymsnet, are once again bringing together cartoonists, scholars, media practitioners, consumers etc., in a symposium to interact and interrogate the book Ink & Pixels – the wild and wondrous tale of Kenyan comics.

The symposium will also celebrate the contributions that comics and & cartoons have made in the growth of the media space and holistic development agenda in the country.

The panelists include: Prof. Levi Obonyo, Dr. Peter Kimani, James Kamawira (Kham), Roseleen Nzioka, Paul Kelemba (Maddo) and Oby Obyerodhyambo.

Moderated by Dr. Mshai Mwongela.

Admission is free.

Archiving Kenya’s Past and Futures, Nov. 12 2019 @ McMillan Memorial Library

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Date: November 12, 2019
Venue: McMillan Memorial Library, Banda Street
Time: 9 am – 3 pm

About
This event is led by Angela Okune and Leonida Mutuku. It brings together researchers, archival specialists, open data technologists, and government representatives to think about the intersection between open data technologies, digital humanities and research data practices in Kenya.

How might we imagine more equitable and inclusive systems of knowledge production and infrastructure by/in/for Kenya? Three panel sessions explore how diverse institutions have attempted to support student interests in research and archiving; raise questions about the genre of the academic journal article for scholarly knowledge sharing; and dive into the politics and geographies of data localisation and governance.Key discussion points from the meeting will be synthesised into a report for public dissemination and will include concrete next steps.

Participation is free and registration is open until 5 pm on 7th November 2019: here