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From: "Kammie" <>
Subject: [SoAfricaHistory] CONF: History of water in Africa -Dec.2004
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:56:07 +0200


Hi SA HISTORY list participants

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Kammie
Cape Town
RSA
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Date: 12 Mar 2004
From: Johann Tempelhoff
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THE NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY: VAAL TRIANGLE CAMPUS(Vanderbijlpark, South
Africa)
in cooperation with THE INTERNATIONAL WATER HISTORY ASSOCIATION (IWHA)
presents

FLOWS FROM THE PAST: A TRANS-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF
WATER IN AFRICA

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

This conference follows in the wake of discussions on the IWHA network and
plans mooted by a group of interested researchers at the third conference
of the IWHA in Alexandria, Egypt, in December 2003.

DURATION:
8 - 11 December 2004

VENUE:
Riviera on Vaal, Vereeniging, South Africa

OBJECTIVES:
The major objective is to start exploring, under the auspices of the IWHA,
the potential for a comprehensive project on the history of water on the
African continent.

It is hoped that the conference would prepare participants who specialise
in Africa for the next IWHA Conference in Paris that is scheduled for 2005.

There seems to be interest amongst international scholars to explore some
of the following themes.

THEMES FOR DISCUSSION:

* Papers on past, current and proposed research on water history in
Africa
* Water historiography
* Case histories of water in various parts of Africa
* The history of (large) water schemes
* Current trends in water planning - ideology and practice
* The history of irrigation
* Drinking water - trends in planning past and present
* Sanitation from the pre-colonial to the postcolonial era
* Water and security in Africa
* Myths and rituals related to water: cultural manifestations
* Strategies of water procurement in the colonial era
* Hydropower in Africa
* Indigenous societies and water
* Rivers and their significance in Africa
* The history of natural water disasters in Africa
* Water in African delta regions
* Water in African Swamps
* Methodologies of water history research
* Interdisciplinary co-operation
* Co-ordination and interaction of existing and proposed research
* Other themes that present themselves from the abstracts received

ABSTRACTS:

Guidelines & Instructions:
* All abstracts must be submitted in English as an e-mail attachment
* Use Ms-Word
* Maximum length 300 words (one page)
* Short CV (not more than 100 words)
* Institutional affiliation

Send abstracts to:

Petra Lawson (North West University) at

Paper, Presentation & Programme Guidelines:

* No limitation of the length of a paper, but bear in mind that
presentation of papers will be confined to 20 minutes per speaker
* There will be no simultaneous sessions (the objective is to engage
all conference participants in all sessions in order to establish a form of
cohesion)
* There will be ample opportunity for discussions both during
presentations and in separate workshop opportunities
* A number of social activities, related to water and history would
be presented as part of the conference

IMPORTANT DATES TO DIARISE:

Final date to submit abstracts: 15 June 2004
Notification of acceptance of proposed papers: 1 August 2004
Deadline for the submission of papers: 13 October 2004
Closing date for conference attendance: 1 November 2004

GENERAL& REGISTRATION ENQUIRIES:

Ms Petra Lawson at tel. +27-16-910-3709 or fax +27-16-910-3711 or e-mail


REGISTRATION:

Should you wish to attend the conference you could secure your booking in
two ways

Registration by post:

Complete the registration form and return it together with the appropriate
fee (cheques should be made payable to North West University) to:

Attention: Ms Petra Lawson, Skills Development Unit, North West University,
Vaal Triangle Campus, P O Box 1174, Vanderbijlpark, 1900, South Africa or

Pay it directly into the banking account (electronic payments):

Bank the appropriate fee into the banking account and fax a copy of the
deposit slip / electronic transfer and your registration form to Attention:
Ms Petra Lawson, fax +27-16-910-9709 or +27-16-910-3711 on the same date
the deposit is made.

Banking details:

Account Name: North West University No 3
Bank: ABSA
Branch: Tom Street, Potchefstroom, South Africa - 632005
Account Number: 670 642 313
Reference Number: 5613/5606/418 (please do not forget to quote the
reference number)

FEE:

R5 500.00 p.p. single accommodation (attending only) Fee includes:
registration, refreshments and lunch, conference material, accommodation,
dinners, special functions, transport

R4 630.00 p.p. Sharing accommodation (attending only)
Fee includes: registration, refreshments and lunch, conference material,
accommodation, dinners, special functions, transport
R5 355.00 p.p. single accommodation (present a paper)

Fee includes: registration, refreshments and lunch, conference material,
accommodation, dinners, special functions, transport
R4 400.00 p.p. sharing accommodation (present a paper)

Fee includes: registration, refreshments and lunch, conference material,
accommodation, dinners, special functions, transport

FINAL DATE FOR REGISTRATIONS:

1 November 2004

CANCELLATIONS & TRANSFERS:

The fee is not refundable. If you cannot attend, feel free to send a
substitute at no extra charge. Please notify the registration office
regarding any changes no later than 1 December 2004.

CONFIRMATION:

Confirmation of registration will be forwarded to you no later than 1
December 2004.


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