Researching creative economies in Africa: sharing knowledge, methods and practices
ReCrEA: Researching creative economies in Africa: sharing knowledge, methods and practices is a collaborative project between King’s College London, Aarhus University and Humboldt University of Berlin. It aims to bring together current research – from a range of disciplines – that explore the value, workings and impact of creative economies in Africa. Research on creative economies (CE) in Africa is limited and fragmented across different disciplines, making it hard for academics to connect and establish shared frameworks and practices. Furthermore, research on CE has been narrowly focused on the Global North and has not placed enough value on cultures, heritage, innovations and ideas from the Global South. So, the proposed project aims to create a network of activities to rebalance this perspective by supporting research on Africa to be shared and made more visible, giving space to PhDs and ECRs (early career researchers) to interact and share ideas.
The project also recognises that CE are essential to innovation, technology and economic development and are cornerstones of sustainable development, community engagement and dialogue across cultures and generations. The project has 3 objectives:
- create an opportunity for academics across our Universities and Circle U to share their research on CE, prioritising contributions from ECR and scholars from the global majority, including opportunities for mobility amongst the partners.
- create opportunities for PhD students and ECRs to collaborate through online workshops, to present ongoing research, present methodological questions, and reflect on their practice in a supporting and collaborative network.
- publish a brief manifesto summarising some of the challenges researchers face and some of the research questions and themes that need addressing by new research projects and future PhDs.
The activities will include a mix of online-only seminars and 3 hybrid events; all will be accessible and open to everyone.
OUR ONLINE SEMINAR SERIES ARE OPEN TO ALL. SIMPLY REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE
First Seminar: Innovation Indigenous Knowledge and Africa’s Creative Economies
Prof. Enyinna Sodienye Nwauche, Faculty of Law University of Fort Hare, Eastern Cape, South Africa
15th May 2025, 1pm UK Time (3pm SA time)
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xarmVDATSJSq63PugIaG3g
In this presentation, Prof. Nwauche reflects on the practice and potential of a sustainable partnership between indigenous knowledge and Africa’s creative economies in addressing Africa’s innovation emergency. In particular, he addresses issues of regulatory incoherence and convergence as a principal factor in addressing Africa’s dismal innovation performance.
Enyinna Sodienye Nwauche is a law professor at the Faculty of Law University of Fort Hare, East London. He previously taught at Rhodes University Grahamstown, the University of Botswana, and the Rivers State University of Nigeria. He is a rated NRF scholar and has held fellowship and visiting positions in the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Austria.
He was Chair of the Coordinating Committee of the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers (ANCL), a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL), and former Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission. He has to his credit many international peer-reviewed books, including The Protection of Indigenous Knowledge in Africa (Springer 2025).
SANORD 2025, Aarhus University (13-15 August 2025 Aarhus University)
Read more about the conference here:https://sanord.uwc.ac.za/media/sanord-annual-conference-2025-call-now-open/ We will leave the panel 4. Creative Economies in Africa: Platforms, Frameworks and Impacts
CALL FOR PAPERS Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) on Creative Economies in Africa PhD and ECR Annual Conference 2025, King’s College London
Researching African Creative Economies: local and global perspectives
9th -11th July 2025, King’s College London & Online
Read more and download the full call for paper here: https://www.creative-economies-africa.org/core-phd-and-ecr-annual-conference-2025/
DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL 5TH MAY 2025