Theme: 4. The Role of Local Communities: Society Against States and Corporations?

Humanities Across Borders: Youth Cartographies

Roundtable Convenor(s)

• MT

  Min Tang

  Tongji University, China

Roundtable Chair(s)

• AK

  Aarti Kawlra

  International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands

Roundtable Participant(s)

• RC

  Rishuai Chen

  African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Netherlands
• AF

  Alexandra Forman

  URCA Institute, Brazil
• MS

  Murali Shanmugavelan

  Cultures and Practices of Democracies in the Indian Diaspora
  SOAS University of London
• IN

  Ibrahima Niang

  Institute of African and Asian Studies of Sahel, Senegal

Roundtable Abstract:

This roundtable builds on the 2024 HAB workshop “Youth Cartographies: A Methodologies Workshop” held at the French Institute of Pondicherry, India. It explores two key dimensions. The first focuses on youth, bringing together interdisciplinary approaches to examine how their spatial practices intersect with identity formation and socio-political engagement in Southern urban contexts. Through a diverse range of presentations, the workshop investigates how youth use space as a site for expression, resistance, and identity construction, reflecting the complex interplay of caste, class, gender, and race. The second dimension emphasizes cartographies as a tool for knowledge production, which highlights the experimental methods youth, communities, and researchers have mobilized. Namely, bodily performance, urban design, film, Indigenous cartographies, and walking. As this emerging field evolves, our presence at the Dakar Asia-Africa conference aims to further extend these discussions, engaging with participants from Senegal and beyond to foster new ideas and collaborations illustrating the axis of knowledge across Asia and Africa.

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