updated Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:25:22 +0100

The conference was filmed and streamed by

Falko  Jothe and Ute Tschirner. We thank the

RMZ at Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg for

their expertise and material support.

For further information about the Lüneburg conference,

please contact: karamoja.conference@gmail.com

Extras

Watch the video seen at the dinner on the Friday

(Artavazd Pelechian, "Seasons", 1975):

part 1

part 2

part 3

The Lüneburg Conference in streaming video

International Conference

Leuphana University Lüneburg, October 24-25th 2008

The sessions that took place in room "W-Aula" have been filmed and are available below in "streaming video" format. (Please note that streaming videos cannot be downloaded. Downloadable videos will unfortunately NOT be available.)

Click on the texts below to open the streaming videos.

NEW: A synthesis of the whole conference

A selection of extracts of the conference

90 min, edited by Falko Jothe and David Knaute

Streaming video

Friday, October 24th

Conference Opening (plenary session)

Welcome speech by Katharina Fegebank

Coordinator for the ‘general studies’ and community programs at the Präsidium of Leuphana University Lüneburg and Spokesperson of the political party Bündnis90/Die Grünen in Hamburg

Opening speech by Rebecca Harms

Vice-president of the Green parliamentary group in the European Parliament ; Spokesperson of the German Green European deputies ; Deputy Chairperson of the temporary committee on climate change of the European Parliament

Keynote Speech by Klaus-Dieter Seidel

Head of Regional Department, German Development Service (DED), Bonn

Introduction to the Karamoja campaign by David Knaute

ACTED, Coordinator of the Karamoja awareness-raising campaign

Conference programme overview by Sacha Kagan

Coordinator of the conference and of the Karamoja awareness-raising campaign at Leuphana University Lüneburg

Pastoralists in East Africa (paralell session)

Roselyne A. Omondi-Ogao (Uganda): In search of food: insecurity among Turkana pastoralists in Kenya

Echi Christina Gabbert (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale and South Omo Museum and Research Center (SORC), Jinka, Ethiopia):The killer’s song in the quest for peace: reflections about peace among the Arbore of Southern Ethiopia

The ecology of sustainable pastoralism in Karamoja (plenary session)

Mario Cisternino (Comboni missionaries): How the Karimojong pastoralists manage their territory: the ecological circle of the pastoralists and the social structure holding it together

Evelyn Mathias (League for Pastoral Peoples): Breed documentation with communities as a tool for empowerment - the example of Karamoja

Ben Knighton (Oxford Center for Mission Studies): Can notions of common property and the common good survive? The consequences of classical economics for Karamojong nomadic pastoralists

Questions and answers

Development cooperation in Karamoja (parallel session)

André Krummacher (ACTED Uganda): From Farmer Field School (FFS) to Pastoralist Field School (PFS): Adapting FFS to Pastoralism

James Lemukol (St. Kizito Hospital Matany, Uganda): Delivery of health services to a semi nomadic population: the experience of Karamoja

Andrew Timpson (UN OCHA): Development and humanitarian coordination issues to be considered in Karamoja

Saturday, October 25th

Reflections on political culture (plenary session)

Sylvain Froidevaux (CCC - Research-Based MA Programme / HEAD - Geneva University of Art and Design): Cattle rustling and black market: from cultural practice to subversive sociability in African postcolonial context

Ben Knighton (Oxford Center for Mission Studies): The state as invader: the army invading sacred space in Karamoja

Questions and answers

Religion and (un-)sustainability (parallel session)

Panel debate: Religions and (un-)sustainable developments: The case of pastoralist cultures
With: Ben Knighton, Mario Cisternino, Peter Lochap, Günther Nährich ; Moderator: Christian Selbherr (Missio Magazine, Germany)

Youth in Karamoja (plenary session)

Jennifer Tang (International Institute for Child Rights and Development, University of Victoria, Canada): Exploring the Karamoja context for the promotion of child rights

Geoffrey Mugisha (Save the Children in Uganda): Alternative basic education for children in pastoralist communities of Karamoja - experiences of Save the Children in Uganda

Trevor Dudley (The Kid’s League, Uganda): The use of sports and games to improve children’s lives in Karamoja

Panel debate: The future of Karamojong youth: between the threats of acculturation and famine?
With: Jennifer Tang, Geoffrey Mugisha, Trevor Dudley, James Lemukol, Lokut Timothy Sagal ; Moderator: André Krummacher (ACTED Uganda)

Case study Apeitolim: Armed pastoralist in a semi-arid climate, a long history of conflict with the neighbors and the attempt to realize peaceful coexistence (parallel session)

Session moderated by Stephen Makumbi (Programme Coordinator TIP, Uganda)

Peter ken Lochap (LCV Moroto, Uganda): Pastoralism and modernity: a case study of protected kraals in Moroto district

Julius Ochen (LCV Amuria, Uganda): Impact of cattle rustling on the neighbouring communities: a case study of Teso sub-region

Lokut Timothy Sagal (Coordinator OCODI, Uganda) and Stephen Makumbi (Programme Coordinator TIP, Uganda): A gun/cattle free settlement: Apeitolim, the case study of peaceful co-existence + Video documentary: "Promotion of peaceful coexistence through joint rehabilitation of water dams" + Questions and answers