What impact does Africa’s growing youth population have on the role of archives & libraries that document the continent’s past?<\/strong><\/p>\n 30th June 2025 at Weston Library, Lecture Theatre, University of Oxford<\/strong><\/p>\n Registrations are now open!<\/p>\n Please see ticket options and how to book via the\u00a0SCOLMA Eventbrite<\/a>\u00a0registration page.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are pleased to welcome you to the 2025 SCOLMA Conference: Through the Generations: Youth, Ageing & African Studies Collections.<\/em><\/p>\n The conference will be in person on Monday June 30th 2025 in Oxord, UK.<\/p>\n Become a SCOLMA member today<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and get a discounted conference registration price.<\/strong><\/p>\n This year the annual conference of SCOLMA (the UK Libraries and Archives Group on Africa) focuses on the future.<\/p>\n It is well known that the African continent has the youngest population in the world, and is sometimes described as the \u2018continent of the future\u2019. What impact does this have on the role of archives and libraries that document the continent\u2019s past?<\/p>\n This conference will explore the role of library and archive materials in African Studies in understanding generational change and in meeting the opportunities and challenges that it brings. How have generational change and the experiences of different generations been understood and recorded in the past? How do shifts in technological expectations shape how different generations expect to \u2018access\u2019 the past? How do digital technologies change the balances between written records and oral tradition and how can collecting practices adjust accordingly? How can archive or library materials be mobilised to be useful in schools and education for different age groups?<\/p>\n If you have any questions, concerns, or accessibility requirements, please visit our FAQ section or get in touch with us at\u00a0enquiries@scolma.org.\u00a0<\/strong>Refunds are not normally provided.<\/p>\n PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/p>\n 09.30-09.50 Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n 09.50\u201310.00 Welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n 10.00\u201310.40\u00a0Keynote<\/strong><\/p>\n 10.40\u201311.00\u00a0Break<\/strong><\/p>\n 11.00\u201312.15 Panel 1: ‘Engaging young people with African history’ <\/strong><\/p>\n CHAIR: Sana Ginwalla<\/strong><\/p>\n 12.15\u201313.00 Lunch break<\/strong><\/p>\n 13.00\u201313.45 SCOLMA AGM<\/strong><\/p>\n 14.00\u201315.30\u00a0Panel 2: ‘Digital technology: preservation across the generations’ <\/strong><\/p>\n CHAIR : Tirivashe Jele<\/strong><\/p>\n 15.00\u201315.30 Break<\/strong><\/p>\n 15.30\u201316.30 Panel 3: ‘Generations in the archives’ <\/strong><\/p>\n CHAIR: Misha Maseka<\/strong><\/p>\n 16.30-17.15 Discussion (panel chairs): ‘Generational change, archives and libraries: priorities and next steps’<\/strong><\/p>\n 17.15 Conference close<\/strong><\/p>\n This programme is subject to change.<\/em> (Other enquiries can be sent to Sarah Rhodes, SCOLMA Secretary,<\/em> Through the Generations: Youth, Ageing and African Studies Collections What impact does Africa’s growing youth population have on the role of archives & libraries that document the continent’s past? 30th June 2025 at Weston Library, Lecture Theatre, University of Oxford Registrations are now open! Please see ticket options and how to book via the\u00a0SCOLMA Eventbrite\u00a0registration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[107,109,22,76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3157"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3177,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3157\/revisions\/3177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scolma.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Conference Overview<\/h3>\n
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\nDr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, University Librarian, National University of Lesotho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nMariam de Haan, British Library, and Nicola Pomery, British Library<\/li>\n
\nAishah Olubaji, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge and Naomi Tiley, Balliol College, University of Oxford<\/li>\n
\nAbdul Mohamed & Robin Whitburn, University College London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nGareth Bish, Coherent Digital<\/li>\n
\nKenneth Atuma, Manchester University<\/li>\n
\nMisha Maseka, Royal College of Art & Sana Ginwalla, Open Window University Zambia, Everyday Lusaka Gallery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\nWallace Teska, Trinity College, University of Cambridge<\/li>\n
\nSusan Snell, & Rob Hammond, Open University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nPlease note that all speakers will be giving their papers in person.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nsarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"