Name: Time, Thought, Materiality: Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Start: 2019-09-02T17:00:00+02:00
End: 2019-09-04T18:00:00+02:00
Location: School of Tourism and Hospitality

Time, Thought, Materiality: Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

from Monday, 2 September 2019 (17:00) to Wednesday, 4 September 2019 (18:00)

Monday, 2 September 2019
17:00
17:00 - 19:00
Contributions

17:00 Opening Remarks - Dumisani Moyo (University of Johannesburg)

17:05 Opening Remarks - René Smith (Durban University of Technology, and South African Humanities Deans’ Association (SAHUDA) President)

17:15 Opening Remarks - Sarah Mosoetsa (University of the Witwatersrand, and CEO – National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences)

17:25 To Reflect, Imagine And Co-Create In Africa And Its Diaspora: Humanities Demands From The Fourth Industrial Revolution

18:00 Discussion - Alex Broadbent (University of Johannesburg) Jane Duncan (University of Johannesburg)

18:15 Discussant - Jane Duncan (University of Johannesburg)

18:30 Plenary - Dumisani Moyo (University of Johannesburg)
19:00

19:00 - 20:30
Room: The Bistro
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
08:30 Ethics, Personhood, and Morality in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ethics, Personhood, and Morality in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
08:30 - 10:00
Contributions

08:30 Virtual Persons: Rethinking Human Value - Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (University of Pretoria)

08:45 Personhood, Animals And Robots In African Philosophy - Motsamai Molefe (University of Fort Hare)

09:00 Making Afro-ethics Computational - Samuel Segun (University of Johannesburg)

09:15 On The Unique Personhoods Of Robots - Mpho Tshivhase (University of Pretoria)

09:30 Discussion - Asheel Singh (University of Johannesburg)
10:00 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:00 - 10:15
Room: Foyer
10:15 Uncertainty in the Anthropocene: Possibilities for a New Humanism in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Uncertainty in the Anthropocene: Possibilities for a New Humanism in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
10:15 - 12:30
Contributions

10:15 Posthumanism And The New Politics Of Difference - Fraser Mcneill (University of Pretoria)

10:30 The Non-Identical Human - Hylton White (University of the Witwatersrand)

10:45 Reanimating Archives In The Now: Frankensteinian Logics, Inheritances And Fictive Commensurabilities - Kharnita Mohamed (University of Cape Town)

11:00 Anti- Anti- Anti-Humanism: A Critique Of Human Origins Research In South Africa - Eric Worby (University of the Witwatersrand)

11:15 Discussion - Joost Fontein (UJ)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Bistro - STH
13:30 Space, Design, and Ecology
Space, Design, and Ecology
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Data - The invisible hand: Technological impacts on society - Wesley Doorsamy (University of Johannesburg)

13:40 The rise in the staging of sacred intercessions by Traditional Healers on digital spaces’’ - Thandile Ntumba (none)

13:50 The Digital Twin in Industry: Enhanced safety and performance in aerospace, mining and industry - Martin Cook (University of Johannesburg)

14:00 Nexus of Energy, Water, Food, Waste : 4IR Contributions - Pathmanathan Naidoo (UJ)

14:10 Achieving Water Security in the 4IR: Possibilities for South Africa - Anthony Kaziboni (UJ)

14:20 Discussion - Simon Connell (University of Johannesburg)
15:00 Tea Break
Tea Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15 Technology, Culture, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Technology, Culture, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
15:15 - 17:50
Room: Protea Auditorium
Contributions

15:15 Neuroscience, Psychology And Machine Learning: Decoding Both Human And Artificially Simulated Brains Within The Scope Of Humanities’ Study - Cassi Gewer (University of Johannesburg)

15:30 Space Applications: How The Use Of Satellite Technology Will Promote Access To Data And Information In The Fourth Industrial Revolution - Ruvimbo Samanga (Space Generation Advisory Council)

15:45 Why In The Fourth Industrial Revolution Are Miracle Churches Attracting So Many People? - Maria Frahm-Arp (UJ)

16:00 Online Church: The Impact Of Technology And Religion In The Digital Age - Tsholofelo Masetshaba Mosala (N/A)

16:15 Kinship obligations, capital and forms of belonging among Africa’s farming communities in the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Phefumula Nyoni (UJ-Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies)

16:45 Discussion - Kammila Naidoo (University of Johannesburg)
18:00

18:00 - 19:00
Room: Conference Room 2
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
08:30 Citizens, States, and the Future of Work
Citizens, States, and the Future of Work
08:30 - 10:30
Room: Protea Auditorium
Contributions

08:30 Graduate Employability, Human Development And The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Tracing The Career Paths Of Sociology Alumnus At The University Of Johannesburg - Pragna Rugunanan (University of Johannesburg)

08:55 The Fractured Labour Process And Responses To It - Carin Runciman (University of Johannesburg)

09:20 The indispensable nature of ‘illegal’ and deportable migrants within the South African labour market: Migrant workers in South Africa in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Tapiwa Chagonda (University of Johannesburg)

09:45 Towards An Inclusive 4IR For South Africa Impact On Labour, Youth And Communities In SA - Ashraf Patel (Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD))

10:05 Discussion - Lauren Graham (University of the Witwatersrand)
10:30

10:30 - 10:45
10:45 Politics, Power, And Participation
Politics, Power, And Participation
10:45 - 13:00
Contributions

10:45 Politics On Steroids? Algorithms, Bots And Automated Propaganda In Africa - Admire Mare (Namibia University of Science and Technology)

11:10 The relevancy of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the South African National Defence Force: Adapt or be hacked - Kyle Bester (Stellenbosch University)

11:35 With great access comes great responsibility:Proposing a Cybersecurity implementation framework for South Africa - Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren (University of Johannesburg) Joey Jansen van Vuuren (Tshwane University of Technology)

12:00 Mapping Environmental Injustice With The Ejatlas: Tool Or Trap? - Dalitso Materechera (University of Johannesburg)

12:25 Discussion - Sarah Chiumbu (University of Johannesburg) Suzanne Graham (Dept Politics and IR, University of Johannesburg)
Literature, Cinema, and African Futures
Literature, Cinema, and African Futures
10:45 - 13:00
Contributions

10:45 South Of South: Audio-Visual Technology And The San Of Zimbabwe - OSWELLED UREKE (UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG)

11:10 Reimagining African Histories Through Digital Arts - Sanjin Muftic (University of Cape Town)

11:35 African Literature And Human Rights In The Fourth Industrial Revolution - Thabisani Ndlovu (Walter Sisulu University)

12:00 Discussion - Pier Paolo Frassinelli (University of Johannesburg)
13:00

13:00 - 14:00
Room: Bistro - School of Tourism and Hospitality