Martin-Luther-Universität

Institute for Romance Studies
Institute for Social Anthropology
International Conference

Multiple Identities in Action:
Mauritius and the Antillean Parallelism

Identités multiples en action:
Maurice et le parallèle antillais

February 9 -12, 2006
Martin-Luther-University, Institute for Social Anthropology (Institut für Ethnologie),
Reichardtstr. 11, 06114 Halle, Germany

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Sponsored by:
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung für Wissenschaftsförderung/ Köln
Martin-Luther-Universität/ Halle
 

Conveners:

  • Ralph Ludwig (Institute for Romance Studies, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg)
  • Burkhard Schnepel (Institute for Social Anthropology, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg)

Schedule: Thursday, February 9, 2006

Afternoon: Arrival of Participants
6 pm : Opening Session
Musical introduction
Welcome by the Organizers
Welcome by the Dean
Intermezzo

Vinesh Hookoomsing: “ Creole – Coolie – Diaspora Societies: A Mauritian Perspective”

Buffet

Friday, February 10 , 2006

9.30am-10.30am

Danielle Palmyre-Florigny: “La religion dans la construction de l’identité créole à l’Île Maurice“

10.30am-11.00am

Coffee break

11.00am-12.00am

Raphaël Confiant: “La Créolité comme dépassement de l'ethnicité en Martinique et Guadeloupe”

12.00am-1.00pm

Patrick Neveling : „ For the Sake of Prosperity: Two Mauritian Families between Traditionalist, Modernist and Postmodernist Identification“

1.00pm-2.30pm

Lunch break

2.30pm-3.30pm

Annegret Bollée: “L’évolution linguistique et sociale de Maurice à partir d’un corpus de textes anciens ”

3.30pm-4.00pm

Coffee break

4.00pm-5.00pm

Philip Baker: “ How much can (social) history and old texts tell us about the evolution of creole languages?”

5.00pm-6.00pm

Carsten Wergin: "T’shéga, Shéga, Séga …: Identity Construction and Creolisation in the Séga Music of Réunion Island”

6.00pm-7.00pm

Burkhard Schnepel : “Two Beaches: Society and Culture in Mauritius as Seen from the Waterfront”

7.30 pm Dinner

Saturday, February 11 , 2006

9.30am-10.30am

Gerry Létang: "Ajustements et mutations de l'hindouisme aux Mascareignes et aux Antilles”

10.30am-11.00am

Coffee break

11.00am-12.00am

Fabiola Henri / Sibylle Kriegel / Ralph Ludwig: “Les rapports entre créole et bhojpouri à Maurice: contact de langues et actes identitaires“

12.00am-1.00pm

Frank Donath : „Islamic reformism and Muslim identities. A case-study from rural Mauritius“

1.00pm-2.30pm

Lunch break

2.30pm-3.30pm

Jaqueline Knörr: “Social and Political Dynamics of a Creole Concept of Culture and Identity in Jakarta”

4.00pm : Visit to the Francke Foundations

7.30pm Dinner

Sunday, February 12 , 2006

9.30am-10.30am

Daniel Véronique: “Les sériverbals en Mauricien: changements linguistiques et sociaux“

10.30am-11.00am

Coffee break

11.00am-12.00am

Patrick Eisenlohr: „Memorial Sites and their Role in Mauritian Identity Politics“

12.00am-1.00pm

Kenneth McPherson: “ Mauritius: A Mirror of History? The Place of Mauritian Studies in the Context of Indian Ocean Studies”

1.00pm : Closure, lunch

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