The Annual Social
Science Campus is conceived as an advanced research dialogue which
both multidisciplinary and inter-generational in nature. It is
organised around a specific theme and up to 15 scholars, drawn
form various disciplines and reflecting the different generations
of African social researchers are elected to participate in the
Campus. This mix of participants is expected to have the added
value of promoting a sustained and critical dialogue among the
disciplines, as well as different generation of African scholars
for the advancement of theory, methodology and practice. Each
Campus is designed as intensive interactive exercise to last a
period of one week.
Participation in
the Campus is primarily on the submission of a draft research
paper which contains ides for fresh, innovative work or the
substantive extension of work that is already in progress and
linked to the theme of the Campus. The proceedings of the Campus
are managed by a designated Co-ordinator who also takes on the
responsibility for elaborating the programme of presentations and
debates among the participants. Furthermore, the Co-ordinator,
working with the CODESRIA Centre for Documentation (CODICE), will
be responsible for identifying core literature for use by the
participants in the Campus by presenting their own papers,
responding to the papers of the other participants, and
undertaking a critical reading/re-reading of core texts as part of
an intensive multidisciplinary and inter-generational dialogue. At
the close of the Campus, participants will be encouraged to revise
their presentations and submit these for consideration for
publication in a series to be known as Annals of CODESRIA Annual
Social Science Campus.
