About this Event
The UBVO Michaelmas Workshop for 2021 will bring together academics and coffee industry professionals and focus on the theme of coffee and power in East Africa. Presentations will cover how coffee and coffee production have shaped regional foodways and together we will ask what the futures of coffee consumption and production look like in Africa.
You must register in advance of the event, either for virtual or in-person attendance. There is a limited number of in-person seats available at the event space (Stanford House, 65 High Street, Oxford) and we will not admit attendees who have not pre-registered. For virtual attendees, a link to the Zoom event will be provided upon registration.
Speakers: Prof Simone Cinotto (University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy), Dr Elizabeth Ewart (University of Oxford), Dr Wolde Tadesse (University of Oxford), Matthew Jordan (Gorongosa Coffee, Mozambique), Sylvere Mwizerwa (Rwacof Exports, Rwanda), Florence Nakazi (Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda)
Convenors: Prof Stanley Ulijaszek (University of Oxford), Dr Sabine Parrish (City, University of London)
Programme
(All times given are UK time)
9:30 — Welcome remarks and overview
Session 1: What does coffee do (to landscapes and to people)?
9:40 — The caffeinated empire: Coffee and gastrofascism in Italian East Africa, 1935-1941 | Simone Cinotto
10:00 — Shade and water: Growing enset and growing coffee in southern Ethiopia | Elizabeth Ewart and Wolde Tadesse
10:20 — Session discussion, moderated by Stanley Ulijaszek
10:40 — Break
Session 2: Who is coffee for?
11:00 — Start-up culture for poverty alleviation in Mozambique: A coffee story | Matthew Jordan
11:20 — Domestic consumption as the solution to the future for Africa's coffee: A case of Rwanda and Uganda | Sylvere Mwizerwa and Florence Nakazi
11:40 — Session discussion, moderated by Sabine Parrish
Event Venue
Online
GBP 0.00