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Conference Announcement Theme: Global Challenges and the Vocation of Philosophy Type: International Conference Institution: Department of Philosophy, Addis Abba University Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP) Location: Addis Abba (Ethiopia) Date: 15.–16.11.2012 __________________________________________________ Given the global connectedness in which we find ourselves, it is a truism that there is no such a thing as an isolated crisis. From the economy to the environment, the failures of one are the failures of all. To consider all the present global dangers seriously and soberly can easily lead to despair. But if we all fall together, it is also the case that we may all rise together as well. And so there is reason to hope. To overcome the plethora of planetary challenges facing us today, it is necessary to cultivate the wisdom of particular peoples and places in order to share this wisdom with the world. Africa in general and Ethiopia in particular, provide much wisdom for the rest of the world for meeting the many global challenges. Much light can be shed upon the “colonial question” when the experience of Ethiopia is considered alongside the rest of the African Experience. Both Ethiopia’s relation to the rest of Africa and Africa’s relation to the rest of the world provide valuable insights into ways of overcoming so many of the global problems we continue to struggle with—problems which have to do with “new colonialisms”. But simplistic responses to staggering complexity are never adequate, and thus a highly nuanced and informed critique of the “new colonialisms” must be accompanied by an analysis that, in drawing upon the wisdom in Africa, also deals adequately with her responsibilities. Topics: - Indigenous Knowledge and Global challenges in Africa - Culture and Development - Religious Pluralism and Global Peace - Ethiopian Philosophy and Global Challenges - Philosophy and Global Challenges in the Twenty First Century - Philosophy, Civil Society and Global problems - Philosophy and Climate Change - Environment and the Future: Challenges and Promises - Globalization and Africa - Globalization and Multiculturalism - African Philosophy and Globalization - Globalization and the Human Paradox - Ethics, Power and Global Justice - Alternative Models of Social Well-Being and Economic Activity Contact: Prof. Workineh Kelbessa Department of Philosophy Addis Abba University Addis Abba, Ethiopia [email protected] Conference website: http://www.crvp.org/conf/2012/addisabba.htm __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
