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The hard work of reparative futures: Exploring the potential of creative and convivial practices in post-conflict Uganda
(Elsevier, 2023) Kate Moles; Florence Anek; Will Baker; Daniel Komakech; Arthur Owor; Catriona Pennell; Jennifer Rowsel
In this paper we empirically explore the ways in which young people were enroled in a multimodal
exhibition to creatively produce narratives of their past, presents and futures. We look at
the different ways this work was framed, and how all memory work and, we argue, future work is
relational, interactionally produced and situated in dynamic and unfolding social and political
frameworks. We look at the ways young people described the work of producing accounts of their
futures within that setting, and the different forms of labour involved in that process. We explore
the encounters that fostered local, more humble, acts of care and repair, and how those everyday
practices might help build towards reparative futures.
Imagining futures/future imaginings: creative heritage work with young people in Uganda
(the british academy, 2023-12) Kate Moles; Will Baker; Francis Nono; Daniel Komakech; Arthur Owor
Drawing on research in Uganda, we describe our project in which we invited young
people to think about their lives in ways that opened up creative and hopeful imaginaries of
the future. We understand future imaginary work to be a significant part of memory work. An
important component in the ways we think about the past is imagining the futures it ties to. We
wanted the idea of the future to be something our young participants constructed together, in
dialogue and iteratively, so that the project had a sense of collaboration and shared interests.
To do so we developed the idea of a touring exhibition through which multiple voices, positions,
understandings and values could be accommodated side by side. The article contributes
to scholarly and public debates about reparations and memorialisation, particularly by showing
the crucial role young people can play in articulating more just futures.
Doctoral education and the knowledge triangle: dynamics of linkage to other sectors in doctoral programs in Uganda
(Gulu University, 2025) Etomaru Irene; Ofoyuru Denis Thaddeus
Purpose – This study aims to explore the dynamics of linking doctoral programs to other sectors
constituting future workplaces and fields of public engagement for doctoral graduates in Uganda. This is in
light of the current global pressures for universities to contribute more directly to society, and changes in
student demographics and career aspirations. In a number of jurisdictions, intentional linkage to other
sectors is being pursued to better prepare doctoral graduates for work beyond academia. However, not
much is known about the dynamics involved. Guided by the knowledge triangle framework, this paper
posits that creating sufficient links between education, research and innovation through linkage to other
sectors can offer a window of opportunities for attaining relevant doctoral outcomes for both students and
wider society.
Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative multiple case study design was used to explore mechanisms of
linking doctoral programs to other sectors in Uganda. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with 45
participants selected across all institutions providing doctoral education in Uganda. Thematic analysis was used to
make sense of the data.
Findings – The study found no formal mechanisms for linking doctoral programs to other sectors. Lack of
institutionalization, narrow focus in program design, cultural mismatch and resource limitations were major
systemic constraints to effective linkage to other sectors in doctoral education. Institutionalization of
integrated learning in collaborative university-other sector settings in doctoral education in Uganda is
recommended.
Research limitations/implications – The research data is exclusively from higher education institutions, the
possibility of not comprehensively reflecting the broader perspectives from other sectors cannot be overlooked.Amore
comprehensive study of the dynamics of innovating doctoral education in Uganda through coherent collaboration
between higher education institutions and other sectors to ensure the success of linking education, research and
innovation is recommended.
Practical implications – Promoting the knowledge triangle approach in doctoral education by creation of
synergies between education, research and innovation through linkages to the other sectors would enhance the
attainment of relevant doctoral outcomes for students and the wider society
COW ECONOMY: RECONSTITUTING THE BALALO COW ECONOMY DEBATE
(Document RM/OCD-23-001 Communications Department Roya Miles Transitional Justice Governance Koro, Gulu Highway, Gulu City., 2023) Daniel Komakech
Drawing from the current debate on nomadic pastoralists, particularly on the Balalo, we observe that the bigger problem is that, the Balalo and the nomadic pastoralists’ cow economy, are not able to articulate the rationale of their occupation from a policy language. Besides, nomadic pastoralist economy has since been an informal and not a formal sector and consequently, not understood and considered therefore as economically unviable. We argue that nomadic pastoralist economy is nevertheless, a system that is not anarchic or backward and therefore, not different from other modes of the economy. As a system, it is coherent and rational, with different parts, including a grazing corridor, which once disturbed results into multiple challenges. This is what we are witnessing today, with the case of the Balalo nomadic pastoralists. Similarly, the social, economic and ecological features that enable pastoralist economy and the contribution of the pastoralists to the national economy cannot be considered in isolation, because it is an integrated system. The indigenous economy and knowledge as well as scientific / capitalist economy and knowledge, are all co-existent within the landscape of cow economy. For example, the ecological value of cow and animal movements has been observed as extremely important. Consequently, there is a need to establish: Uganda Livestock Authority (ULA) and a research based Uganda Livestock Research Institute (ULRI), to reinforce the appreciation of nomadic pastoralists as well as, cow economy.
Exploring transitional justice in educational research Background paper
(University of Bath (UK), www.bath.ac.uk/projects/justed/, 2021-07) Julia Paulson; Silvia Espinal Mrigendra; Komakech Daniel; Gwadabe KurawaSrijana Ranabhat
This paper provides an overview of the development of transitional justice as a field of practice and area of scholarly research before exploring the relationships between education and transitional justice. It has been drafted by members of the JustED team to provide background into one of the types of justice – transitional justice – that the project focuses on.
In developing this overview, the paper outlines key elements of the approach that the JustED will take to understanding and engaging with transitional justice, including by arguing for a focus on transformative, reparative transitional justice that includes material, symbolic and pedagogical actions to redress the wrongs of the past, including those linked to colonial, imperial and capitalist oppression and extraction.
The second half of the paper introduces the historical and contemporary context for transitional justice in the focus countries of JustEd – Nepal, Uganda and Peru. We show how the transitional justice has developed in each country, to differing degrees, and suggest some of the ways that JustED will particularly focus attention on aspects of transitional justice in education and from young people’s perspectives.