{"id":9194,"date":"2025-09-10T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=9194"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:14:32","slug":"conference-beyond-binaries-global-circuits-of-influence-exchange-and-knowledge-production-18-19-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/conference-beyond-binaries-global-circuits-of-influence-exchange-and-knowledge-production-18-19-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference &#8220;Beyond Binaries. Global circuits of influence, exchange and knowledge production&#8221;, 18-19 September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), through Laurent Vidal (Director of the joint CNRS\u2013IRD\u2013CIRAD office) and the University of the Witwatersrand, this 3-day conference aimed to reflect on North\u2013South relations in the production and circulation of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this event, Dr Annael le Poullennec, Director of IFAS-Research, addressed the epistemological and practical issues raised by fieldwork and its funding, highlighting the central role of this key component of research in the humanities and social sciences within a pragmatic approach to decolonial ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event, as well as the collaboration between IRD, the University of the Witwatersrand and IFAS-Research, led to the creation of a joint programme of fieldwork grants and writing workshops for South African doctoral students (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/ird-wits-ifas-research-fieldwork-bursaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">see the call here<\/mark><\/a>). The call for applications and the selection of the 11 awardees (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/2026-ifas-research-grant-recipients\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">see list here<\/mark><\/a>) took place between September and November 2025, for fieldwork conducted during the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyond-Binaries-Programme.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Beyond Binaries Programme.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bada02f8-15be-442f-864e-4675a0e01b28\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyond-Binaries-Programme.pdf\">Beyond Binaries Programme<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Beyond-Binaries-Programme.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-bada02f8-15be-442f-864e-4675a0e01b28\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organized by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), through Laurent Vidal (Director of the joint CNRS\u2013IRD\u2013CIRAD office) and the University of the Witwatersrand, this 3-day conference aimed to reflect on North\u2013South relations in the production and circulation of knowledge. 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