Missione Etnologica Italiana in Africa Equatoriale - Missione in Uganda
Italian Ethnological Mission in Equatorial Africa
Partecipanti al progetto
- Pennacini Cecilia (Responsabile)
- Gusman Alessandro
Descrizione del progetto
Missione Etnologica Italiana in Africa Equatoriale
Fondata da Francesco Remotti nel 1979 sotto il patrocinio del Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Settore Archeologia e Patrimonio Culturale), la Missione Etnologica Italiana in Africa Equatoriale inizia le sue attività nell’allora Zaire per estenderle successivamente alla regione dei Grandi Laghi. Diretta dal 2004 da Cecilia Pennacini, la Missione ha condotto per più di un trentennio indagini antropologiche, etnostoriche ed etnomusicologiche in quest’area, nel quadro di accordi di cooperazione interuniversitaria con la Makerere University di Kampala (Uganda), il Centre Universitaire de Ruwenzori e l’Université Catholique du Graben di Butembo (Repubblica Democratica del Congo), il Centre for Gender, Culture and Development del Kigali Institute of Education (Rwanda). Ha inoltre partecipato ad alcuni progetti internazionali tra cui il Progetto Galileo “Storia e Antropologia dell’Africa dei grandi Laghi” (Università Italo-Francese, 2007) e il Progetto Corus “Approche socio-historique de sites sacrés naturels et enjeux contemporains autour de la preservation de ce patrimoine (Kenya, Madagascar, Ouganda), Ministero francese degli Affari Esteri (2008-2010).
Italian Ethnological Mission in Equatorial Africa
The Italian Ethnological Mission in Equatorial Africa was established by Francesco Remotti in 1979 under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Archaeology and Cultural Heritage sector). It began its research activities in Zaire, now Democratic Republic of Congo, and has more recently extended their scope to the Great Lakes African region. Led since 2004 by Cecilia Pennacini, the Mission has carried out ethnological, ethno-historical and ethno-musicological research for more than thirty years in the area, within the framework of cooperation agreements with Makerere University in Kampala (Uganda), the Centre Universitaire de Ruwenzori and the Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo (Democratic Republic of Congo), as well as with the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development, Kigali Institute of Education (Rwanda). Moreover, the Mission has participated in some international projects such as the Galileo project “History and Anthropology of the African Great Lakes Region”, the French-Italian University (2007), and the Corus project “Socio-historical approach to natural sacred sites and contemporary implications in the preservation of this heritage (Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda)”, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008-2010).