"War Time Communication in Ethiopia"

Workshop organised by the Department of Anthropology in cooperation with the Gerda Henkel Foundation

Thursday, Room 0.27

2:15 Welcome and Introductions
2:35 Keynote: War and Hate - Media Coverage and Representation in the Tigray War (Hagos Nigussie)
3:40 Reporting Tigray’s Cultural Heritage in Crisis (Alula Tesfay)
4:20 Challenges Faced by Journalists Reporting on the Tigray War in Ethiopia (Bereket Hassen)
5:00 Communication Strategies of Civilians in Conflict-Ridden Tigray (Efrem Nigussie)
5:40 Wrap-Up and Discussion (Wolbert Smidt)
6:00 Video Online-Presentation (Wissenschaftlicher Arbeitskreis Horn von Afrika): The Fragility of Addis Ababa’s Urban Heritage (Piet Nieder)

Friday, Room 1.31

9:30 Ethiopia, Transnationalism and the Tigray War, 2020-2022 (Mitiku Gebrehiwot)
10:10 Salvaged Propaganda Tools from the Derg Era in the War on Tigray (Samuel Kidane)
10:50 Weaponizing Hate During the Ethiopian War (Woldegiorgis G. Teklay)
11:30 Wrap-Up, Discussion and Closing Remarks (Magnus Treiber)

Guests are welcome!

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Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
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