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International Conference on “The Fishing Community of Guet Ndar in Saint Louis du Sénégal: Between Singularity and Universality”
October 15, 2021 - October 17, 2021
March 15-17, 2021 at the CRDS in Saint-Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)
Conference Themes
On the basis of these lines of reflection, communications could address the following themes (Please note that the list below is non-exhaustive):
● Historicity of the Guet Ndar neighborhood: singularity, sociology, major historical figures of the Guet Ndar neighborhood, land issues, perception of the Guet Ndarian fishermen by the other communities of Saint-Louis and by the fishing communities of the Atlantic Coast of West Africa
● Understanding the historical behavior of the seafront (from Nouadhibou to the Gulf of Guinea) and the cause of the erosion (effects of global warming, rise in the level of the Atlantic Ocean, etc.)
● A singular fishing community? Comparative approach with other fishing communities in Senegal, in Africa and in the world
● Maritime and river fishing activities and their future: evolution of the resource, challenges related to the granting of fishing licenses (Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, etc.), fishing agreements (European Union, Russia, Japan, etc.)
● The future of Guet Ndar:
– What are possible development scenarios for sustainable human development in the fishing community of Guet Ndar?
– A golden future with the outcome of the exploitation of the Grande Tortue deposits, or the departure and/or ruin of the fishermen’s activities? Disappearance of the mouth of the river with the widening of the breach, a catastrophic scenario that would consecrate the submersion of Ndar, the memory-island of local European presence?
Conference Format
The conference will be held under two formats: a series of papers presentations by speakers and a forum that will bring together the conference’s participants and the opinion leaders of the Guet Ndar neighborhood, in order to compare analyses and ideas formulated during the sessions, and to learn about the perspectives of the members of the Guet Ndar community. Recommendations will be made and addressed to municipal and national authorities.