Awesome initiative, excited to read some of the entries. I hope this can be a springboard for higher levels of involvement and activate individuals and writers or writers to be in Africa.
Also, I think what could also go far in getting more African and other less represented individuals (in EA) to participate and engage more in the international EA space would be a funding pool/assistance specifically for getting individuals to conferences, there can often be issues with visas and funding.
Funding seems quite tractable—there could be a fund specifically for assisting EAs from Africa to go to conferences.
On the visa assistance thing I’m not sure what would be very tractable—maybe there is some way these conferences could position themselves that would make it easier for Africans to get “education”-related visas rather than tourist visas (e.g., if EAG positioned itself as an academic conference somehow, would that enable people to apply under more lenient visa categories)?
This is insightful.. and would really go a long way in enhancing the participation of Africans and other less represented regions in EA activities if well implemented.
Awesome initiative, excited to read some of the entries. I hope this can be a springboard for higher levels of involvement and activate individuals and writers or writers to be in Africa.
Also, I think what could also go far in getting more African and other less represented individuals (in EA) to participate and engage more in the international EA space would be a funding pool/assistance specifically for getting individuals to conferences, there can often be issues with visas and funding.
I strongly agree.
Funding seems quite tractable—there could be a fund specifically for assisting EAs from Africa to go to conferences.
On the visa assistance thing I’m not sure what would be very tractable—maybe there is some way these conferences could position themselves that would make it easier for Africans to get “education”-related visas rather than tourist visas (e.g., if EAG positioned itself as an academic conference somehow, would that enable people to apply under more lenient visa categories)?
This is insightful.. and would really go a long way in enhancing the participation of Africans and other less represented regions in EA activities if well implemented.
Very insightful