This Month the Arcadia Project Hosted an Academic Retreat in South Africa
February 27, 2024
PIJIP’s Arcadia project on the Right to Research hosted an academic retreat in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, February 23-25, 2024. The meeting gathered leading African experts and scholars on copyright law and computer science to discuss policy principles and a research agenda on enabling African and other Global South uses of digital research tools without promoting “data colonialism” concerns.
The participants at the 3-day residential retreat included:
Allan Rocha, Federal University Rio De Janeiro
Ben Cashdan, Black Stripe Foundation
Caroline Ncube, University of Cape Town
Chidi Oguamanam, University of Ottawa
Chijioke Okorie, University of Pretoria
Denise Nicholson, Scholarly Horizons
Desmond Oriakhogba, University of Western Cape
Kyla Jade, Recreate Coalition
Sanya Samtani, Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
Sean Flynn, American University Washington College of Law
Tobias Schonwetter, University of Cape Town
Vitor Ido, South Centre
Vukosi Marivate, University of Pretoria