沙龙回顾丨中非对话，让距离在这里消融
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3月25日，上海中非关系研究网络（China-Africa Shanghai International Network，CASIN）召集举办了研究网络成立以来的首场中非文化沙龙，吸引了近百名热爱非洲的学者、职场人士与学生参与其中。整场沙龙由嘉宾主题演讲与圆桌讨论两部分构成，由公众号《真话非洲》创始人、中非商业科技政经领域初代KOL蓝其女士主持。活动中间穿插的茶歇环节，也极具非洲风味特色，为大家带来了一场文化交流的盛宴。
开场嘉宾、复旦大学历史学系青年副研究员孙遇洲，对上海中非关系研究网络和本次文化沙龙进行了简要介绍。她表示，上海中非关系研究网络是面向长三角地区非洲学生、专业人士、从事非洲相关工作的中国研究者等群体的学术交流平台，希望打造一个公平、包容的对话空间，促进当地社区对中非关系的研究和认识。孙老师对与会者的到来表示热烈欢迎，并介绍了CASIN即将推出的系列讲座、非洲文化日、创意作品大赛等丰富活动，期待更多朋友参与到这场开放、多元的对话中来。
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在主题演讲环节，首先进行分享的是就职于阿姆斯特丹大学媒体研究系的谢浩麟副教授。他关注南南互动中的“时尚”力量，基于中非时装产业链的生产、消费和贸易网络，探讨了时尚产业在全球南方生产链（广东-内罗毕-马普托）中发挥的独特作用。他向大家展示了“后疫情”广州市场中专为非洲消费者定做的假发、马普托一家商店中两款中国风格的设计等，为与会者理解“时尚”的多重意义带来了全新的视角。
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之后，德国埃尔朗根-纽伦堡大学的袁明清博士，挖掘非洲生活中的幽默元素，以肯尼亚脱口秀的发展为例，解读了欢笑产业背后深刻的社会历史动因。“每一个笑话都是一次小小的革命。”从乔治·奥威尔的话语切入，她列举了幽默在非洲人生活中的多种角色：可以是“批评和反抗的艺术”，也是“公民社会和社会空间的重要组成部分”。最后，她引导与会者思考“什么让肯尼亚脱口秀肯尼亚”，提出了脱口秀的多种“肯尼亚特色”：语言混杂，以及音乐、舞蹈、诗歌的利用。
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接着发言的是上海交通大学人文学院的施东来副教授，他关注到了2000年以来活跃在中国媒体上的非洲人物，从被称作“我们的巧克力女孩”的婁婧，到2020创造营选手仲菲菲，他们或是由于自身独特的文化属性成为“网络红人”，或因各种传奇遭遇而与中国结缘，他们也成为了瞬息万变的时局中、全球对话的环境下，中非人文交流的生动写照。
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最后，来自同济大学建筑与城市规划学院的黄正骊博士，带领与会者共同探索斯瓦西里城市的“活态遗产”。位于东非的海港城市蒙巴萨，具有典型的斯瓦希里风土特征，黄老师用三个人类学“快照”，带与会者走近了这座非洲城市的多样性。通过影像、现场描述和葡萄牙旅行家的文字记载，大家深深感受到，在这座斯瓦西里城市的行走，就像是一场穿梭于时光隧道的奇妙旅行。
在圆桌讨论环节，五位嘉宾围绕中非关系的相关议题进行了建设性探讨，并生动解答了现场观众的热烈提问。茶歇期间，沙龙特为与会者准备了来自加纳的三款特色小食。来自非洲的美味获得了与会者的称赞，也拉近了他们与非洲大陆的距离。最后，整场沙龙在热烈的气氛中落下帷幕，许多参与者不舍离去，留下与嘉宾进行一对一的深入交谈，并表示将持续关注之后的相关活动。
上海中非关系研究网络，是中国人在非洲/非洲人在中国研究网络（Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network，简称CA/AC）的地方网络分会，旨在以批判性和建设性的方式，推动关于中非的全球对话。
Event Summary
The China-Africa Shanghai International Network (CASIN) launched its first event on the afternoon of 25 March 2023 (GMT+8, Shanghai) under the theme of ‘China-Africa cultural salon’. This event featured four keynote speeches followed by a roundtable discussion and social interactions with the audience.
Ms Lan Qi, Founder of the WeChat Blog "Truth of Africa" and the first-generation KOL among China-Africa social media, hosted this cheerful event. Dr Jodie Yuzhou SUN, Senior Lecturer at the Department of History, Fudan University, opened the event and introduced CASIN, stressing that the research network opens up to all students, professionals, and scholars engaged in China-Africa activities in the Yangtze River Delta region.
The first speaker was Tommy TSE, Associate Professor, Media Studies Department, University of Amsterdam. His research investigates how, in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative, China's global power is manifested, negotiated, and resisted in people's daily life in a South-South setting using fashion as an exemplary case. Following that, Dr Yuan Mingqing, Senior lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, interrogated the role of "humour" in the daily lives in Africa by looking at the comedy show business and its development history in Kenya.
Associate Professor Shi Donglai from the School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiaotong University, talked about internet celebrities of mixed China-Africa origins in the Chinese media since the 2000s. Lastly, Dr Huang Zhengli from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, took the audience on a tour of the Swahili town of Mombasa by exploring the historical and vernacular factors that shaped its astonishing material and cultural diversity.
This event attracted nearly a hundred visitors, including scholars, professionals and students who are interested in or originally from Africa. The audience actively participated in the interactive session following the formal presentations. Questions and discussions ranged from positionality and methodology to the practical questions of publications and global travelling. The discussions were vigorous and constructive. A special catering service offering Ghanaian-inspired snacks brought a little African taste to the event.
The event functioned as the opening page of the China-Africa Shanghai International Network (CASIN), a local network chapter of the Chinese in Africa/Africans in China Research Network (CA/AC), which aims to engage in critical and constructive conversations about China and Africa. A WeChat group was also created for the dissemination of future CASIN events.
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