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  • Sharing Knowledge, Transforming Societies: The Norhed Programme 2013-2020
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  • Tor Halvorsen
  • 2019
  • Published by: African Minds
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In June 2016, the Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development (Norhed) hosted a conference on the theme of �knowledge for development� in an attempt to shift the focus of the programme towards its academic content. This book follows up on that event. The conference highlighted the usefulness of presenting the value of Norhed�s different projects to the world, showing how they improve knowledge and expand access to it through co-operation. A wish for more meta-knowledge was also expressed and this gives rise to the following questions: Is this way of co-operating contributing to the growth of independent post-colonial knowledge production in the South, based on analyses of local data and experiences in ways that are relevant to our shared future? Does the growth of academic independence, as well as greater equality, and the ability to develop theories different to those imposed by the better-off parts of the world, give rise to deeper understandings and better explanations? Does it, at least, spread the ability to translate existing methodologies in ways that add meaning to observations of local context and data, and thus enhance the relevance and influence of the academic profession locally and internationally? This book, in its varied contributions, does not provide definite answers to these questions but it does show that Norhed is a step in the right direction. Norhed is an attempt to fund collaboration within and between higher education institutions. We know that both the uniqueness of this programme, and ideas of how to better utilise the learning and experience emerging from it, call for more elaboration and broader dissemination before we can offer further guidance on how to do things better. This book is a first attempt.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-ii
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. iii-vi
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  1. Foreward
  2. Hirut Woldemariam
  3. pp. vii-x
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  1. Frequently used acronyms and abbreviations
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Preface - Sustainable capacity development in higher education and research: Norad’s approach
  2. Jeanette da Silva, Douglas Tendai Phiri
  3. pp. xv-xl
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  1. Introduction - The Norhed programme: A laboratory for academic collaboration
  2. Tor Halvorsen
  3. pp. 1-38
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  1. Part One: Global-Local Realities
  1. Introduction
  2. Tor Halvorsen
  3. pp. 39-40, 41-47
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  1. 1 - Decolonising universities
  2. Mahmood Mamdani
  3. pp. 48-67
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  1. 2 - Antimicrobial stewardship and conservancy in Africa
  2. L Middleton, F Lampiao, T Zimba, SN Muzime, GS Simonsen, L Smabrekke, J Musaya, V Solomon, F Suleman, A Sundsfjord, SY Essack
  3. pp. 68-82
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  1. 3 - Bridging gaps, building futures: Global journalism and local practices
  2. Kristin Skare Orgeret, William Tayeebwa
  3. pp. 83-104
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  1. 4 - Indigenous and communitarian knowledges
  2. Roy Krøvel
  3. pp. 105-131
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  1. 5 - Edward K Kirumira: A view of Norhed from the South
  2. Tor Halvorsen
  3. pp. 132-154
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  1. Part Two: The Eco-Social Paradigm Shift
  1. Introduction
  2. Tor Halvorsen
  3. pp. 155-156, 157-163
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  1. 6 - Building capacity for the management of coastal resources in Tanzania and Zanzibar
  2. Pius Z Yanda, Ian Bryceson, Haji Mwevura, Wahira Othman, Betsy Beymer-Farris, Chris Maina Peter, Emma Liwenga, Faustin Maganga
  3. pp. 164-177
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  1. 7 - Capacity building for climate-smart natural resource management and policy in Malawi and Ethiopia
  2. Mesfin Tilahun, Stein T Holden, Julius H Mangisoni
  3. pp. 178-190
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  1. 8 - Building research and educational capacity in Vietnam and Sri Lanka on the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems management: Challenges, achievements and lessons learned
  2. Claire W Armstrong, Nguyen Thi Kim Anh
  3. pp. 191-206
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  1. Part Three: Upskilling and Professionalisation
  1. Introduction
  2. Kristin Skare Orgeret
  3. pp. 207-208, 209-213
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  1. 9 - Promoting professionalisation in nursing and midwifery
  2. Alfred Maluwa, Margaret Maimbolwa, Clara Haruzivishe, Patricia Katowa-Mukwato, Jon Oyvind Odland, Babil Stray Pedersen, Ellen Chirwa, Midion Chidzonga, Address Malata
  3. pp. 214-230
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  1. 10 - Vocational pedagogy
  2. Arne Rohnny Sannerud
  3. pp. 231-248
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  1. 11 - Teacher education in Ethiopia: Reshaping the training of science and mathematics teacher educators
  2. Ahmed Y Ahmed, Meskerem L Debele, Haftu H Gebremeskel, Dawit A Getahun, Dawit T Tiruneh, Dereje T Wondem
  3. pp. 249-267
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  1. 12 - Improving the quality and capacity of mathematics teachers in Malawi: A collaborative project between the University of Malawi and the University of Stavanger
  2. Mercy Kazima, Arne Jakobsen
  3. pp. 268-282
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  1. Part Four: Knowledge, Identity, Culture
  1. Introduction
  2. Roy Krøvel
  3. pp. 283-284, 285-295
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  1. 13 - Intercultural communication and autonomy in Latin America: The journey of RUIICAY-HIOA Intercultural Communication Linkage Programme
  2. José Luis Saballos Velásquez
  3. pp. 296-320
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  1. 14 - Linguistic capacity building in Ethiopia: Results and challenges
  2. Derib Ado Jekale, Binyam Sisay Mendisu, Janne Bondi Johannessen
  3. pp. 321-350
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  1. 15 - Academic and cultural perceptions of foreign students: Implications for the sustainability of international partnerships
  2. Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga
  3. pp. 351-378
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  1. 16 - Models of co-operation between a university in Norway and two universities in Africa: An autoethnographic report
  2. Birgit Brock-Utne
  3. pp. 379-400
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  1. Part Five: Reforming Universities, Reforming Societies
  1. Introduction
  2. Tor Halvorsen
  3. pp. 401-402, 403-410
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  1. 17 - Voices from within: The academic profession and the social sciences at Makerere University
  2. Andrea Felde, Tor Halvorsen
  3. pp. 411-441
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  1. 18 - Developing a sustainable PhD programme: Experiences from southern Ethiopia
  2. Bernt Lindtjørn, Moges Tadesse, Eskindir Loha
  3. pp. 442-456
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  1. 19 - From needs assessment to academic leadership training for women in Ethiopia
  2. Jeanette H Magnus, Kora Tushune, Abraham Haileamlak
  3. pp. 457-473
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  1. 20 - Engendering and decolonising legal education: South–South and South–North co-operation
  2. Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Anne Hellum, Julie Stewart, Ngeyi Kanyongolo, Mulela Munalula
  3. pp. 474-499
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  1. 21 - Transforming research, teaching and learning of public administration for improved governance and management: The Norhed experience in Malawi
  2. Happy Kayuni, Dan Banik, Boniface Dulani, Kaja Elise Gresko
  3. pp. 500-520
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  1. 22 - The challenge of capacity building in occupational health: Experiences from Tanzania, Ethiopia and Norway
  2. Bente E Moen, Wakgari Deressa, Simon HD Mamuya
  3. pp. 521-541
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  1. 23 - Building a new master’s and PhD programme in nutritional epidemiology in Kinshasa: How to face obstacles beyond the control of the project
  2. Mapatano Mala Ali, Christiane Horwood, Anne Hatløy
  3. pp. 542-554
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  1. Postscript
  1. 24 - Higher education institutions and transformational development: Ways forward
  2. Kristin Skare Orgeret
  3. pp. 555-556, 557-570
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  1. Back Cover
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