Poster.pdf

The detailed program is available at the link below:
2026 ILCAA International Symposium Huslter Program.pdf

In contexts marked by economic inequality, insecure employment, and uncertain futures in East Africa and South Asia, it examines how youth navigate social and economic constraints, make a living, and imagine and pursue their futures. Drawing on ethnographic studies from Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan, the symposium investigates how 'hustle' illuminate youths' everyday practices in relation to class, gender, education, family and kinship, life courses, and migration. It also considers the political and social implications of the concept, attending to both young people's agency and the structural inequalities that shape their lives. As a further step, the symposium extends this inquiry to South Asia, exploring the potential and limits of applying the concept of 'hustle' beyond the East African context.

This symposium is based by ILCAA Joint Research Project 'Ethnography on Youth 'hustles' in Eastern Africa: their imagination and practice' (Coordinator: Wakana SHIINO, 2024.04.01～2027.03.31).

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Ethnographies of Youth Hustling in Africa and South Asia
: Imagined Futures andPractices of Becoming

◾️Date and Time: 5th (Sat) and 6th (Sun) December, 2026 9:30~17:30 (JST)

◾️Venue: Hybrid
303 Large Conference Room at Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA),Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
and zoom

◾️Language: English

◾️Contact: wakana.aa.@tufs.ac.jp (Wakana Shiino)

◾️Registration: BY the 3rd December 2026

Pre-register：https://forms.gle/itiSY7yoFccQqK879　

◾️Admission: Free 　

・Access: http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en/about/access

◾️Hosted by ILCAA, TUFS and TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo)

◾️In cooperation with African Studies Center-TUFS(ASC)

◆The 4th meeting of the ILCAA Joint Research Project: Ethnography on Youth 'hustles' in Eastern ・Africa: their imagination and practice