Helping to Shape Uganda’s Future Using Humanities & Technology
A mutually dependent relationship between the humanities and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) “trains young people to build our country,” writes Sister Domenica Dipio, a professor at Uganda’s Makerere University where she heads the Department of Literature.
The Making of a Humanities Scholar
Sr. Dr. Dominica Dipio is a professor at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, where she heads the Department of Literature. She draws from her experiences as an expert on African cinema to explain the cultural significance of the humanities in the development of STEM, and what it means for Uganda’s future. In 2009, Prof. Dipio was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship as part of the African Humanities Program (AHP), which seeks to stimulate the growth of a robust humanities community in Africa. Administered by the American Council of Learned Societies, AHP receives philanthropic support from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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The Video production was made possible with audio interviews conducted during the AHP Assembly in Dar-es salaam in January 2020. KAVIBE’s role was to support the communication and marketing of the programs impact in the selected African Countries positioning the study of humanities is a critical component of regional and national development in Africa.
