UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS UoM Research Week 2014

UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS
UoM Research Week 2014
Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities Research Day
Mauritian Economy, Society and Culture
LT1, New Academic Complex, University of Mauritius
Friday 19 September 2014
TIME
8.45 - 9.15
9.15 - 9.20
9.20 - 9.40
9.40 - 10.00
LT 1
Registration of Participants
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Address by Chairperson of Faculty Organising Committee
Assoc Prof Jameel Khadaroo, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
Address by Guest Speaker
TEA BREAK
Session 1: History and Mauritian Society: Past and Present
Session Chair: Assoc Prof George Abungu, History and Political Science Department, UoM
10.00 - 10.10
Indigo Blues: Clothing Slaves in Eighteenth Century Mauritius
Assoc Prof Vijayalakshmi Teelock, History and Political Science Department, UoM
10.10 - 10.20
Archaeological Research at Trou Fanfaron, Port Louis
Ms Corinne Forest, Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund
10.20 - 10.30
Documentation of Heritage using Geographical Information System
Ms Maurina Soodin-Runghen, Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund
10.30 - 10.40
History of the Evolution of Mauritian Society and Indentured Labour
Mr Satyendra Peerthum, Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund
10.40 - 11.00
DISCUSSION
Session 2: Society and Family
Session Chair : Mr Asrani Gopaul, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.00 - 11.10
Family Policy and Intergenerational Solidarity in the Mauritian Society
Mr Ibrahim Koodoruth, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.10 - 11.20
Working Hours and Work-life Balance - A Case Study of Police Constables
Mr Nicolas Ragodoo, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.20 - 11.30
Lifestyle Variation and Its Impact on the Health of Mauritians
Ms Poojah Namah, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.30 - 11.40
The Voluntary Sector's Engagement in the Policy Process in Mauritius
Ms Tania Diolle, History and Political Science Department, UoM
11.40 - 11.50
Sexual Harassment in the EPZ Sector: A Case of Bangladeshi Women
Ms Priyanka Gungadin, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.50 - 12.10
DISCUSSION
12.10 - 13.10
LUNCH
Session 3: Politics and Mauritian Society
Session Chair: Assoc Prof Vijayalakshmi Teelock, History and Political Science Department,
UoM
13.10 - 13.20
The Dynamics of Electoral Politics in Mauritius
Ms Tania Diolle, History and Political Science Department, UoM
13.20 - 13.30
Inter-ethnicité et évolution constitutionnelle à l’île Maurice, 1968-2014 : Une perspective historique
Ms Manorama Akung, History and Political Science Department, UoM
13.30 - 13.40
An Ethnocentric Behavioral Approach of Voters’ Logic towards the Electoral System in Mauritius
Ms Tania Diolle, History and Political Science Department, UoM
Mr Riad Sultan, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
13.40 - 13.50
Les classes laborieuses à l’ile Maurice au début du 20ème siècle ou l’Union Syndicale des
Travailleurs et Ouvriers de 1908
Assoc Prof Jocelyn Laval Chan Low, History and Political Science Department, UoM
13.50 - 14.10
DISCUSSION
14.10 - 14.25
TEA BREAK
Session 4: Economy and Trade
Session Chair: Prof Sanjeev Kumar Sobhee, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
14.25 - 14.35
Explaining Low Trade between Mauritius and its Neighbours: A Firm-Level Analysis
Assoc Prof A J Khadaroo and Mr T Luckho, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
14.35 - 14.45
Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Aid in Sub Saharan Africa
Dr Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
14.45 - 14.55
Comparing the Holt-Winters & Neural Network Auto-regression Forecasting Accuracy on
Mauritius Monthly Tourist Arrival Data
Mr Ruben Thoplan, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
14.55 - 15.05
Foreign Labour in the Manufacturing Sector in Mauritius
Dr Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
15.05 – 15.25
DISCUSSION
Session 5: Development: A Socio-Economic Perspective
Session Chair: Mr Nashad Auchoybur
15.25 - 15.35
Performance of Investment Companies in Africa Stock Markets and Implications for Regulation
with Emphasis on the SEM
Assoc Prof Sunil Bundoo, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
15.35 - 15.45
Characteristics of Poverty in Mauritius Using a Data Mining Approach
Mr Ruben Thoplan, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
15.45 – 15.55
Behind the Curtains: Application of Network Scale Up Method to Estimate the
Prevalence of Drug Abuse Among UoM Students
Mr M Hosenally and Ms P Chutoo, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
15.55 - 16.05
A Time Series Analysis of Monthly Work Accident Data in Mauritius
Mr Ruben Thoplan, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
16.05 - 16.15
Sources of Financing for Informal Firms: Evidence from Mauritius
Dr Harshana Kasseeah and Mr Ruben Thoplan, Economics and Statistics Department, UoM
16.15 – 16.35
DISCUSSION
UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS
UoM Research Week 2014
Faculty of Social Studies and Humanities Research Day
Mauritian Economy, Society and Culture
LT2, New Academic Complex, University of Mauritius
Friday 19 September 2014
TIME
LT 2
8.45 - 9.15
Registration of Participants
9.15 - 9.20
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Address by Dean of Faculty
Assoc Prof Uma Bhowon
9.20 - 9.40
Address by Guest Speaker
Mr Carl de Souza, WRITER
9.40 - 10.00
TEA BREAK
Session 1 : Cultures and Nation-Building
Session Chair: Mr Farhad Khoyratty, English Studies Department, UoM
10.00 - 10.10
Les étapes de la mise en place d’un correcteur orthographique pour le Kreol Mauricien
Assoc Prof Arnaud Carpooran, French Studies Department, UoM and
Assoc Prof Mohammed Santally, Centre for Innovative and Lifelong Learning (CILL), UoM
10.10 - 10.20
Cosmopolitics: The Functionality of Creolisation towards Ongoing Existential Openness
Ms Virginia Roussety, PhD Student, English Studies Department, UoM
10.20 - 10.30
Audience Studies: A Look at Past, Present and Future Trajectories
Mr Azhagan Chenganna, Social Studies Department, UoM
10.30 - 10.40
10.40 - 11.00
Made in Moris: Analysing Discourses of Nationalism and Globalisation in Mauritius
Ms Ireena Kanhye, MA Student, English Studies Department, UoM
DISCUSSION
Session 2: Mediated Language and Society
Session Chair: Dr Roukaya Kasenally, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.00 - 11.10
Les faits divers : ce qui fascine
Mrs Christina Chan-Meetoo, Social Studies Department, UoM
11.10 - 11.20
Laughter in Bilingual Face-to-Face Communication in Mauritius: A Case Study
Ms Tejshree Auckle, English Studies Department, UoM
11.20 - 11.30
Pour établir le pont entre le “dur” et “le mou”, le “net” et le “flou” : la métaphore de l’attracteur
étrange et la dialectique de l’analogique au digital dans l’observation de l’appropriation
(socio)linguistique de l’espace
Mrs Yannick Bosquet-Ballah, French Studies Department and Mr Shameem Oozeerally, MIE
11.30 - 11.40
La place de la traduction dans le paysage plurilingue de Maurice
Ms Beatrice Antonio, French Studies Department, UoM
11.40 - 11.50
Extension de l’insertion curriculaire de l’intercompréhension à l’Université de Maurice
Dr Daniella Police-Michel, French Studies Department, UoM
11.50 - 12.10
DISCUSSION
12.10 - 13.10
LUNCH
Session 3: The Politics of the Self and the Other
Session Chair: Dr Naseem Lallmahomed-Aumeerally, English Studies Department, UoM
13.10 - 13.20
Relocating the Subaltern
Mr Farhad Khoyratty, English Studies Department, UoM
13.20 - 13.30
La subalternité/marginalité de l’âge : le discours littéraire mauricien
Assoc Prof Kumari Issur, French Studies Department, UoM
13.30 - 13.40
Searching for the Self through the Other: Discovery and Displacement in Cinematic Journey
Narratives
Mr Mantish Mohesowa, MA Student, English Studies Department, UoM
13.40 - 13.50
Ameerah Arjanee, Aqiil Gopee et Alexandra Webber Isaacs : trois plumes émergentes de la
littérature mauricienne
Dr Sachita Samboo, French Studies Department, UoM
13.50 - 14.00
Le mythe du voyage initiatique dans Les Voyages et aventures de Sanjay, explorateur mauricien des
Anciens Mondes d’Amal Sewtohul
Assoc Prof Kumari Issur, French Studies Department, UoM and Mr Jean-Jacques Sauzier, SaintMary’s Secondary School
14.00 - 14.20
DISCUSSION
14.20 - 14.35
TEA BREAK
Session 4: Language Issues
Session Chair: Assoc Prof Arnaud Carpooran, French Studies Department, UoM
14.35 - 14.45
Analyse des représentations et de l’impact réel de l’introduction du créole mauricien dans le
cursus primaire sur l’apprentissage des autres langues
Dr Guilhem Florigny, French Studies Department, UoM
14.45 - 14.55
Appréhender les pratiques langagières mauriciennes par le biais de l’environnement scriptographique
Mrs Yannick Bosquet-Ballah, French Studies Department, UoM
14.55 - 15.05
L’expression de la référence spatiale en créole mauricien : prépositions et verbes de mouvement
Dr Guilhem Florigny, French Studies Department and Mr Jerry Chevery
15.05 - 15.15
Pour se détacher du cocon (intra)disciplinaire : une réflexion méthodologique autour de
l’applicabilité des théories alternatives aux sciences du langage
Mr Shameem Oozeerally, MIE
15.15 - 15.25
Implementing Inquiry-based Learning in French Language at Secondary Level - Mauritius
Ms Liva Curpen, La Gaulette Secondary State School and Research Student at Leeds Metropolitan
University
15.25 - 15.45
DISCUSSION

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