/writing/ Recent content in Blog on Dr Mahamadou KANTE Hugo -- 0.147.7 en-US Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 /writing/arvel-scholar-building-a-research-website-from-papermod-and-pascal-michaillat/ Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 /writing/arvel-scholar-building-a-research-website-from-papermod-and-pascal-michaillat/ A note on how this website evolved from Hugo PaperMod and Pascal Michaillat’s academic template into a more tailored structure for multilingual research publishing. /writing/4-years-on/ Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /writing/4-years-on/ 13 September 2021 - 13 September 2025. A note of remembrance, continuity, and work still to be carried forward. /writing/notes-from-a-may-tpm-mission-to-central-mali/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:58:00 +0000 /writing/notes-from-a-may-tpm-mission-to-central-mali/ A few notes from a third-party monitoring mission from Bamako to central Mali, carried out in a context of uncertainty and difficult access. /writing/building-research-capacity-highlights-from-bamakos-second-international-workshop/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:54:40 +0000 /writing/building-research-capacity-highlights-from-bamakos-second-international-workshop/ A fuller recap of the second international workshop in Bamako on research project writing and online data-production tools in insecure contexts. /writing/reflections-on-the-2024-sahel-symposium-presenting-healthymaman-and-stimulating-partnerships/ Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:13:07 +0000 /writing/reflections-on-the-2024-sahel-symposium-presenting-healthymaman-and-stimulating-partnerships/ A fuller reflection on the 2024 Sahel Symposium and on presenting HealthyMaman within a broader conversation about research partnerships. /writing/exploring-the-questions-that-keep-me-awake/ Fri, 06 Dec 2024 14:09:58 +0000 /writing/exploring-the-questions-that-keep-me-awake/ A fuller introduction to a platform dedicated to the questions that challenge, inspire, and sometimes haunt me. /writing/journals-and-publishing-venues-in-mali-in-the-era-of-the-digital-revolution/ Fri, 22 Nov 2024 23:07:00 +0000 /writing/journals-and-publishing-venues-in-mali-in-the-era-of-the-digital-revolution/ A fuller note on participating in a symposium about journals and publishing venues in Mali in a period of digital transformation and geopolitical tension. /writing/my-experience-as-a-trainer-at-the-international-workshop-in-ouagadougou/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:26:25 +0000 /writing/my-experience-as-a-trainer-at-the-international-workshop-in-ouagadougou/ A reflection on preparing and delivering a workshop on online data-production tools in insecure contexts, with lessons from Ouagadougou and the participants’ feedback. /writing/lecture-sur-les-problemes-insidieux/ Mon, 04 Nov 2024 18:47:29 +0000 /writing/lecture-sur-les-problemes-insidieux/ A short reflection on wicked problems, intellectual humility, and the limits of trying to understand complex issues from only one disciplinary angle. /writing/exciting-progress-on-the-healthy-maman-project-workshop-recap-and-next-steps/ Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:17:26 +0000 /writing/exciting-progress-on-the-healthy-maman-project-workshop-recap-and-next-steps/ A full recap of the second HealthyMaman workshop, focused on intermediate results, message content, and the project’s next steps. /writing/boosting-digital-presence-and-open-source-contributions-for-ish/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 08:14:24 +0000 /writing/boosting-digital-presence-and-open-source-contributions-for-ish/ A fuller update on digital transformation efforts at the Institut des Sciences Humaines, from institutional infrastructure to open-source collaboration. /writing/rasp-sur-ajol/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:22:54 +0000 /writing/rasp-sur-ajol/ A fuller note on the indexing of the African Journal of Social Sciences and Public Health (RASP) on African Journals Online. /writing/in-my-imagination/ Sun, 12 May 2024 12:08:00 +0000 /writing/in-my-imagination/ I know you will never be mine But still I close my eyes And imagine how beautiful it would be If we were together In my imagination The world seems to pause And everything feels /writing/class-management/ Thu, 18 May 2023 12:03:00 +0000 /writing/class-management/ A fuller note on class management as a core condition for building a stable, fair, and effective learning environment. /writing/voltairine-de-cleyre-life-or-death/ Fri, 23 Dec 2022 11:53:00 +0000 /writing/voltairine-de-cleyre-life-or-death/ A brief sharing of Voltairine de Cleyre’s powerful dialogue between life and death, and why it continues to resonate. /writing/concepts-de-base-de-pls-sem/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 11:43:00 +0000 /writing/concepts-de-base-de-pls-sem/ Understanding the basic concepts of structural equation modelling is essential before using SEM-based software. This note introduces some of those fundamentals. /writing/what-is-a-visual-abstract/ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:28:00 +0000 /writing/what-is-a-visual-abstract/ A short reflection on visual abstracts as an increasingly important form of scientific communication. /writing/creating-an-oracle-apex-workspace-online/ Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:28:00 +0000 /writing/creating-an-oracle-apex-workspace-online/ A practical note on getting started with Oracle APEX online by requesting a free hosted workspace. /writing/cini-2022-conference-internationale-nianguiry-kante-2022/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 15:15:00 +0000 /writing/cini-2022-conference-internationale-nianguiry-kante-2022/ Official website of the colloquium. A short tribute to Nianguiry Kante, his work, and the conference organized in his honor. /writing/pour-prof-nianguiry-kante-un-fils-qui-reapprend-a-vivre/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:52:00 +0000 /writing/pour-prof-nianguiry-kante-un-fils-qui-reapprend-a-vivre/ That place… so calm, so hazy, so sad, so mysterious, so difficult to decipher. A poem about grief, mortality, and learning again how to live. /writing/experience-and-poverty-by-walter-benjamin-1933/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:36:00 +0000 /writing/experience-and-poverty-by-walter-benjamin-1933/ A short reflection on Walter Benjamin’s ‘Experience and Poverty’ and on why the text still matters for thinking about transmission, crisis, and intellectual rebuilding. /writing/podcast-tech-talk-show-mitws-india/ Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:19:00 +0000 /writing/podcast-tech-talk-show-mitws-india/ A short note about a guest appearance on MITWS India’s online radio show to discuss research, open science, and academic trajectories. /writing/online-education-and-internet-access/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:46:00 +0000 /writing/online-education-and-internet-access/ A fuller reflection on online education during the COVID-19 period and on the infrastructural inequalities that make internet access a central educational issue. /writing/open-science/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:45:00 +0000 /writing/open-science/ Open access reconnects science with its underlying purpose: helping society progress by making research immediately and freely available to readers. /writing/references-exporting-guide-from-mendeley-to-a-csv-file/ Mon, 06 Jan 2020 11:44:00 +0000 /writing/references-exporting-guide-from-mendeley-to-a-csv-file/ A practical workflow for exporting references from Mendeley into CSV format when working on systematic mapping or other spreadsheet-based review tasks. /writing/sondage-orange-money/ Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:41:00 +0000 /writing/sondage-orange-money/ If you live in Bamako, Kati, or nearby areas and know Orange Money, please take part in this survey on the benefits and challenges of Mali’s digital economy. /writing/revue-africaine-des-sciences-sociales-et-de-la-sante-publique-rasp-vol-191/ Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:41:00 +0000 /writing/revue-africaine-des-sciences-sociales-et-de-la-sante-publique-rasp-vol-191/ Presentation of Volume 19(1) of the African Review of Social Sciences and Public Health (RASP), its mission, anniversary context, and the articles included in the issue. /writing/acm-turing-award-2018/ Fri, 03 May 2019 11:40:00 +0000 /writing/acm-turing-award-2018/ The ACM’s 2018 Turing Award was awarded to Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, and Geoffrey Hinton. The Turing Award is often described as the Nobel Prize of computer science. /writing/quoting-in-latex/ Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:36:00 +0000 /writing/quoting-in-latex/ A short introduction to quotation environments in LaTeX, with examples of the quote and quotation environments. /writing/latex-lets-write/ Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:34:00 +0000 /writing/latex-lets-write/ A short note on LaTeX as a writing tool for technical, academic, and professional work that needs structure, consistency, and strong typesetting. /writing/apprendre-a-programmer/ Mon, 06 Mar 2017 02:10:00 +0000 /writing/apprendre-a-programmer/ An introductory guide for aspiring developers, with general resources, online courses, and language-specific starting points. /writing/guitar-not-just-an-instrument/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 01:08:00 +0000 /writing/guitar-not-just-an-instrument/ A short reflection on how peace, conflict, rebellion, and emotional tension can all be heard in the way we play an instrument.