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/ Forschung
Publication: "Unpacking race and ethnicity in African genomics research"
In genomics, both the denomination ‘African’ as well at the ethnic groups living in Africa have been treated as true biological identities. Yet, similar to race, these population groupings too are social constructs. In their comment,…
/ Forschung
Blog post: "Ethnographic research with TikTok"
On the University of Basel's Uni Blog, ethnologist Lesley Nicole Braun explains what insights into distant realities of life she and her master's students Anna Vollmers Mateus and Xiao Meng have gained from TikTok videos and conversations…
/ Forschung
ZASB - Forschungsnetzwerk Afrika: Jahresbericht 2021
Unser Jahresbericht vermittelt einen Überblick über die Aktivitäten der Mitglieder unseres Netzwerks in Forschung, Lehre und Wissenstransfer.
/ Forschung, Events
ZASB at the VAD conference
At the conference of the Association for African Studies in Germany (VAD) in Freiburg im Breisgau (7-10 June), members of the Research Network Africa will convene a roundtable and several panels. In addition, the ZASB invites all conference…
/ Forschung
Commentary: Angola’s ruling party faces united opposition in upcoming poll. But it’s pushing back
In an article on The Conversation, Jon Schubert and Gilson Lázaro comment on the political situation in Angola ahead of the August 2022 elections.
/ Forschung, Doktorat
Call for applications: "How Political is Knowledge" (CODESRIA/ZASB Summer School 2022)
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and The Centre for African Studies in Basel (CASB) call for applications for their 5th Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa in Dakar from…
/ Studium, Doktorat
PhD scholarships at the ZASB: "Sexuality, mobility and political economy in Africa"
The Centre for African Studies Basel calls for applications for two three-year doctoral positions in Social Anthropology or African Studies funded by the Humer Foundation for Academic Talent.
/ Forschung, People
George Paul Meiu appointed Professor of Anthropology
George Paul Meiu will take up the professorship with a focus on social anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on 1 July 2022. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Till Förster, who held the position since 2001.
/ Forschung
Publication: "Disrupted dreams of development: neoliberal efficiency and crisis in Angola"
Based on fieldwork around the recently modernized transport hub of Lobito, Jon Schubert examines how the moralizing language of neoliberalism – talk of efficiency, responsibility, and the proverbial tightening of the belt – has been…