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/ Forschung
In den Medien: La Tanzanie va exploiter le plus grand gisement de nickel au monde
Rita Kesselring im Le Temps-Blog "Lignes d'horizon" (26. März 2021)
/ Forschung
Elísio Macamo and Ralph Weber on their Sinergia project "Reversing the Gaze"
The Grants Office of the University of Basel spoke to Elísio Macamo and Ralph Weber about their recently funded project, about interdisciplinarity, trends in research funding, and the Corona crisis.
Melchisedek Chetima newly appointed associate professor at the University of Montréal
Melchisedek Chetima, a former postdoc fellow at the ZASB, takes on a new professional challenge at the University of Montréal in Québec.
/ Forschung
New project: Novel Diagnostics to Improve Migrant and Refugee Health
Swiss TPH is launching a new project on the development of an integrated infectious disease diagnosis and surveillance system (NIIDS) to improve migrant and refugee health. NIIDS will assess healthcare needs of migrants and refugees, as…
/ Forschung
Publication: Social network analysis applied to illegal wildlife trade between East Africa and Southeast Asia
In this working paper, Jacopo Costa sheds new light on the dark networks of wildlife traffickers that operate mainly between East Africa and Southeast Asia but have tentacles reaching around the world.
Artist in Residence: Feya Faku (Johannesburg)
Fezile 'Feya' Faku is one of the most influential and cherished jazz musicians of South Africa. Since his first residency in Basel in 2006 he has sustained a strong collaboration with Swiss musicians.
/ People
Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schuster (1930-2021)
Traurig nehmen wir Abschied von Meinhard Schuster, der von 1970 bis 2000 Ordinarius des Ethnologischen Seminars der Universität Basel war.
Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 181: Restitution – eine Chance für Nord und Süd
Schon in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren forderten ehemals kolonisierte Länder die Rückgabe von Sammlungsobjekten, doch in den letzten drei Jahren hat diese Diskussion so richtig Fahrt aufgenommen – Zeit, das Thema im Afrika-Bulletin…
/ Forschung, Studium, Doktorat
Doktoratsveranstaltungen im Frühjahrsemester 2021
Mehrere Einheiten im Forschungsnetzwerk Afrika bieten Workshops und Forschungsseminare an, die sich insbesondere an Doktorierende und Postdocs richten, teilweise aber für alle Interessierten offen sind.