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Publication: Window of the World: Sino–African Encounters through Copies and Simulations
Based on interviews with Kenyan and South African contract workers at a Chinese theme park that features miniature copies of heritage sites from around the world, Lesley Nicole Braun explores ways in which culture is constructed and…
/ Doktorat, People
In den Medien: Fehlt uns eine gemeinsame Welt?
Sindi-Leigh McBride als Gastautorin in der WoZ (20. Mai 2021)
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Call for participation: ZASB Reflection, Practices and Ethics Day
The ZASB will hold its first Reflection, Practices and Ethics Day on 9 September 2021 and invites all members of the ZASB network, together with their international partners and partner organisations, to participate actively with a…
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New BAB online platform: “Mapping Projects and Collaborations”
The Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) expanded their website. A new platform allows for a time and space travel through the BAB's institutional history. It offers information about a selection of partners, collaborations, projects and…
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Publication: Privileged Precariat. White Workers and South Africa's Long Transition to Majority Rule
The South African apartheid state’s ethnic and race-based politics pushed an image of whites as classless. Danelle van Zyl-Hermann's book challenges this view. It focuses on the experience of the white industrial workforce and their unique…
/ Forschung
Publication: Social meaning and material constraints of land scarcity in Northern Namibia
Land access, land distribution and security of tenure are major topics in Namibia, as in many other African countries. In north-central Namibia land is often described as scarce, by both the socio-political authorities as …
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 182: Klimawandel – Afrika im Auge des Sturms
Das aktuelle Bulletin versucht, einen Überblick über die riesigen Herausforderungen zu geben, welche die Klimaveränderung der Forschung, den Regierungen und der Bevölkerung bietet.
/ Forschung
Publikation: Alternativen zur Restitution? Lokale Perspektiven auf ein globales Problem
Mit seinem Kapitel im Sammelband "Geschichtskultur durch Restitution? Ein Kunst-Historikerstreit" leistet Till Förster einen Beitrag an die Debatte über geraubte Kulturgüter und Restitution.
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Artist in residence: Keenan Ahrends (Johannesburg)
Guitarist Keenan Ahrends is known for his evocative musical writing, his emotive improvisation and his sensitive musicianship.