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Publication: Colonial Resonances

In this essay Jon Schubert charts the resonance of colonial urbanism in contemporary urban renewal projects in the Angolan port city of Lobito.
choir performs at swiss parliament

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Neues SNF-Sinergia-Projekt an ZASB und Europainstitut: Die Krise der Demokratie und neue Wege für die Area Studies

Ab Oktober 2020 untersucht das Forschungsprojekt «Reversing the Gaze: Towards Post-Comparative Area Studies» die Krise der liberalen Demokratie in Europa und strebt dabei neue methodische und theoretische Erkenntnisse für die…

In den Medien: Der Segerhof – Christoph Burckhardt oder 1000 tote Sklav*innen

Veit Arlt in der Reihe Neue Augen auf die Stadt von Bajour – 28. September 2020

Victime de la pandémie, la Zambie est en quasi-faillite

Rita Kesselring in einem Beitrag von Le Temps – 30. September 2020

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Namibia1953.com: An online portal enables access to text, sound and photos at the BAB archives

During this year’s Visual History Lab, a group of students created a website that helps the Namibian public to access text documents, sound recordings and photos in the "Ernst & Ruth Dammann Collection" at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien…
first page of article by Lesley Braun

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Publication: Infectious Images: Viral Internet Content in the Democratic Republic of Congo

This article co-authored by Lesley Braun explores how and why digital content is shared and moved into circulation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It describes how visual genres such as print cartoons and popular painting now overlap…
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Publication: African languages and Spanish among Equatoguineans in Madrid

Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr's article is based on semi-directed, sociolinguistic interviews with Equatoguineans of two ethnic groups: Bubi and Fang. The results show the importance of relating data to the contemporary as well as historical…
The Graduates of African Studies 09/2020

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Herzliche Gratulation: MA-Abschlüsse und Promotionen im Frühjahrsemester 2020

An der Diplomfeier der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät konnten zahlreiche MA-Studierende und Doktorierende in den African Studies oder mit Afrika-Fokus ihr Diplom entgegennehmen. Wir gratulieren ganz herzlich!
Cover Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 179 09/2020

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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 179: Frauen in Bewegung

Frauenbewegungen in Afrika
Cover of the book Science and Technology Studies Elsewhere

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Publication: Science & Technology Studies Elsewhere. A Postcolonial Programme

In her book, Alexandra Hofmännner argues that new concepts and analytical approaches are necessary to investigate current global dynamics in science, technology and society, so as to deliver insights that the recent expansion of STS…