Eigene News
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International Digital Exchange between Africa and Switzerland: A multi-sited course
Do you like to travel and exchange? Do you see the social sciences as a method of cross-cultural learning? Do you want to develop your MA thesis in a truly transcontinental endeavor and gain practical skills for the time after your studies?…Schweiz-Sambia-Connection: Alles andere als bescheiden
Projekt 'Valueworks' auf Infosperber.ch – 15. März 2019
Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 173: Demokratische Republik Kongo
«Der Kongo». Was für eine Anmassung, über dieses riesige Land zu berichten, ohne eine ganze Bibliothek zu füllen ! Wir wagen es trotzdem – im Wissen, mit unserem begrenzten Blick nur gerade zwei, drei Regentropfen zu beschreiben, die in…
/ Organisation
Zentrum für Afrikastudien unter neuer Führung
Die Leitungsgruppe des Zentrums hat ein neues Leitungstrio bestimmt.
/ Forschung
Publication: Digitalization and the Field of African Studies
In the Carl Schlettwein Lecture 2017, Mirjam de Bruijn reflects on two decades of research experience in West and Central Africa and discusses how, for her, the field has changed./ Weitere, Forschung
Preview: Publications on Southern Africa
2019 catalogue
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Publication: Science, Africa and Europe. Processing Information and Creating Knowledge
This book poses questions about the changing role of science and expert knowledge for the relationship between Europe and Africa, and examines how scientific knowledge was shaped, adapted and redefined in African contexts.
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Publication: Valueworks - Effects of Financialization along the Copper Value Chain (Working Paper)
Based on two years of research in Zambia, Switzerland and China, the interdisciplinary research project Valueworks examined the supply and value chain of one metal, copper, across three countries, Zambia, Switzerland and China.
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Swiss Transit Trade and Zambia - special issue in English of the Afrika-Bulletin
Thanks to the initiative and support of SNIS (Swiss Network of International Studies) the current issue of the Afrika-Bulletin is now available in English.