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In the media: "New book considers capitalists, conservationists, ancestral land"

Namibia's largest daily newspaper, The Namibian, reports on the launch of the southern African edition of the book "Space is the Ultimate Luxury – Capitalists, Conservationists and Ancestral Land in Namibia" by Bernard Moore and Luregn…

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Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies

Twice per year, the Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) reports on its members' activities and publications, and announces upcoming events. The current newsletter includes reports on conferences co-organized by the…

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In den Medien: "Zurück zur Natur? Wie Naturschutz mit Vergangenheit Politik macht"

In einem Artikel auf Geschichte der Gegenwart zeigt Luregn Lenggenhager Zusammenhänge zwischen Naturschutz, Geschichte, Herrschaft und Kolonialismus auf.

The Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB coordinates Africa-related teaching and research at the University of Basel and its partner institutions. It is an acknowledged centre for interdisciplinary Africa-focused research and offers a Master's and a PhD in African Studies as well as a continuing education programme for professionals.

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09 Mar 2026 - 26 Mar 2026

Location: Raum "Mono", Markthalle Basel, Steinentorberg 20, 4051 Basel

Organizer: Stopp Rassismus

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Ausstellung: "Wir und die Andern. Vom Vorurteil zum Rassismus"

Plakatausstellung
20 Mar 2026
Time: 19:30

Location: Quartiertreffpunkt Erlenmatt Rosental, Erlkönigweg 30, 4058 Basel

Organizer: GIR – Giovani In Rete

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Publikumsdikussion: "Geschichte und Aktualität des Rassismus in Italien und in der Schweiz"

Aktionswoche gegen Rassismus 2026
20 Mar 2026
Time: 20:00

Location: Markthalle Basel, Salon, Steinentorberg 20 4051 Basel

Organizer: Amnesty International Schweiz

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Podiumsdiskussion: "Ethnic Profiling in der Schweiz: Herausforderungen und Perspektiven"

Aktionswoche gegen Rassismus 2026
21 Mar 2026
Time: 10:00  - 12:00

Location: HEKS, Schützenmattstrasse 16, 4051 Basel

Organizer: HEKS Geschäftsstelle beider Basel

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Austausch: "Gemeinsam gegen Diskriminierung und Rassismus"

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Job: Postdoctoral Position/Research Fellow in Social Anthropology with Focus on East Africa

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Publication: "Thinking through material incompletion"

This article co-authored by Jon Schubert is based on ethnographic work on urban development in Lobito, Zurich and Delhi and questions the concept of incompletion and its social effects. The authors push back against what they call here the…

Special Issue on Conservation and Land in Namibia. Namibian Journal of Environment
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Publication: "Conservation and land in Namibia: A palimpsestic reading of an underexplored nexus"

This special issue of the Namibian Journal of Environment, co-edited by Luregn Lenggenhager, set out to capture the many and varied ways in which conservation relates to land in Namibia; accordingly, the editors opted for expanse over…

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Publication: "Walking Together: Challenging Philosophical and Ethnographic Paradigms from the Ground Up"

Anna Bloom-Christen's book examines walking together as a research method, a social practice, and a paradigmatic social phenomenon. Anchored in long-term fieldwork in post-apartheid South Africa, it explores how walking together exposes the…

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The continuing education programme equips professionals with the knowledge, skills and resources that enable them to efficiently and sustainably work in an African context .

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The ZASB is very easy to reach by public transport. It takes about five minutes to reach the Centre from the tram/bus stops Schifflände (trams #6/8/11/14/16, buses #34/36) and Kunstmuseum (tram #1/2).

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