Eigene News
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Commentary: Angola’s ruling party faces united opposition in upcoming poll. But it’s pushing back
In an article on The Conversation, Jon Schubert and Gilson Lázaro comment on the political situation in Angola ahead of the August 2022 elections.
/ Research, Doctorate/PhD
Call for applications: "How Political is Knowledge" (CODESRIA/ZASB Summer School 2022)
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) and The Centre for African Studies in Basel (CASB) call for applications for their 5th Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa in Dakar from…
/ Studies, Doctorate/PhD
PhD scholarships at the ZASB: "Sexuality, mobility and political economy in Africa"
The Centre for African Studies Basel calls for applications for two three-year doctoral positions in Social Anthropology or African Studies funded by the Humer Foundation for Academic Talent.
/ Research, People
George Paul Meiu appointed Professor of Anthropology
George Paul Meiu will take up the professorship with a focus on social anthropology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences on 1 July 2022. He succeeds Prof. Dr. Till Förster, who held the position since 2001.
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Publication: "Disrupted dreams of development: neoliberal efficiency and crisis in Angola"
Based on fieldwork around the recently modernized transport hub of Lobito, Jon Schubert examines how the moralizing language of neoliberalism – talk of efficiency, responsibility, and the proverbial tightening of the belt – has been…
/ Studies
Call for papers: Second European Students’ Conference on African Studies
The Second European Students' Conference on African Studies (SESCAS) in Basel (31 August-2 September 2022) aims to highlight current research in the field and to provide a welcoming and encouraging platform by which students’ enthusiasms…
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Publication: "Knowing Women. Same-Sex Intimacy, Gender, and Identity in Postcolonial Ghana"
Serena Dankwa's book describes the friendships and relationships of working class women in southern Ghana. Her work is based on in-depth research, storytelling and an intersectional analysis of the life stories of Ghanaian women. She gives…
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In the media: "Hunger, Aufstände, Flüchtlingswellen. Experten warnen vor indirekten Folgen des russischen Angriffs"
Till Förster in Sonntagsblick (10. April 2022)
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Publication: "Bodily ethnography: Some epistemological challenges of participation"
In this article, Till Förster explores the role of bodily interactions in ethnographic fieldwork and the related epistemological problems.