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/ Research, Studies, Doctorate/PhD
Research seminars and graduate courses in fall semester 2021
Several units within the Research Network Africa offer research seminars and graduate events. While these are directed at PhD candidates and postdocs in the first place, many are open for guests.
/ Research
Publication: The Weight Women Carry. Research on the Visible and Invisible Baggage in Suitcase Trade between China and Africa
This article co-authored by Lesley Braun follows the transnational trajectories of African trader women between China and West and Central Africa and takes stock of some of the weight they shoulder. This refers to the to materiality of the…
/ Info
Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 183: Fragen zur schweizerischen Entwicklungspolitik
Das neue Afrika-Bulletin befasst sich für einmal nicht mit Afrika, sondern mit der schweizerischen Entwicklungspolitik. Ausgangspunkte waren die neuen strategischen Instrumente des Bundesrates zur internationalen Zusammenarbeit sowie die…
/ Research
Publication: (Un)Sighted Archives of Migration—Spaces of Encounter and Resistance
This special issue of Visual Anthropology co-edited by Fiona Siegenthaler takes a close look at (un)sighted migratory archives and archives of migration. In their introduction, the editors invite readers to engage with archives as spaces of…
/ People
In the media: In Sambia wird ein neuer Präsident gewählt
Rita Kesselring on Radio SRF 4 News (12 August 2021)
/ Research
Publication: Outlines of a Pentecostal Dominion Theology
This book chapter by Andreas Heuser is a detailed study on the conceptual and operational framework of Dominion Theology, in an effort to make sense of the new interactions between Pentecostalism, politics, societal influence, and public…
/ Research
Publication: Turning Land into Money. Land, Inequality and Reforms in Namibia
In their article, Luregn Lenggenhager, Lena Bloemert and Romie Nghitevelekwa show how past and present developments in Namibia created opportunities to make money out of land, leading to the accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few.
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Publication: Anthropogenic erosion-induced small-scale soil heterogeneity in South African rangelands
In their study, Juliane Krenz, Philip Greenwood and Nikolaus Kuhn analyze soil redistribution in a degraded rangeland in South Africa. Soil erosion in semi-arid drylands induced by land-use changes creates patchworks of soils and…
/ News
Online Exhibition: "Don't say anything against telephone directories"
On the occasion of their 50th anniversary, the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) invite you to a new online exhibition. The exhibition sheds light on aspects of one key question: How do a library, an archive and a publishing house handle…