Eigene News
/ Research
Quick guide to strategic anti-corruption guidelines for development agencies
In a new quick guide, Claudia Baez Camargo explains the purpose, focus and value of strategic anti-corruption guidelines for development agencies.
/ Research
Newsletter of the Swiss Society for African Studies
In the current edition of its bi-annual newsletter, the Swiss Society for African Studies (SSAS) looks back at events, publications and new projects in the past six months and provides an outlook on up-coming activities.
/ Research, Studies
Publication: Sites of Contestation. Encounters with the Ernst and Ruth Dammann Collection in the Archives of the Basler Afrika Bibliographien
This edited volume is the product of a long-term student engagement with the Dammann collection housed at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien (BAB). The essays propose creative ways of attending to the politics of race, gender, famine,…
/ Research, Organizational Unit
ZASB - Research Network Africa: Annual Report 2020
Our annual report provides an overview on the network members’ activities and achievements in research, teaching and transfer.
/ Other
Blog post: Performing in public space at the time of identity claims and political resistances
Lesley Nicole Braun provides a fascinating insight into Michèle Magema's artistic practice. The blog post is based on Magema's lecture as part of the lecture series "The Art of Intervention" in Basel in 2018.
/ Other
"In our own words": Online lecture series on Africa’s contribution to scholarship
The Pilot African Postgraduate Academy (PAPA) in Bamako encourages young African scholars to engage with epistemological issues and with the contribution of knowledge acquired in Africa to the further development of science in general. In a…
/ Research
Publication: Window of the World: Sino–African Encounters through Copies and Simulations
Based on interviews with Kenyan and South African contract workers at a Chinese theme park that features miniature copies of heritage sites from around the world, Lesley Nicole Braun explores ways in which culture is constructed and…
/ Doctorate/PhD, People
In the media: Fehlt uns eine gemeinsame Welt?
Sindi-Leigh McBride with a guest article in WoZ (20 May 2021)
/ News
Call for participation: ZASB Reflection, Practices and Ethics Day
The ZASB will hold its first Reflection, Practices and Ethics Day on 9 September 2021 and invites all members of the ZASB network, together with their international partners and partner organisations, to participate actively with a…