Eigene News
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In the Media: #NoWhiteSaviors: Is ‘white aid’ colonialist?
Elísio Macamo on swissinfo.ch, 19.10.2021
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Publication: Coloniality of Infrastructure
The Coloniality of Infrastructure essay series is a collaboration between e-flux Architecture, Critical Urbanisms at the University of Basel, and the African Centre for Cities of the University of Cape Town. Contributors include Samia…
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Publication: Left Button Picture, Right Button Bomb. Nature, Warfare and Technology in a Southern African Border Region
With a focus on the Mirage IIIR2Z, an aerial reconnaissance and ground-attack supersonic jet, James Merron and Luregn Lenggenhager examine the relationship between nature conservation and military technology in north-eastern Namibia during…
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Publication: The role of informal networks in promoting illegal wildlife trade: a qualitative analysis from Uganda
While the role of informal networks in sustaining illegal wildlife trade is ever more on the radar of scholars and practitioners, their modus operandi remains largely understudied. This paper by Jacopo Costa, Claudia Baez‑Camargo, Saba…![[Translate to English:] Studierende während Vorlesung](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/6/csm_ZfA_Diverse-Anlaesse_040_b772b5476e.jpg?1725414180)
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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In the media: In Sambia wird ein neuer Präsident gewählt
Rita Kesselring on Radio SRF 4 News (12 August 2021)