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Call for support: African Studies Library at the University of Cape Town
After the fire at the University of Cape Town on 18 April 2021, researchers who have worked with the African Studies Library Special Collections are invited to share copies of their records.
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Publication: Property killed a peace park dream: The entanglement of property, politics and conservation along the Gariep
In their article, Luregn Lenggenhager and Maano Ramtsindela examine the role of the configuration of property regimes and the power relations embedded in them for the establishment of peace parks in southern Africa.
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Publication: Beware the Mineral Narrative: The Histories of Solwezi Town and Kansanshi Mine, North-Western Zambia, c. 1899–2020
In her contribution on Solwezi town and Kansanshi mine in Zambia's Northwestern Province, Rita Kesselring presents an analysis along the nexus of mining, urban development and demography over 120 years.![[Translate to English:] screenshot eine welt](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/a/csm_screenshot_eine-welt_macamo_27624_dd90b6f344.jpeg?1617013961 "[Translate to English:] «Eine Welt» wollte von der Entwicklungsökonomin Isabel Günther und dem Entwicklungssoziologen Elísio Macamo wissen, was gute Entwicklungspolitik ausmacht und inwiefern die Schweizer Strategie einer solchen entspricht.")
In the media: "Development is the freedom to live a self-determined life"
Elísio Macamo in the SDC magazine One World (issue 01/2021)
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In the media: La Tanzanie va exploiter le plus grand gisement de nickel au monde
Rita Kesselring in the Le Temps blog "Lignes d'horizon" (26 March 2021)
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Elísio Macamo and Ralph Weber on their Sinergia project "Reversing the Gaze"
The Grants Office of the University of Basel spoke to Elísio Macamo and Ralph Weber about their recently funded project, about interdisciplinarity, trends in research funding, and the Corona crisis.
Melchisedek Chetima newly appointed associate professor at the University of Montréal
Melchisedek Chetima, a former postdoc fellow at the ZASB, takes on a new professional challenge at the University of Montréal in Québec.
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New project: Novel Diagnostics to Improve Migrant and Refugee Health
Swiss TPH is launching a new project on the development of an integrated infectious disease diagnosis and surveillance system (NIIDS) to improve migrant and refugee health. NIIDS will assess healthcare needs of migrants and refugees, as…
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Publication: Social network analysis applied to illegal wildlife trade between East Africa and Southeast Asia
In this working paper, Jacopo Costa sheds new light on the dark networks of wildlife traffickers that operate mainly between East Africa and Southeast Asia but have tentacles reaching around the world.