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Publication: Multinational Mines and Communities of Place: Revisiting the Stakeholder Dialogue Discourse in Geita, Tanzania
In his PhD thesis, Albert Tibaijuka demonstrates that analysis of the antagonistic relationship between multinational mines and communities, offers a productive way through which deeper understanding of corporate–community relations,…
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Publication: Flood Levels and Borderlines – Livestock Farming and Evictions Resistance at the !Garib/Orange River in Southern Africa
In their contribution, Luregn Lenggenhager (ZASB) and Andrea Rosengarten (Northwestern University) analyse the relation between flood levels, borderlines and resistance to forced removals and evictions at the Orange River in South Africa.
Reframing women in Namibia’s early history of photography
In an essay published in The Conversation, Lorena Rizzo reflects on women’s agency as photographic subjects. The article draws on her recent book Shades of Empire (Wits University Press 2020).
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Publication: Petty corruption in the public sector: A comparative study of three East African countries through a behavioural lens
This article makes a novel contribution to understanding petty corruption in East Africa. By providing evidence of behavioural drivers of petty corruption in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, the research could help in designing more effective…/ Research, Doctorate/PhD
Call for Papers: Photographs as sources for writing histories of medicine, health and healing in colonial and postcolonial Africa
Workshop at the University of Basel (15-16 April 2021)
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Publication: The Moving Parts in Michèle Magema's Body of Work
Lesley Nicole Braun discusses the fragmented images of women in Michèle Magema's work. The article considers the artist's practice and her explorations of local understandings of circulating femininity, power, and leadership.
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Publication: ‘Murdered Mozarts.’ Narrative of a Previous Malian Student Generation in the Era of the Crumbling State
In her article, Noemi Steuer examines the life histories of former Malian students who were actively involved in the protest movement of 1980.Auf der Suche nach Wahrheit
Rita Kesselring im "Tandem-Gespräch" auf SRF 2