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Basel Summer School in African Studies 2023: "Making knowledge policy-relevant: The SSH’s role in global sustainable development"
The Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB calls for applications for the Basel Summer School in African Studies 2023, which will take place from 23 August to 1 September 2023. The focus is on the challenge of policy relevance in the social…
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Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 190: "Sicherheit – ein knappes Gut"
Dieses Heft befasst sich mit den Bedingungen, unter denen Sicherheit erzeugt werden kann. Welche Rolle spielt der Staat als Produzent von Sicherheit? Wie kann ein Staat mit beschränkten Ressourcen die Bevölkerung in diesen Prozess…
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Publication: " Development trajectories of mediation support structures in the AU, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC"
This article by Michael Aeby and Jamie Pring examines the capabilities, utilisation and sustainability of the mediation support structures (MSS) in the framework of the the African Peace and Security Architecture.
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Publication: "Material Culture in Transit. Theory and Practice"
Zainabu Jallo is the editor of the first in the Book Series, Routledge Studies in Anthropology and Museums. The collection of essays critically addresses the multivalent ways in which mobility reshapes the characteristics of artefacts,…
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Artist in residence: Romy Brauteseth (Johannesburg)
Romy Brauteseth is an integral part of the South African jazz scene. In April/May and August/September she will be artist in residence in Basel, develop two new musical projects and work on a book project.
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Call for contributions for the supporting program of the upcoming exhibition «Deal with it»
The upcoming exhibition “Deal with it” aims to realize a long overdue critical and differentiated examination of the history of Basel's institutional African landscape. For the supporting program, the organizers invite institutions,…
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Podcast: "Blackfluencers"
Elisa da Costa, student of the Masters' program African Studies, has launched a new podcast. The podcast focuses on the Black and Afro-Swiss community.
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Call for papers: "Science, Expertise and other Modes of Knowledge: Trends, Patterns, and Prospects"
The 2023 conference (Basel, 31 August-1 September 2023) of the Swiss Association for the Study of Science, Technology and Society (STS-CH) is organized in collaboration with the ZASB and the Department of Social Sciences of the University…
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Podcast: "Ethnographic Imagination Basel"
The Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel launched a new podcast. It is a research, educational, and public engagement initiative exploring innovative forms of political imagination through ethnographic practice.