31. Okt 2018 / News, Forschung, Events

New Publication from the Valueworks project on Swiss Transit Trade and Zambia

The latest Afrika Bulletin Issue comes out of the project Valueworks: Effects of Financialization along the Copper Value Chain financed by SNIS and led by Dr Rita Kesselring. A collaborative effort between project members, the Swiss ADR…

10. Aug 2018 / Forschung, Doktorat, People

Basel Paper on Political Transformations (#15)

Latest Basel Paper on Political Transformations (#15) has just been published.

03. Aug 2018 / Forschung, People

New article by Piet van Eeuwijk

Herausforderungen für die Gesundheitszusammenarbeit. Altern und Gesundheit.

15. Jun 2018 / Events, People, Campus

AlumniAnthropology

Die Fachgruppe AlumniAnthropology wurde gegründet.

11. Jun 2018 / Forschung, People, News

"Fremd ja - exotisch nein danke! Wo steht die Ethnologie heute?" Das Ethnologische Seminar im Gespräch mit SRF Kultur

Prof Till Förster, Dr Rita Kesselring und Dr Silke Oldenburg erzählen aus ihrem Forschungsalltag

14. Mai 2018 / Forschung

Call for contributions: Special Issue to be submitted to Anthropological Theory: Sociality and Bodily Ways of Knowing – Ex Negativo

The special issue will be guest-edited by Anna Christen and Rita Kesselring

04. Apr 2018 / Forschung, Studium

Next guided field course goes to Burkina Faso (2018/2019)

Do you want to learn more about everyday life in ordinary African cities such as Koudougou, Tenkodogo, Banfora Ouahigouya, Bobo Dioulasso Fada N‘Gourma, Ouagadougou?

27. Mär 2018 / Forschung, People

New articles by Silke Oldenburg and Rita Kesselring

The articles look at urban space in eastern Congo and Northwestern Zambia

19. Mär 2018 / Forschung, Studium, People

New chapter by Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin in the "Oxford Handbook of Governance and Limited Statehood"

In their contribution, Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin discuss the construction and role of "traditional" authorities in governance arrangements.

19. Mär 2018 / Forschung, Studium, Doktorat, People

New article by Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin published in "The Palgrave Handbook of Urban Ethnography"

The contribution takes a closer look at the formation of political spaces in secondary cities in East and West Africa.

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