BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.1//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Europe/Zurich
X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich
TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:+0100
TZOFFSETTO:+0200
TZNAME:CEST
DTSTART:19810329T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0200
TZOFFSETTO:+0100
TZNAME:CET
DTSTART:19961027T030000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:news225@ethnologie.philhist.unibas.ch
DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211013T161314
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211020T161500
SUMMARY:Land tenures over centuries in English and French West Africa
DESCRIPTION:If you would like to join the Zoom session\, please contact s.b
 urri@unibas.ch.\\r\\n\\r\\nAbstract\\r\\nLand plays a key role in the cycl
 e of life. All over the world\, its function as a natural resources provid
 er goes hand in hand with its social and cultural function\, like in buria
 l ceremonies for instance. The transversal nature of land in human life\, 
 be it at the individual or collective level\, has turned it into a thoroug
 hly researched topic in social sciences in general and in anthropology in 
 particular. The subject of land tenure in African cities relates to the hi
 story of colonialism. The consecutive multiple and sometimes diverging lan
 d tenures that emerged from then onwards\, translated into a diversity of 
 land tenure processes.  This presentation compares the similarities and di
 fferences surrounding land tenure in former English and former French West
  African cities\, with a focus on Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. Drawing on (
 gray) literature\, archives and ethnographic fieldwork\, the ongoing resea
 rch project aims at understanding and assessing the roles and agencies of 
 (urban) dwellers in the constant shaping of land tenures in the 19th\, 20t
 h and 21st centuries in Kumasi and Bouaké.
X-ALT-DESC:\n<p>If you would like to join the Zoom session\, please contact
  s.burri@unibas.ch.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p>\n<p>Land plays
  a key role in the cycle of life. All over the world\, its function as a n
 atural resources provider goes hand in hand with its social and cultural f
 unction\, like in burial ceremonies for instance. The transversal nature o
 f land in human life\, be it at the individual or collective level\, has t
 urned it into a thoroughly researched topic in social sciences in general 
 and in anthropology in particular. The subject of land tenure in African c
 ities relates to the history of colonialism. The consecutive multiple and 
 sometimes diverging land tenures that emerged from then onwards\, translat
 ed into a diversity of land tenure processes.<br /> <br /> This presentati
 on compares the similarities and differences surrounding land tenure in fo
 rmer English and former French West African cities\, with a focus on Ghana
  and Côte d’Ivoire. Drawing on (gray) literature\, archives and ethnogr
 aphic fieldwork\, the ongoing research project aims at understanding and a
 ssessing the roles and agencies of (urban) dwellers in the constant shapin
 g of land tenures in the 19<sup>th</sup>\, 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</
 sup> centuries in Kumasi and Bouaké.</p>
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20211020T180000
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR