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SUMMARY:The Travail and Travels of Congolese Transnational Trader Women (Am
 bizione Project)
DESCRIPTION:While West African women maintain a long history of trading in 
 the region and abroad\, Central African women\, specifically in the Democr
 atic Republic of Congo (DRC)\, have only recently embedded themselves in i
 nternational trade circuits. Congo’s transnational trader women called f
 emmes commerçantes\, embark on international buying expeditions to purcha
 se wholesale goods for local resale. Strengthened governmental relations b
 etween the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and China have contributed t
 o the increased mobility between the two countries. Congo’s trader women
  are at the forefront of creating new social classes\, as well as househol
 d structures.\\r\\nThis talk\, based on a four-year project supported by a
  SNF Ambizione grant\, examines the ways in which Congolese women navigate
  an economic landscape that is premised on social networks and transnation
 al exchanges.\\r\\n\\r\\nLesley Braun is a Senior Lecturer at the Institut
 e of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel. Her book publication 
 Congo’s Dancers: Women and Work in Kinshasa (forthcoming 2020) focuses o
 n performance in Kinshasa\, and the ways that popular dance\, in its embod
 ied and symbolic forms\, participates in the construction of an urban expe
 rience.\\r\\nHer current research investigates the gendered dimensions of 
 transnational mobility\, and how gender and sexuality impact\, as well as 
 shape women’s activities in the public sphere.
X-ALT-DESC:<p> </p>\n<p>While West African women maintain a long history of
  trading in the region and abroad\, Central African women\, specifically i
 n the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)\, have only recently embedded the
 mselves in international trade circuits. Congo’s transnational trader wo
 men called <i>femmes </i><i>commerçantes</i>\, embark on international bu
 ying expeditions to purchase wholesale goods for local resale. Strengthene
 d governmental relations between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) an
 d China have contributed to the increased mobility between the two countri
 es. Congo’s trader women are at the forefront of creating new social cla
 sses\, as well as household structures.</p>\n<p>This talk\, based on a fou
 r-year project supported by a SNF Ambizione grant\, examines the ways in w
 hich Congolese women navigate an economic landscape that is premised on so
 cial networks and transnational exchanges.</p>\n\n<p><b>Lesley Braun</b> i
 s a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Social Anthropology at the Univers
 ity of Basel. Her book publication <i>Congo’s Dancers: Women and Work in
  Kinshasa</i> (forthcoming 2020) focuses on performance in Kinshasa\, and 
 the ways that popular dance\, in its embodied and symbolic forms\, partici
 pates in the construction of an urban experience.</p>\n<p>Her current rese
 arch investigates the gendered dimensions of transnational mobility\, and 
 how gender and sexuality impact\, as well as shape women’s activities in
  the public sphere. </p>\n\n
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