28 Jan 2021 / Research, People

Rita Kesselring zu Glencore in Sambia in der WoZ

Mitten in einer Schuldenkrise kauft Sambia von Glencore zwei Minen. Ob das Land damit einen guten Deal gemacht hat, wird sich zeigen – dessen Einzelheiten wecken in der Bevölkerung jedenfalls grosse Skepsis.

11 Jan 2021 / Research, People

New publication on inequality, victimhood, and redress

Dr. Rita Kesselring published a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Law and Anthropology edited by Marie-Claire Foblets, Mark Goodale, Maria Sapignoli, and Olaf Zenker

08 Jan 2021 / Research

Out now: 5th JJ Bachofen Lecture delivered by Prof. Amanda Hammar, Copenhagen

In her lecture, Prof Amanda Hammar, Centre of African Studies, University of Copenhagen, reflected on biography, property and personhood in Urban Zimbabwe

21 Dec 2020 / Research, People

Out now: Basel Papers on Political Transformations (22)

Title: Existential Transformations. Life in the West African savannah since the 1970s: An outlook

03 Dec 2020 / News, Research, People

Silke Oldenburg has a new Project in Colombia

Silke Oldenburg has been awarded a seed money grant by the Leading House for the Latin American Region of the Universität St. Gallen (CLS-HSG). In collaboration with Jaime Hernandez-Garcia (Universidad Javeriana), she will be the principal…

11 Nov 2020 / News, Research, People

New Article and Radio Interview by Lesley Nicole Braun

How Memes in the DRC Allow People to Laugh at Those in Power – and Themselves

11 Oct 2020 / News, Research, People

Rita Kesselring auf Nau.ch zur Konzernverantwortungsinitiative

Wieso lehnt eine Grünliberale die Konzern-Initiative ab? Die Konzern-Initiative wird von allen Seiten heiss diskutiert. Für ein Nein kämpft Afrika-Kennerin Isabelle Chevalley. Damit stösst die GLP-Frau auf Kritik. Eine Ethnologin mit…

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