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During the following four weeks (Feb 2-24 2018) Nick Rahier, a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) at KU Leuven University (Belgium), will be sharing some reflective notes about his field research in and around Lubumbashi., carried out in the Summer of 2016. Drs Rahier is currently in Nakuru, conducting a second part of his project.This … Continue reading
Kukufa mu gratuité (to die for nothing): Making a living in Bukavu’s police by Michel Thill This is the second installment of a three-blog series written by Robert Njangala, Josaphat Musamba and Michel Thil, in the framework of the Dutch-funded pilot project “Polisi Siku Kwa Siku” (La police au quotidien) ENGLISH VERSION (French version … Continue reading
This is the first installment of a three-blog series written by Robert Njangala, Josaphat Musamba and Michel Thil, in the framework of the Dutch-funded pilot project “Polisi Siku Kwa Siku” (La police au quotidien) ENGLISH VERSION (French version below) According to the first World Internal Security Police Index (WISPI) of 2016 published this year, an … Continue reading
Texte français ci-dessous: Anthropology & Congolese Histories : Reflections on Mixtures, Methods, Effects, and Forms. UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, auditoire Leclercq, 6-10 November 2017, 2-5 PM. This seminar will examine Congolese ethnographies and historiography with a wide lens, considering work since the days of Mary Douglas and Jan Vansina in the 1950s and in light of the … Continue reading
The Congo Research Network is organising its fourth international conference, to be held at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford on 26-27 April 2018. The conference aims to bring together junior and senior scholars across the humanities and social sciences, sharing a common interest in the DRC. It specifically aims to provide space for interdisciplinary … Continue reading
During the following four weeks (Feb 19-March 12 2017) Trisha Phippard, a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) at KU Leuven University (Belgium), will be sharing some reflective notes about her field research in and around Kikwit. This doctoral project is embedded in a larger research project dealing with technology cultures in … Continue reading
During the following four weeks (Feb 19-March 12 2017) Trisha Phippard, a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) at KU Leuven University (Belgium), will be sharing some reflective notes about her field research in and around Kikwit. This doctoral project is embedded in a larger research project dealing with technology cultures in … Continue reading
During the following four weeks (Feb 19-March 12 2017) Trisha Phippard, a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) at KU Leuven University (Belgium), will be sharing some reflective notes about her field research in and around Kikwit. This doctoral project is embedded in a larger research project dealing with technology cultures in … Continue reading
During the following four weeks (Feb 19-March 12 2017) Trisha Phippard, a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) at KU Leuven University (Belgium), will be sharing some reflective notes about her field research in and around Kikwit. This doctoral project is embedded in a larger research project dealing with technology cultures in … Continue reading
During the following four weeks (Jan 20-Feb 13 2017) Barbara Carbon, a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Anthropological Research in Africa (IARA) at KU Leuven University (Belgium), will be sharing some reflective notes about her field research in and around the Inga dam. This doctoral project is embedded in a larger research project dealing with technology cultures … Continue reading
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