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Research in and around Inga – Part 3.

During the following four weeks (Jan 20-Feb 10 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

Research in and around Inga – Part 2.

During the following four weeks (Jan 20-Feb 10 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

Research in and around Inga – Part 1

During the following four weeks (Jan 20-Feb 10 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

Old Age in Kinshasa – Part 4.

PHOTOGRAPHING THE BANA LEO SHOWS By Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – blog September 2016. This is the final blogpost connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (PIOF-GA-2009-252331) and was carried … Continue reading

Old age in Kinshasa – Part 3.

PAPA WEMBA AND THE CONFUSION OF GENERATIONS By Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – blog September 2016. This is a 3rd of four blogposts that are connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie … Continue reading

Old age in Kinshasa – Part 2.

By Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – blog September 2016. This is a 2nd of four blogposts that are connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (PIOF-GA-2009-252331) and was carried out … Continue reading

Old age in Kinshasa. – Part 1

  by Katrien Pype, research professor at IARA (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Fellow at DASA (University of Birmingham) – September 2016. This is a series of four blogposts that are connected to my research on the lifeworlds of elderly Kinois. The research was funded by a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (PIOF-GA-2009-252331) and was carried out … Continue reading

Call for Submissions CASA Committee for Best Essay by a Junior Scholar

Dear colleagues, We would like to invite you to nominate texts for the Central African Studies Association’s first awarding of the “CASA Prize for the Best Published Article by a Junior Scholar.”  As decided at our annual meeting in 2014 in Indianapolis, we will use part of our money to award a junior researcher’s work, … Continue reading

*** Call for Papers *** Congo Research Network (CRN) Stream Panels at African Studies Association Biennial Conference (ASAUK) 7-9 September 2016 in Cambridge, UK

*** Call for Papers *** Congo Research Network (CRN) Stream Panels at CFP CRN ASAUK PANELS African Studies Association Biennial Conference (ASAUK) 7-9 September 2016 in Cambridge, UK Conference details: http://www.asauk.net/asauk-biennial-conference-2016/ Please send abstracts of maximum 250 words to the convenors of the panels below by 26 March 2016. Social Value, Political Economy and Mimicry in Congolese Popular Politics … Continue reading

Conference Programme | ‘Contemporary Congolese Studies’ 11-12 June 2015 | African Studies Centre & Emmanuel College, Cambridge University

CRN Contemporary Congolese Studies Programme

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