Month: March 2025
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How Hope Defi(n)es South Africa: Reimagining Hope in Johannesburg’s Slovo Park Beyond State Failures
Aerial night view of Johannesburg, South Africa, showing a vast urban landscape of city lights, with glowing streets and highways winding through the metropolis. © Eileen Jahn, all rights reserved, courtesy of the artist New article of our group member Eileen Jahn on The February Journal This article examines the dual role of hope in…
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An interview with Eleanor Schaumann on her dissertation “Priceless but Worthless: Values and Valuation Practices in Namibian Karakul Sheep Farming”
On the 18th of January, our group member Eleanor Schaumann has brilliantly defended her dissertation supervised by Katharina Schramm, becoming the 200th graduate of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS). Dear Eleanor, your dissertation developed from the broader project “Karakul circulations” of the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of…
ANTHROPOLOGY OF GLOBAL INEQUALITIES 