Comparing the Copperbelt

Comparing the Copperbelt

Political Culture and Knowledge Production in Central Africa

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      • Conference: Comparing the Copperbelt: Social history and knowledge production in Central Africa, 18-19 June 2021
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      • Workshop: Comparaison de la ‘copperbelt’: société, écologie et culture dans les communautés minières d’Afrique centrale, 23-24 July 2019 (Université de Lubumbashi)
      • Seminar: ‘Cultural Production in Africa’s Extractive Communities’, 16 May 2019
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      • Workshop: Comparing the Copperbelt: Political culture and knowledge production in Central Africa, 23-24 July 2018 (Kitwe, Zambia)
      • Conference: ‘Congolese Studies: Past, Present, Future’, 26-27 April 2018
      • Seminar: ‘Mining and Environmental Change in African History’, 3 November 2017
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      • Seminar: ‘Comparing Africa’s Copperbelt’, 5-6 December 2016
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Month: October 2017

Researching the mining industry archives of the Copperbelt – Miyanda Simabwachi

20th October 2017 Claire Phillips 0

Miyanda Simabwachi is a PhD Candidate at the International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa. Her research deals with the politics of […]

Hubris and colonial capitalism in a “model” company town. The case of Leverville, 1911-1940 – Benoît Henriet

2nd October 2017 Claire Phillips 0

Post by Benoît Henriet, Research Associate in the History of Haut Katanga, DRC As many Africanists have already argued (Mbembe, 2000; Ferguson, 2006; Benton, 2009), empires […]

Recent blog posts

  • Comparing the Copperbelt: Final Thoughts and Future Directions – Miles Larmer

    19th October 2021 0
  • Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ) main chamber at the mine’s headquarters, Katilungu House, Kitwe, Copperbelt. Photo, Robby Kapesa (2020)

    ‘We are not just a union, we are a family’ – Robby Kapesa and Thomas McNamara

    2nd June 2020 0
  • Why language matters – on ex-mineworkers’ nostalgia in Lubumbashi (DR Congo) – Daniela Waldburger

    1st April 2020 0

News

  • Article in Oxford ASC Annual Newsletter

    14th September 2021 0
  • Published online (Open Access): Miles Larmer, ‘Living for the City: Social Change and Knowledge Production in the Central African Copperbelt’

    2nd September 2021 0
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This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 681657).

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