Curating anthropology: Reflections on the “Living under duress” EXPO
From CTD researcher Catherina Wilson’s blog Rumours on the Ubangui Opening art exhibition “Vivre sous contraintes”, speech by co-curator Catherina Wilson from Connecting in Times of Duress on Vimeo. In a previous blog I wrote about collaboration within the academy. I will now touch upon a different typeRead More
Collaborative partners
African Studies Centre Leiden – Leiden Global Université de Bamako – CRASH – Langaa Institute Eyeses – RNW Media – Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
Matsutake: or the parable of the elephant and the three blind men
From CTD researcher Catherina Wilson’s blog Rumours on the Ubangui An old Indian parable relates the story of a group of blind men who have never come across an elephant. One day an elephant is brought to town and each of the men is askedRead More
Images of Music – Festival N’djam s’enflamme en slam 2017
Photo credits: Vera Bakker. See more pictures here
“Slam & Eve”: Les slamazones prennent le pouvoir le temps d’une soirée
Par Rolland Albani, SAO magazine, 30 Octobre 2017 Officiellement clôturé hier avec la finale de la coupe de slam, les invités et la team d’organisation de la 4ème édition du festival international N’Djam s’enflamme en Slam se sont retrouvés le dimanche 29 octobre 2017 auRead More
Finale de la coupe de slam: Alvin remporte le titre
Par Rolland Albani, SAO magazine, 29 Octobre 2017 L’espace Talino Manu, village artistique du Festival International N’Djam s’enflamme en Slam 4ème édition après nous avoir livré un roi le vendredi, nous a livré ce jour un champion au nom d’Alvin. En fait, aujourd’hui avait lieu la finaleRead More
About the CTD blogs
CTD team members Mirjam de Bruijn, Catherina Wilson, and Inge Ligtvoet have a personal blog, making it possible to follow them during and after their fieldwork. This ‘blogs’ page on the CTD website features links to these blogs, as well as news about (and links to) guest blogs byRead More
Mirjam de Bruijn – Counter Voices in Africa
Mirjam de Bruijn’s blog: Counter Voices in Africa Having been refused a filming permit to make a documentary about the Fulani nomads in Chad, Mirjam de Bruijn and cameraman Sjoerd Sijsma had to chang their plan. The Arab spring has not( yet) arrived in Chad andRead More
Catherina Wilson – Rumours on the Ubangui
Catherina Wilson’s blog: Rumours on the Ubangui Since time immemorial rumours have connected people. Rumours play different social roles and act as sources of alternative information, both verified and non-verified. They vent potential frustrations, amuse and entertain. Rumours bring people together as well as setRead More
Inge Ligtvoet – Divine Connections
Inge Ligtvoet’s blog: Divine Connections Follow Inge’s research endeavours in Nigeria as she tries to navigate new dynamics, both online and off-line, to try and understand how political mobilization has changed with access to social media on mobile phones. Is this leading to the formation of newRead More