From the Field

Leonie Meester – “It’s a War of Communication”: Views on political activism in a Cameroonian diaspora

Worldwide, expansions of communicative possibility have empowered individuals to produce new social and political spaces based on ‘connective power.’ On a continuous basis, Internet-mediated networks and campaigns are constructed for Read More

Mirjam de Bruijn – Impressions from Chad traveling with Didier Lalaye, 2-16 September 2014

Back in the ‘Vitrine de l’Afrique’ The Capital city N’djaména by night is empty, except for the road that leads to Kabbalaye. The street plan is confusing as the roads Read More

Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum – Field Report 3: Experiences in Leiden, NL, 2013

J’ai commencé la recherche pour la rédaction de ma thèse le 20 janvier 2013 par un séjour de 5 mois à l’Université de Leiden en Hollande. Durant mon séjour à Read More

Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum – Field Report 2: Sahr, Chad, October 2013

[pdf]http://www.connecting-in-times-of-duress.nl/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-n°2.pdf[/pdf] Dr. Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum succesfully defended his dissertation ‘Communication et violences dans le Guéra et le Moyen-Chari de 1940 à 2010’ in July 2017. Click here to read more Read More

Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum – Field Report 1: Sahr and Sido, Chad, August-October 2013

[pdf]http://www.connecting-in-times-of-duress.nl/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-de-recherche-à-Sarh-et-Sido-Copie.pdf[/pdf] Dr. Souleymane Abdoulaye Adoum succesfully defended his dissertation ‘Communication et violences dans le Guéra et le Moyen-Chari de 1940 à 2010’ in July 2017. Click here to read more Read More

Leonie Meester – Field Report 2: Washington, US, 2014

This second field report gives way to some of my impressions of the peaceful manifestations that took place during the U.S.- African Leaders summit on August 5th and 6th in Read More

Leonie Meester – Field Report 1: Washington, US, 2014

This report concerns my experiences during a trip to visit the protagonist (which I will here call Talla) of this documentary film in his residence, just before the U.S.- African Read More

Inge Ligtvoet – Duress & Naija Hip Pop in Nigeria

Inge Ligtvoet during her second field visit on Duress & Naija Hip Pop. See also her vodcast on youth and social media in Nigeria. Inge Ligtvoet is a PhD student at Read More

CTD team – Behind the scenes: vodcast in one day

This clip was made during the first Vodcast workshop in Leiden, organised by Sjoerd Sijsma.

Inge Butter – La mobilité transnationale et le réseau économique des nomades de Batha

This video gives an impression of the fieldwork Inge Butter carried out between October 2012 and March 2013, in Chad and the Central African Republic. It was presented at a workshop Read More

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