Publications

Navigations of a globalizing Chad: Nomadic Walad Djifir grounded in connectivity

Based in central Chad, the Walad Djifir are part of extensive socio-economic networks, ranging from very local cattle markets, to Western Unions in Libya, and selling merchandise in the Central African Republic.

Article: Spatial mobility and social becoming: The journeys of four Central African Students in Congo-Kinshasa

Catherina Wilson published her article Spatial mobility and social becoming: The journeys of four Central African Students in Congo-Kinshasa in Geoforum (June 2018).

Final CTD Conference Report (22-29 October 2017)

The Connecting in Times of Duress research programme presented its results and way forward during this conference in Ndjaména. During the conference the team members met with senior researchers who Read More

Book chapter: Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence

Meike de Goede and Inge Ligtvoet wrote a chapter for Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence, edited by Althea-Maria Rivas and Brendan Ciaran Browne (Bristol, Policy Press). The chapter is Read More

Overview CTD publications

CTD publications (in chronological-alphabetical order): Articles: Both, J. & M. E. de Bruijn (2017), ‘Youth Between State and Rebel (Dis) Orders: Contesting Legitimacy from Below in Sub-Sahara Africa’, Small Wars Read More

Paper – Mobile pastoralists in Central and West Africa: Between conflict, mobile telephony and (im)mobility

CTD project leader Mirjam de Bruijn, PhD researchers Adamou Amadou and Boukary Sangaré, and associate PhD researcher Elie Lewa Doksala wrote the paper ‘Mobile pastoralists in Central and West Africa:Read More

Book chapter – The Routledge Companion to digital ethnography

Mirjam de Bruijn wrote a chapter for The Routledge Companion to Digital Ethnography, edited by Larissa Hjorth, Heather Horst, Anne Galloway, and Genevieve Bell (New York: Routledge, 2017): ‘Mediated Political Agency Read More

Paper – Ambiguities of oppression: Engaged Chadian artist’s itinerary towards success

Mirjam de Bruijn and Chadian slam artist Didier Lalaye (aka Croquemort) wrote a paper together for the volume ‘Digital activism in the Social Media Era. Critical Reflections on Emerging Trends Read More

Book chapter – Diasporas Reimagined: Spaces, Practices and Belonging

Diasporas Reimagined: Spaces, Practices and Belonging is a collection of accessible and thought-provoking snapshots brought together to illustrate the vitality and variety of research on diasporas. Drawing on a range Read More

Book – Consuming democracy : local agencies & liberal peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Meike de Goede’s thesis ‘Consuming democracy: local agencies & liberal peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo’ (African Studies Collection 57, Leiden: ASCL 2015) focuses on liberal peace building in Read More