ZASB Annual Report 2020

ZASB—Research Network Africa Annual Report 2020

Centre for African Studies Basel ZASB – Research Network Africa

ZASB—Research Network Africa Annual Report 2020

Content

Editorial by the Directorate 2

KAA1: Politics and Governance 4

KAA2: Public Health, Ecosystems, and Well‑Being 8

KAA3: Arts, Culture, and Urbanism 14

KAA4: Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases and Diseases of Poverty 18

KAA5: Knowledge Production, Forms, and Platforms 20

KAA6: Land, Landscapes, and Ecology 24

Executive Office 30

Network 32 MA African Studies 34 Graduate Network African Studies 36 Cooperation 38 Outreach 38 Budget and Expenditure 2020 (GK4901) 40

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Editorial by the Directorate

Sonja Merten This year’s editorial is in the hands of a new conditions. In fact, many colloquia and public team: we welcome Sonja Merten who joined events made use of digital formats to invite Lorena Rizzo the directorate in June, replacing Martin Röös- guests and speakers from Africa who could li, her colleague at Swiss TPH. not have attended otherwise. The Namibian Julia Tischler and Southern African Studies Colloquium, for 2020 was overshadowed by the Covid-19 pan- example, pursued new forms of collaborative demic and its effects on university life. Re- teaching and learning in close collaboration mote teaching, the cancellation of public with the University of Namibia. events and social gatherings, and the work at home directive put an end to the lively ac- While we appreciate the University of Basel’s tivities and interactions between and among efforts to ensure that teaching continued, pass students, faculty, and staff at the ZASB. What rates were stable, and new students enrolled, we most value dwindled away, and many the downsides should not be overlooked. A among us felt increasingly disconnected and recently published open letter signed by 300 isolated. We made every effort to mitigate the South African academics raised important detrimental effects of these developments – concerns for the quality and substance of high- our executive office was deeply committed er education and the erosion of campus life as to supporting visiting scholars and students, a result of digitization and remote teaching. and the faculty ensured teaching and mentor- As members of a Centre for African Studies ing would continue, although under different based in Switzerland, we are oriented towards

Strategic Outlook for 2021/22

In 2019, we revised the ZASB’s regulations, governance structures, and processes. Our aim was to develop its working and networking environment, promote collaboration within the network, and make its achievements visible, internally as well as externally. Last year, with these revisions taking effect, the Steering Committee developed a strategic outlook for the coming two years.

One focus will be on ways to initiate and support collaboration across faculties and institutions, and to turn the ZASB’s unique interdisciplinary set-up into innovative research projects. Two Sinergia projects granted over the past two years, both involving ZASB members with different faculty and institutional affiliation, demonstrate our potential in this respect. New collaborative proposals are now being written, and our aim is to provide an environment that facilitates the joint development of more such initiatives.

Another aim for the near future is to develop a common intellectual agenda and sharpen the ZASB’s profile. Knowledge production and reflexivity on epistemological issues were identified as a transversal theme that allows contributions from the different perspectives of the network members and feeds back into current scholarly debates, methodological approaches, social issues, as well as institutional affairs.

An important task for 2021 and 2022 will be to consolidate existing and promote new partnerships with institutions and scholars in Africa, not least because sustainable collaboration with African partners is an important aspect of Africa-related research and teaching.

Last but not least, we will pay particular attention to our Graduate Network. It is a central part of the ZASB’s work, not only as a framework for specialized training on critical aspects of Africa-specific research, but as a framework for the discussion of specific methodological, conceptual, and thematic issues among ZASB members at all career levels.

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these conversations in African academic insti- gic debates that took place among the ZASB tutions, and we share our colleagues’ preoc- members and leadership. During the retreat cupation with the sustainment of meaningful of the Steering Committee in early Septem- teaching and learning environments. ber, we formulated a strategic outlook for the ZASB that strengthens the culture and In the past year, students in African Studies practice of interdisciplinary and collaborative at the University of Basel have demonstrated research within the University of Basel, with great sensitivity for pertinent global issues. other members of the network, and with part- The Black Lives Matter movement, ongoing ners in African academic institutions. These demands to decolonize the university sys- conversations, which also revealed differenc- tem, and critical reflections of the politics and es and disagreements, were challenging but ethics of knowledge production in and about productive, and they continued during the Africa have echoed across our courses and General Assembly in March 2021. The process in encounters between students and faculty. is far from being completed, and we are now We therefore remain committed to placing considering how to anchor critical internal our conversations about racism, sexism, and reflections and reviews in learning, teaching, global inequality, and the demand for collab- and research as well as the broader network orative knowledge production on more solid activities at the ZASB. As a start, we approach scholarly and institutional footing. Some of the appointment of our Scientific Advisory these concerns have also shaped the strate- Board in 2021 with these principles in mind.

Kenny Cupers, Sonja Merten, Elísio Macamo, Dag Henrichsen, Julia Tischler, Martin Röösli and Veit Arlt at the retreat of the ZASB Steering Committe. Photo: Pascal Schmid/ZASB

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KAA1: Politics and Governance

Claudia This key area addresses the challenge of un- which is a collaboration between the Univer- Baez-Camargo derstanding the articulation between how a sity of Basel, spearheaded by Andreas Heuser, society wants to live (politics) and the coor- and partners from the Universities of Pretoria, dinated action (governance) undertaken to Limpopo, and Humboldt-Berlin. make this possible. The members wish to focus less on the state and more on the actions Illegal wildlife trade and practices constitutive of contexts for pol- As part of the research activities under a PMI itics and governance. In addition, the KAA Impact-funded project focusing on financial acknowledges the importance of knowledge crime in illegal wildlife trade, Jacopo Costa of that addresses practical problems, especially the Basel Institute on Governance undertook since these and policy issues might be an im- a mapping and analysis of an illegal wildlife portant source of inspiration for the identifi- trafficking network operating from East Afri- cation of theoretical, conceptual, and method- ca. The findings have both academic value in ological challenges. that they shed light on the complex structures and functions that underpin transnational or- The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and ganized crime, as well as practical appeal to the restrictions it entailed were certainly a law enforcement stakeholders in the region. central feature of the year 2020, affecting several planned activities and restricting travel Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in and exchanges for the members of the key Africa area. In spite of that, projects continued to The Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in be implemented during the year, with inter- Africa (MIASA) had its budget for the main actions with key partners, collaborators and phase approved during 2020 by the German stakeholders in Africa sustained through the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), creative and decisive use of virtual tools and amounting to up to € 12 million between Sep- platforms. tember 2020-August 2026. Andreas Mehler of the University of Freiburg is the president of Addressing bribery and corruption the Executive Council of MIASA, and Elísio Due to the Covid crisis, the focus in the proj- Macamo of the University of Basel is a mem- ect “Addressing Bribery and Favouritism in ber of the Academic Advisory Board. MIASA the Tanzanian Health Sector: A Behavioural is based on the beautiful campus of the Uni- Approach” was on intervention design, de- versity of Ghana, Legon (Accra) and is the first veloping an intervention theory of change, Institute for Advanced Studies in Sub-Saharan messages, impact measurement approach and Africa outside of South Africa. data collection instruments. The project on “Harnessing Informality: Designing Anti-cor- Eucor workshop series ruption Network Interventions and Strategic The Covid pandemic adversely affected a main Use of Legal Instruments” builds on the find- collaborative project of the key area, namely ings of previous research on informal gover- the workshop series entitled “The Trouble nance and corruption. During 2020, the team with the State: Boundaries and Networks in worked with research partners in Tanzania Africa”. The series will consist of three work- and Uganda, looking at how informal net- shops, which were scheduled to take place works can be approached to promoted better during the spring of 2020. Because personal anticorruption outcomes. interaction and networking are considered to be a central and promotive element of the se- Religion and sustainable development ries, the organizers decided to postpone the Among the key research projects that were events until the autumn of 2021 in expecta- active during 2020 is the project “Religious tion that the workshops will still be hosted Communities as Actors for Ecological Sustain- by the Arnold-Bergerstraesser-Institute (ABI) ability (Limpopo Province): The Sustainable in Freiburg, Sciences Po Strasbourg, and the Development Goals (SDGs) in South Africa” ZASB.

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Policy Brief: Curbing Wildlife Trafficking in Uganda: Lessons for Practitioners

The policy brief by the Public Governance unit of the Basel Institute on Governance is based on field research on the drivers, facilitators, and strategies of illegal wildlife trafficking (IWT) in Uganda.

The research evidences three drivers and facilitators. First, IWT provides a way to sat- isfy economic needs. The supply chain starts in and around rural areas often afflicted by poverty. Secondly, IWT is facilitated by weak governance. High levels of informality and corruption are characteristic of many public institutions in Uganda, including those tasked with enforcing sanctions for inappro- priate behaviour of public officials. Thirdly, IWT is encouraged by stereotypes. Utilitarian perspectives on wildlife, alongside character- izations of wildlife trafficking as an appropri- ate activity, legitimize and fuel its social acceptability.

The strategic infrastructure of cooperation that facilitates IWT is based on fluid and dynamic networks. Coordination, conceal- ment, and corruption are the three functions of the trafficking networks in Uganda. These networks establish the connection between poachers and local middlemen around wildlife habitats and urban middlemen and buy- ers in the larger towns and cities.

The recommendations focus on designing context-sensitive interventions. Attempting to curtail IWT should address the underlying foundations of poverty and corruption. Un- derstanding and addressing context-sensitive drivers of IWT can complement traditional approaches to curbing the trade. At the same time, incorporating insights from behavioural theory about how to challenge prevailing stereotypes and bring to light hidden costs associated with IWT can provide more grassroots legitimization for the fight against it.

In East Africa, giraffes are among the species most threat- Reference on page 7 ened by illigal wildlife trafficking. Photo: Jason Hafso/Unsplash

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Selected projects Key publications

RELIEN: Unternehmen und Religion C. Baez Camargo, P. Bukuluki, R. Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen, Lead (University of Basel): Andreas Sambaiga, T. Gatwa, S. Kassa, C. eds. 2020. Faith-Based Organizations Heuser Stahl. 2020. “Petty corruption in in Development Discourses and Consortium: Université de Strasbourg, the public sector: A comparative Practice. Routledge Studies in Religion Universität Koblenz-Landau, Université study of three East African countries and Politics. London and New York: de Haute-Alsace, Centre National de through a behavioural lens”. Routledge. la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) - African Studies, 79:2, 232-249, doi: Délégation Alsace, Kanton Basel-Stadt, 10.1080/00020184.2020.1803729 Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen. Universität Basel 2020. “Beyond Established Boundaries: 01.09.2020-30.06.2023; Interreg Upper Jacopo Costa 2020. “Examining Wildlife FBOs As Developmental Entrepreneurs”. Rhine Trafficking Networks in East Africa In Faith-Based Organizations in through the Lens of Social Network Development Discourses and Practice, From Fragility to Resilience: Accounting Analysis”. Basel: Basel Institute on edited by Andreas Heuser and Jens for the Diversity of State-making Governance. Koehrsen, 1-29. Routledge Series in Trajectories in Africa 2017-2020 Religion and Politics. London and New Principal investigator: Laurent Goetschel Jacopo Costa. 2020. “Social Network York: Routledge. Project members: Domink Balthasar, Analysis in the Fight Against Illegal Toon Dirxx, Wendyam Hervé Lankiandé Wildlife Trade. Building a Bridge Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen. 01.04.2017-31.03.2020; SNSF Between Research and Practice”. Basel: 2020. “From a Quiet Revolution to the Basel Institute on Governance. Tolerance of Ambiguity: Religious NGOs Harnessing Informality: Designing Anti- in International Development Discourse”. corruption Network Interventions and Andreas Heuser, and Jens Koehrsen, In Does Religion Make a Difference? Strategic Use of Legal Instruments. eds. 2020. Does Religion Make Religious NGOs in International Principal investigator: Claudia Baez a Difference? Religious NGOs Development Collaboration, edited by Camargo in International Development Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen, 13- Co-investigators: Lucy Koechlin Collaboration. Religion-Wirtschaft-Politik 40. Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik. Baden- (University of Basel), Scott Newton 20. Baden-Baden: Nomos - Pano-Verlag. Baden: Nomos . (SOAS, University of London) 01.01.2018-31.12.2020; Global Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme

Addressing Bribery and Favouritism Pentecostal Strategies of Public Engagement (11th GloPent Conference, Basel, in the Tanzanian Health Sector: A 14-15 February 2020) Behavioural Approach Principal investigator: Claudia Baez GloPent (Global Pentecostalism) is organized by an established network of Camargo researchers from five major European universities; its biannual conference Co-investigators: Richard Sambaiga convenes an interdisciplinary forum on Global Pentecostalism and charismat- (University of Dar es Salaam), Ruth ic Christianity. The call for papers for the 11th GloPent in Basel with its focus Persian and Matthew Howitt (The on “concepts, strategies, and agendas on how Pentecostals shape the public Behavioural Insights Team), Tobias Stark sphere” received a massive response from Africa, Europe, Asia, and Latin Amer- (Utrecht University) ica. The Basel conference saw the largest global south participation thus far in 01.01.2019-31.12.2021; DFID/Global GloPent history. It provided networking opportunities for numerous doctoral stu- Integrity dents and post-doctoral researchers.

Religious Communities as Actors for Three keynote speakers explored the diversity of Pentecostal public strategies Ecological Sustainability in Limpopo in the Global South: Heinrich Schäfer (University of Bielefeld) discussed “Pente- Principal investigator: Andreas Heuser costal political agendas in Latin America”; Ilana van Wyk (University of Stellen- 01.10.2020-30.09.2021, State Secretariat bosch) focused on “Pentecostal public strategies in Southern Africa”; and Nanlai for Education, Research and Innovation Cao (Renmin University, Beijing) spoke about “Pentecostal patterns of public (SERI)/Leading House Africa engagement in China and within the Chinese diaspora”. The sub-themes, presented in parallel sessions, included “Pentecostal Republics”, be it Ethiopia, Nige- Financial Crime in Illegal Wildlife Trade ria, Brazil, or Australia; “Print and Visual Media Politics”; “Civil Activism – Social (research component) Inequality”; and “Pentecostal Contributions to ‘Decolonizing Development’”. In Principal investigator Saba Kassa. sum, by addressing Pentecostal public engagement and political agendas, the Project members: Jacopo Costa, Robert Basel GloPent conference filled a lacuna in research discourses on one of the Lugolobi. most dynamic religious movements worldwide. 01.04.2019-31.12.2021, PMI Impact

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Selected events Members

Andreas Heuser. 2020. “Megachurches, 11th GloPent Conference: Pentecostal Claudia Baez-Camargo (Basel Institute Dominion Theology and Development”. Strategies of Public Engagement on Governance) In Does Religion Make a Difference? Conference of the European Research Dominik Balthasar (swisspeace) Religious NGOs in International Network on Global Pentecostalism Jacopo Costa (Basel Institute on Development Collaboration, edited by (GloPent) Governance) Andreas Heuser and Jens Koehrsen, 14 Feb 2020 – 15 Feb 2020 | Congress / Gregor Dobler (Universität Freiburg 243-62. Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik. Conference / Symposium i.Br.) Baden-Baden: Nomos. Till Förster (Department of Social Official launch of the Africa Centre for Sciences) Saba Kassa, Jacopo Costa, Robert Transregional Research (ACT) Laurent Goetschel (swisspeace) Lugolobi, and Claudia Baez Camargo. University of Freiburg Andreas Heuser (Faculty of Theology) 2020. “A worm’s-Eye View of Wildlife 4 May 2020 | Public event Saba Kassa (Basel Institute on Trafficking in Uganda - the Path of Least Governance) Resistance”. Working Paper. Basel: Basel Elisio Macamo (Department of Social Institute on Governance. Partnerships/major collaborations Sciences) Cassandra Mark-Thiesen (Department of Saba Kassa, Jacopo Costa, Robert University of Dar es Salaam, History) Lugolobi, and Claudia Baez Camargo. Department of Sociology and Andreas Mehler (Arnold Bergstraesser 2020. “Curbing Wildlife Trafficking in Anthropology Institut) Uganda: Lessons for Practitioners”. Makerere University, Department of Joschka Philipps (swisspeace) Policy Brief. Basel: Basel Institute on Social Work and Social Administration Mark Pieth (Basel Institute on Governance. University of Ghana/Merian Institute for Governance) Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Jens Koehrsen and Andreas Heuser, eds. 2020. Faith-Based Organizations in Development Discourses and Practice. Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics. London ; New York : Routledge

Afe Adogame (Princeton Theological Seminary), Theresa Mayer (Universität Tübingen), and Mangaliso Matshobane (University of Pretoria) were discussing at the panel “Re-shaping development – African Initiated Christianity’s Contribution to Decolonizing Development”at the GloPent conference in Basel. Photo: Philipp Öhlmann

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KAA2: Public Health, Ecosystems, and Well‑Being

Martin Röösli Aims and approaches The results of this study warrant a stricter Given that human and animal health are control on management, storage, packaging, closely interlinked with social-ecological sys- and other processes after sales of pesticides tems, we pursue interdisciplinary and trans- as well as implementation of educational pro- disciplinary approaches to deepen our under- grammes for children and adolescents. standing of these complex interactions. The aim is to develop and apply concepts of health In the same cohort we could also see that in social-ecological systems that go beyond moderate e-media use is associated with im- “one health”, “environmental public health”, proved cognitive functions, whereas heavy or “eco-health” approaches. e-media use was accompanied with lower health-related quality of life. These results call We consider vulnerability and resilience vali- for a vigilant balance in terms of amount of dated in different social and cultural contexts. e-media use to profit from beneficial effects, A systemic view ranging across scales from while preventing negative side effects. molecules to the ecological and social, cultural, and economic context will identify emerg- In 2020, the project “Development of inter- ing properties and determinants of health. A ventions to reduce pesticide exposure in Afri- key element is the comparison of different ca” started to evaluate and share effective in- disease entities and health systems. tervention strategies in the agricultural sector of several African countries. Among others, our focal research areas include: In collaboration with the Uganda National Association of Community and Occupational • Climate change (from combining climate Health (UNACOH), an intervention study has modelling and health data to assessing vul- been launched in 545 smallholder farmwork- nerabilities and finding solutions for both ers to reduce the health risk caused by pesti- adaptation and mitigation) cides. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, training • Pesticides (use and health effects) and baseline survey took place in the autumn • Environmental exposure and resulting ad- of 2020. verse health (water, soil and air) • The role of the social sciences in health re- Air pollution search In a panel study of 313 schoolchildren from informal settlements of the Western Cape, fun- Pesticide exposure gal spores were found to acutely affect lung In the framework of the “Prospective Child function performance. In a prospective cohort health agricultural pesticide study in South study from the same area with 590 children, Africa” (CapSA), the project team has con- ambient NO2 levels, an indicator for traffic ducted further interviews with the guard- related air pollution, was associated with an ians of the study participants for the first increase of new cases of asthma-associated follow-up. In a first cross-sectional analysis outcomes after 12-months. of 1001 children participating in CapSA, the study found that children who engage in pes- On-going work includes a national particu- ticide-related farm activities are at a higher late matter modelling for South Africa, based risk for developing headaches and for having on satellite data and a time series analysis of a lower cognitive performance in relation to acute effects of air pollution on hospitaliza- attention, memory, and processing speed. tion rates. Strikingly, about half of the study population was engaged in pesticide-related farm Climate change, drought, and diarrhoea activities, which included most often picking Diarrheal diseases are well known as import- fruit, as well as cleaning and storing pesticide ant climate sensitive diseases. To explore the equipment. effects of the recent drought in Cape Town

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on health, we undertook a study on the inci- cuss successful intervention strategies to re- dence of diarrhoea with dehydration in chil- duce pesticide related risks to health and the dren under five in Cape Town, using monthly environment with stakeholders from various case count of dehydration, both moderate and African countries. severe cases, diagnosed at primary health care facilities in the Western Cape from 2010 to Two PhD projects that examine the effect of 2019, together with daily meteorological data. climate change on cardiovascular diseases were recently launched and will go on in 2021, Further, to understand Western Cape stake- one on “The effect of climate change on car- holders’ perceptions of climate change relat- diovascular diseases: What the future could ed health effects, in-depth interviews with 13 look like for India and South Africa”, and one key informants were conducted with a specif- on “Climate change and cardiovascular diseas- ic focus on diarrhoea with dehydration and es: state and exploratory analyses of patient drought. data in Limpopo province, South Africa”.

Dehydration incidence was found highest in Khayelitsha and Northern subdistricts. A positive association was seen between incidence of dehydration and increasing temperature and relative humidity in Cape Town. Interestingly, no increase in diarrhoea was seen during the drought, suggesting the implementation of adequate adaptation measures. The drought was perceived by stakeholders as a “wake-up call” and they were concerned about potential increases in waterborne diseases.

Further research includes expanding the scope of diseases in relation to climate vari- ability and drought.

Outlook and planned activities In South Africa, on-going work in 2021 includes a national particulate matter modelling based on satellite data, and a time series analysis of acute effects of air pollution on hospitaliza- tion rates. Planned work in the framework of the CapSA study includes finalization of the follow-up and data analysis, including analysis of biomonitoring data.

In the Ugandan intervention studies, a training intervention based on regular text messages will be carried out during 2021 and the follow-up survey will be conducted towards the end of the year to evaluate the efficiency of various aspects of the training programme, including the SMS intervention.

In the field of pesticide use, we plan a workshop by the end of the year. The aim is to dis-

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Objectives ities (conferences, workshops, teaching…), Pesticide Exposure((Annually Studies in Africarevised objectives)) Given that planned applications, strategic aims, new human and animal health are closely in- themes, new partners…… A prerequisite forter-linked investigating withthe health social-ecological effects of pesticides systems, is to understand thewe distribution pursue interdisciplinaryof pesticides in the andenvironment transdisci - Planned activities (conferences, workshops, and the uptake pathplinary of individuals. approaches Several to deepen exposure our assessment understand - teaching…), planned applications, strategic studies conducteding within of thethese Joint complex South Africa interactions. and Swiss Chair The in aim aims, new themes, new partners… Global Environmentalis to Health develop have addressedand apply this concepts topic. of health in so-cial-ecological systems that go beyond Planned activities (conferences, workshops, Curchod et al. (2020)“one investigated health”, the“environmental occurrence of pesticide public mixhealth”- teaching…), planned applications, strategic tures in three watershedsor “eco-health” in South Africa. approaches. (Krom River, We Bergconsider River, vul- aims, new themes, new partners… and Hex River) bynerability means of passive and resilience water samples validated and compared in different results with pesticidesocial spray and records cultural from contexts. 38 farms. A The systemic spraying view scheme was similarranging to Switzerland. across Accordingscales from to the molecules farm spray tore- the cords, 96 differentecologi-cal pesticides were and sprayed social, during cultural the samplingand economic pe- riod (July 2017 andcontext January will2018) identify and 53 compounds emerging were properties detected and in river water, somedetermi-nants of them in high of concentrations, health. A key indicating element pos is- the The speakers: sible adverse effectscompar-ison on the biota ofand different the quality ofdisease the ecosystem. entities and Close temporal correlationshealth systems. of water measurements and spraying Vorname Nachname records were observed. Among others, our focal research areas in- Vorname Nachname Fuhrimann et al. (2020)clude scrutinizedclimate thechange presence (combining of 27 current-use climate pesticides (CUPs) modellingin air samples and collected health across data), 20 samplingpesticides sites (use from 12 African countriesand health between effects) 2010 and and 2018. the Overall, role of24 the CUPs social were detected at leastsciences once, inand health in 93% research. of all samples, at least one CUP was detected. The most often detected substances were atra- zine, carbaryl, andActivities chlorpyrifos, and compounds major whichachievements are forbidden in the EU. Narrative of activities (events, teaching, pub-lications, meetings), the most important Ntsubise Molomoout-puts et al. (2021) and used achievements urinary samples (publications, collected in new 2007 and 2008 fromprojects), 183 boys livingguest in theresearchers, rural areas ofnew the Western PhD stu- Cape to examine predictorsdents… for the sum of three dialkyl phosphate metabolites (DAP). The median DAP concentration was 68.3 ng/ml (Interquartile rangeNarrative = 27.9; 129.5). of activities DAP urine (events,concentrations teaching, were pub-liin- - versely associatedcations, with age andmeetings), differed bythe study most area. important Other weak -out- er and non-significantputs andassociations achievements with increased (publications, DAP levels new were roj - found with increasedects), household guest researchers, income, members new PhD of household stu-dents… working with pesticides, living on a farm, drinking water from an open water source,Narrative and eating of crops activities from vineyards (events, and/or teaching, gar- dens. pub-lications, meetings), the most important out-puts and achievements (publications, new These studies willprojects), enhance our guest pesticide researchers, exposure assessment new PhD for stu- CapSA to deepen dents…our understanding of potential reproductive and neurobehavioral health effects from pesticide exposure in children and adolescents. Outlook/planned activities Planned activities (conferences, workshops, Publication list: pagesteaching…), 12-13 planned applications, strategic aims, new themes, new partners - Planned activities (conferences, workshops, teaching…), planned applications, strategic aims, new themes, new partners… Planned activ-

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Objectives Planned activities (conferences, workshops, ((Annually revised objectives)) Given that teaching…), planned applications, strategic human and animal health are closely in- aims, new themes, new partners… ter-linked with social-ecological systems, we pursue interdisciplinary and transdisci- Planned activities (conferences, workshops, plinary approaches to deepen our understand- teaching…), planned applications, strategic ing of these complex interactions. The aim aims, new themes, new partners… is to develop and apply concepts of health in so-cial-ecological systems that go beyond “one health”, “environmental public health” or “eco-health” approaches. We consider vulnerability and resilience validated in different social and cultural contexts. A systemic view The speakers: ranging across scales from molecules to the ecologi-cal and social, cultural and economic Vorname Nachname context will identify emerging properties and determi-nants of health. A key element is the Vorname Nachname compar-ison of different disease entities and health systems.

Among others, our focal research areas include climate change (combining climate modelling and health data), pesticides (use and health effects) and the role of the social sciences in health research.

Activities and major achievements Narrative of activities (events, teaching, pub-lications, meetings), the most important out-puts and achievements (publications, new projects), guest researchers, new PhD students…

Narrative of activities (events, teaching, pub-lications, meetings), the most important out- puts and achievements (publications, new roj- ects), guest researchers, new PhD stu-dents…

Narrative of activities (events, teaching, pub-lications, meetings), the most important out-puts and achievements (publications, new projects), guest researchers, new PhD students…

Outlook/planned activities Planned activities (conferences, workshops, teaching…), planned applications, strategic aims, new themes, new partners…

Fieldworkers of the CapSA study preparing samples for pesticide measurements in the water. Photo: Barblin Michelsen

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Selected projects Key publications

Joint South Africa and Swiss Chair in Reproductive health effects due to Shala Chetty-Mhlanga, Samuel Global Environmental Health pesticide exposure amongst boys in the Fuhrimann, Marloes Eeftens, Wisdom Project leaders: Aqiel Dalvie, Martin rural Western Cape in South Africa Basera, Stella Hartinger, Mohamed Röösli, Guéladio Cissé PhD project Wisdom Basera Aqiel Dalvie, and Martin Röösli. 2020. 2015-2024, State Secretariat for “Different Aspects of Electronic Media Education, Research and Innovation The relationship between Use, Symptoms and Neurocognitive (SERI), National Research Foundation organophosphate metabolites and Outcomes of Children and Adolescents (NRF) South Africa neurotoxicity amongst emerging in the Rural Western Cape Region of farmers in the Western Cape: a South Africa”. Environmental Research Development of interventions to reduce longitudinal study 184. Elsevier: 109315. pesticide exposure in Africa MD thesis, Barblin Michelsen Project leaders: Martin Röösli, Aqiel L. Curchod, C. Oltramare, M. Junghans, Dalvie, Aggrey Atuhaire Development of current use pesticide C. Stamm, M. A. Dalvie, M. Röösli, and 2020-2021, State Secretariat for analysis methods S. Fuhrimann. 2020. “Temporal Variation Education, Research and Innovation PhD Mufaro Mugari of Pesticide Mixtures in Rivers of Three (SERI) Agricultural Watersheds During a Major Modelling South Africa’s daily PM Drought in the Western Cape, South Climate change and cardiovascular concentrations at high spatio-temporal Africa”. Water Res X 6. Elsevier: 100039. diseases: state and exploratory analyses resolution and assessing the association of patient data in Limpopo province, with acute adverse health effects S. Fuhrimann, J. Klánová, P. Pribylová, South Africa PhD thesis: Oluwaseyi Arowosegbe J. Kohotek, M. A. Dalvie, M. Röösli, Project leader: Guéladio Cissé and C. Degrendele. 2020. “Qualitative 2020-2021, State Secretariat for Developing an Air Quality Health Index Assessment of 27 Current-Use Pesticides Education, Research and Innovation for Cape Town, South Africa – a time- in Air at 20 Sampling Sites across Africa”. (SERI), Leadig House Africa series study Chemosphere 258. Elsevier: 127333. PhD thesis Temitope-Christina Adebayo- Multifaceted impacts of COVID-19 on Ojo Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund. 2020. bottom forty percent income residents “Transfigurations of Aging: Everyday in Malaysia: inequities and co-benefits A Cross-Sectional Study Examining the Self-Care in a Civil Servant Milieu of of interventions Association between Maternal Drinking Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania”. Medicine Project leader: Guéladio Cissé Problems and Child Neurocognitive Anthropology Theory 7 (1): 136-57. (Academic Partner: Universiti Malaya) Delays within the Western Cape Region 2020-201, ETHZ (Leading House Asia) - MPH thesis Paolo Viglietti Toyib Olaniyan, Mohamed Jeebhay, special COVID-19 call Martin Röösli, Rajen N. Naidoo, Nino Cohort study of reproductive and Künzli, Kees de Hoogh, Apolline Saucy, Prospective Child Health Agricultural developmental effects in school girls Mahnaz Badpa, Roslynn Baatjies, Pesticide Study in South Africa (CapSA) exposed to pesticides in the rural Bhawoodien Parker, Joy Leaner, and Principal investigator: Aqiel Dalvie Western Cape Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie. 2020. “The 2015-2023, National Research PhD thesis Wicki Majors Association Between Ambient NO2 and Foundation South Africa (NRF), SARChi PM2.5 With the Respiratory Health of Chair Programme, South African Relationship between urinary OP School Children Residing in Informal Medical Research Council, State pesticide metabolites and change in Settlements: A Prospective Cohort Secretariat for Education, Research and anthropometric outcomes over 12 Study”. Environmental Research 186. Innovation (SERI) months among children in the Western Elsevier: 109606. Cape In-depth pesticide exposure assessment MPH thesis H. Wallace of children living on farms in the Western Cape, South Africa The effect of climate change on Principal investigator: Samuel cardiovascular diseases: What the future Fuhrimann could look like for India and South Africa 2019-2020, Swiss - African Research PhD thesis: Shreya Shrikhande Cooperation (SARECO), Postdoc Swiss National Science Foundation

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Selected events Members

Toyib Olaniyan, Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie, Online Workshop of the Joint South Guéladio Cissé (Swiss TPH) Martin Röösli, Rajen N. Naidoo, Nino Africa and Swiss Chair in Global Aqiel Dalvie (University of Cape Town) Künzli, Kees de Hoogh, Dilys Berman, Environmental Health Samuel Fuhrimann (Swiss TPH) Bhawoodien Parker, Joy Leaner, and 14 - 17 Apr 2020 | Workshop Tanja Hammel (Department of History) Mohamed F. Jeebhay. 2020. “Short Term Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund (Department Seasonal Effects of Airborne Fungal of Social Sciences) Spores on Lung Function in a Panel Markus Kalberer (Department of Study of Schoolchildren Residing in Environmental Sciences) Informal Settlements of the Western James Merron (Projects ZASB) Cape of South Africa”. Environmental Sonja Merten (Swiss TPH) Pollution 260. Elsevier: 114023. Brigit Obrist (Department of Social Sciences) R. Ntsubise Molomo, W. Basera, S. Vogt Roland (Department of Chetty-Mhlanga, S. Fuhrimann, M. Environmental Sciences) Mugari, L. Wiesner, M. Röösli, M.A. Martin Röösli (Swiss TPH) Dalvie. 2021. “Relation between Jasmina Saric (Swiss TPH) organophosphate pesticide metabolite Sandra Staudacher (Faculty of Medicine) concentrations with pesticide exposures, Natalie Tarr (Swiss TPH) socio-economic factors and lifestyles: Piet van Eeuwijk (Department of Social A cross-sectional study among school Sciences) boys in the rural Western Cape, South Danelle Van Zyl-Hermann (Department Africa”. Environmental Pollution 275 of History) (April): 116660 Mirko Severin Winkler (Swiss TPH) Henri-Michel Yéré (Department of Social Sandra Staudacher and Andrea Kaiser- Sciences) Grolimund. 2020. “Triangles of Care in Transnational Spaces of Aging: Social Engagements Between Urban Tanzania, Partnerships/major collaborations Oman and the United States”. In The Cultural Context of Aging: Worldwide University of Cape Town, School of Perspectives, edited by Jay Sokolovsky, Public Health and Family Medicine 633-56. Santa Barbara: Praeger.

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KAA3: Arts, Culture, and Urbanism

Till Förster Approaches and Challenges tions, the pandemic also forced us to consid- This key area engages in a wide range of er difficult questions regarding the ethics of Kenny Cupers themes and approaches on arts, aesthetics, doing research across the highly unequal set- politics, and everyday lifeworlds. We bring to- tings that shape knowledge production in and gether ethnographic, visual, archival, and oth- on African cities. er research methods in order to develop new perspectives and modes of research in collabo- The bulk of planned conferences and summer ration with partners in Africa and beyond. We schools, such as the AEGIS summer school in maintain a wide academic network through- Cagliari, were postponed. The closure of mu- out Africa and the wider world. We organize seums and universities also made other forms workshops and panels at international confer- of knowledge exchange and public engage- ences with eminent scholars. We engage in ment, such as exhibitions, impossible. In spite outreach activities. We publish our work in of these challenges, however, several proj- leading journals as well as in books and edited ects continued to be implemented and new volumes that appear in renowned publishing ones were started during the year, building houses, and we have several in-house publica- on our existing partners, collaborators, and tion series that are accessible online. stakeholders in Africa who were sustained through the creative and decisive use of virtu- The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and al tools and platforms. Originally planned in the restrictions it gave rise to posed unprece- June 2020, the conference “Coloniality of In- dented challenges for many of our associated frastructure: Eurafrican Legacies” took place members and their partners, affecting several online from 12-15 January 2021. As part of the planned activities and restricting travel and research project “Territorial Design: How In- exchanges. Not only did empirical research frastructure Shapes Territory in Africa,” the become practically impossible in many situa- conference brought together about thirty

As visual documents are a medium of remembrance, photographs will be discussed in some of the locations where they were taken. The first discussions with former and current research partners took place in 2020 but had to be suspended. Photo: Till Förster

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speakers from across Africa, Europe, North ic prompted us to explore what borders and America, and beyond to consider colonial con- frontiers mean for the people on both sides of tinuities in Africa’s relationship with Europe the Mediterranean—comparing and analysing through the lens of infrastructure. Keynote border regimes and their everyday experience speakers were Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui, Sar- across different African and European coun- ah Nuttall, and Achille Mbembe. tries.

Besides having a negative effect on research, The students of the MA in Critical Urbanisms the pandemic also prompted us to work on were able to complete the first half of their positively transforming inherited institution- semester in Cape Town, organized by Sophie al and disciplinary ways of doing things. This Oldfield at the African Centre for Cities of the includes the incorporation of digital platforms University of Cape Town. Through participa- in ethnographic research, as well as the inven- tion and engagement with particular Cape tion of new, more inclusive forms of (digital) Town publics, they experimented with partic- exchange beyond conventional formats of ipatory and embodied research practices and conferences and workshops. writing. Despite having to cut the semester short, they were able to continue their re- Research-led urban pedagogy search and complete their semester require- A research-led pedagogy that emphasizes im- ments. Back in Basel, the global Black Lives mersive learning in African urban settings Matter movement prompted Critical Urban- informs the MA in African Studies, the MA isms students to establish the Racial Justice in Social Anthropology, and the MA in Criti- Student Collective in June 2020. The initiative cal Urbanisms. While MA students in Social has been a success and has rapidly developed Anthropology usually spend six weeks in an beyond the programme. African urban or rural context, the pandem-

Hegemony and Autonomy: Life in the West African Savannah Since the 1970s.

Over the past decades, life in Africa has undergone dramatic changes. While the first two decades after independence were still informed by narratives of hope and the promise of a better future, economic crises and the incisive Structural Adjustment Programmes at the end of the 1970s ushered in a new era of what was later labelled as “the lost decade”. Since then, many African countries have lurched from one crisis to the next. Even more robust states like Côte d’Ivoire – once the “African miracle” – experienced severe downturns that led to a series of prolonged crises and eventually to a decade of rebellion and civil war. However, the decades after 1980 were not only a time of decline and muddling through – as some analysts claim – they were also, sometimes even predominantly, a time of social and political reconfigu- ration, prompting many Africans to remodel their own future. Côte d’Ivoire’s northern savannahs are no exception: when the post-colonial state faltered, local communities began to contest its hegemony and their repression and exclusion from political participation. They increasingly pushed for more autono- mous forms of social organization.

This project traces these deep and existential transformations over half a century. It builds on four decades of intensive empirical research and bundles three strands of engagement with and reflection on communities in northern Côte d’Ivoire and adjacent regions in Burkina Faso and Mali. The project is a collaboration between the University of Basel, Universite Alassane Ouattara Bouake, Universite Catholique de l’Afrique de l’Ouest Bobo Dioulasso, and Universite Peleforo Gon Coulibaly Korhogo.

www.zasb.unibas.ch/en/hegemony-and-autonomy

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Selected projects Key publications

Aesthetics from the Margins. Lesley Nicole Braun. 2020. “Women Kenny Cupers. 2020. “Die Gespenster Photography in Africa and the Poetics of and Migration”. Oxford Research Eurafrikas”. ARCH+ 239 (2020). Un/Making the World Encyclopedia of African History, 1-21. Principal investigator: Lorena Rizzo Kenny Cupers. 2020. “Contagion and Project members: James Lawrence Lesley Nicole Braun and Nzeza Bunketi Containment: Curtailing the Freedom Merron, Kadiatou Nenein Diallo Buse, Ribio. 2020. “Infectious Images: of Movement in Times of Coronavirus”. 01.02.2018-31.01.2023, foundations and Viral Internet Content in the Democratic Eurozine. associations Republic of Congo”. Critical Arts South- North Cultural and Media Studies 34 (4). Till Förster. 2020. “Existential Life in the West African Savannah Since Taylor & Francis: 103-16. Transformations: Life in the West the 1970s: Hegemony and Autonomy African Savannah since the 1970s: Principal investiagtor: Till Förster Lesley Nicole Braun. 2020. “The Moving An Outlook”. Basel Papers on Political Project member: Lucy Koechlin Parts in Michèle Magema’s Body of Transformations 22. Institute of Social 01.11.2019-31.08.2022, SNSF Work”. African Arts 53 (3): 22-29. Anthropology.

Territorial Design: How Infrastructure Kenny Cupers and Prita Meier, Darren Newbury, Lorena Rizzo, and Shaped Territory in Africa “Infrastructure Between Statehood and Kylie Thomas, eds. 2021. Women & Principal investigator: Kenny R. Cupers Selfhood: The Trans-Africa Highway” Photography in Africa. Creative Practices Project members: Thomas Betschart, Journal of the Society of Architectural and Feminist CHallenges. London: Ernest Sewordor Historians, 79, 1 (2020). Routledge. 01.09.2018-31.08.2022, SNSF Kenny Cupers and Prita Meier. 2020. Lorena Rizzo. 2020. Photography & Making the City: Agency, Urbanity, and “Infrastructure Between Statehood and History in Colonial Southern Africa. Urbanization in Ordinary Cities Selfhood: The Trans-Africa Highway”. Routledge Studies in the Modern History Principal investigator: Till Förster Journal of the Society of Architectural of Africa. London: Routledge. Co-investigator: Manuel Herz Historians 79 (1): 61-81. Project members: Silke Oldenburg, Lorena Rizzo. 2020. “Seeing through Barbara Heer, Lotte Knakkergaard Kenny Cupers, Sophie Oldfield, Manuel Whiteness: Late 1930s Settler Visualities Nielsen, Maren Larsen Herz, Laura Nkula-Wenz, and Emilio in Namibia Under South African Rule”. 01.08.2016-30.06.2020, SNSF Distretti. 2020. “Urban Studies at the In Visualising Fascism. The Twentieth- University of Basel”. GeoAgenda 1 Century Rise Of the Global Right, edited (2020): 15-17. by Julia Adeney Thomas and Geoff Eley, 134-59. Durham: Duke University Press.

KIN-SHIP-ING

In this series of performative talks at Kaserne Basel, Kadiatou Diallo and guests inquired through which rituals, values, and movements, the practice of kinshiping becomes manifest, what makes it tangible, and what it says about the (im)possibility of collaboration, also in the context of transnational realities. Kinshiping was explored in view of what it offers in terms of new subjectivities, spaces for action, languages, and forms of expression. The guests in autumn 2020 included Rohini Devasher, Legion Seven, Stacy Hardy, Edwin Ramirez, Anta Helena Recke, and Mario Lopes. The artist and amateur astronomer Rohini Devasher (screen), multi-media performer Legion Seven (left) and curator Kadiatou Diallo took the audience on a journey past celestial bodies and through conjunctions of time, place and events. www.zasb.unibas.ch/en/kinshiping Photo: Ilham Moubachir

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Selected events Members

Exhibition: Traces of Light – Traces of Pius Vögele: The Hauntological Sonic Lesley Braun (Department of Social Time. Studio Portraits from Switzerland Fictions of Hip Hop from the Black Sciences) and Cameroon Atlantic Isabelle Chariatte (Department of Exhibition by African Photography Brainfood for lunch | G3S Noon-Talk Languages and Literatures) Initiatives, Photobastei Zürich 10.11.2020 | Colloquium Kenny Cupers (Department of Social 09.01.‐09.02.2020 | Exhibition Sciences) KIN-SHIP-ING with Stacy Hardy & Edwin Serena Dankwa (Fachhochschule Workshop: Loose Ends in the Museum Ramirez Nordwestschweiz FHNW) depot - On the Status of Colonial Artistic and creative practice as KIN- Cédric Duchêne-Lacroix (Department of Collections SHIP-ING Social Sciences) Follow-up on the workshop “Stolen 24.11.2020 | Public event Till Förster (Department of Social from Africa” held in May 2019 Sciences) 17.01.2020 | Public event Book Launch: “Women and Photography Annika Hampel (Arnold Bergstraesser in Africa” with Darren Newbury, Lorena Institut) Annäherungen an Namibia: Lesung und Rizzo & Kylie Thomas Manuel Herz (Department of Social Gespräch mit Tshiwa Trudie Amulungu In the context of the Namibian and Sciences) und Ulla Dentlinger, moderiert von Julia Southern African Studies Research Ute Holl (Department Arts, Media, Rensing Colloquium Philosophy) Tage Südafrikanischer Litera-tur, 25.11.2020 | Colloquium James Merron (Projects ZASB) Literaturhaus Zürich Sonja Merten (Swiss TPH) 23.02.2020 | Public event Lorena Rizzo: Women, Photography and Silke Oldenburg (Department of Social Orature in 20th-century Namibia/Cédric Sciences) KIN-SHIP-ING with Anta Helena Recke & Cour-tois:“Remember That Others Have Sophie Oldfield (Department of Social Mario Lopes Walked This Path Before You”: Sciences) Artistic and creative practice as KIN- Séminaire 3 de la série « Genèse, Lorena Rizzo (Projects ZASB) SHIP-ING illustration, traduction et prix littéraires Christiane Schlote (Department of 29.09.2020 | Public event : autour de l’oeuvre de Mohale Mashigo Languages and Literatures) », Laboratoire IDEA, Université de Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr Timba Bema & Henri-Michel Yéré: La nuit Lorraine (Department of Languages and était notre seule arme 26.11.2020 | Public event Literatures) Poetry reading presented by Isabelle Jürg Schneider (African Photography Chariatte Touring exhibition: Lejos y Cerca. Sobre Initiative) 20 Oct 2020 19:00 | Public event la normalización de la vida cotidiana. Fiona Siegenthaler (Department of África Central-Asturias Social Sciences) KIN-SHIP-ING with Rohini Devasher & Exhibition by African Photography Danelle Van Zyl-Hermann (Department Legion Seven Initiatives, museums and cultural of History) Artistic and creative practice as KIN- centres in Oviedo, Colunga, Nava, SHIP-ING Porrua, Colombres 20.10.2020 | Public event Dec 2020-May 2021 | Exhibition Partnerships/major collaborations

Frederik Unseld: Making Art Work: Catholic University of West Africa (Côte Articulating Art and Urban Marginality d’Ivoire) in Kisumu, Kenya University of Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire) Mittwochskolloquium Ethnologie University of Cape Town, African Centre 21.10.2020 | Colloquium for Cities (South Africa)

Lotte Nielson: Urban ‘Archi-o-logies’ – Ideological Tensions in the Making of a Reputa-ble/Community Arts Centre in Johannesburg Mittwochskolloquium Ethnologie 28.10.2020 | Colloquium

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KAA4: Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases and Diseases of Poverty

Claudia Objectives New project: Novel diagnostics to Daubenberger This KAA engages in developing, testing, im- improve migrant and refugee health plementing and monitoring approaches for In 2021, Swiss TPH is launching a new project the control of Neglected Tropical Diseases on the development of an integrated infec- (NTDs) and Diseases of Poverty. The University tious disease diagnosis and surveillance sys- of Basel together with its associate institutes, tem (NIIDS) to improve migrant and refugee mainly Swiss TPH, and its links to the private health. NIIDS will assess healthcare needs of sector, is a key player in product-oriented re- migrants and refugees, as well as set up a plat- search. We contribute to the R&D process of form to support the diagnosis and manage- vaccines, drugs, and diagnostic tests with the ment of clinically relevant infectious diseases focus on diseases of poverty and NTDs by in- in these vulnerable populations. This will sub- novative basic research interlinked with pre- sequently serve as a ready-to-use diagnostic clinical studies. Novel interventions are test- system for surveillance and disease severity ed and implemented through joint clinical assessment at the primary healthcare level. research with African partners, ranging from phase I up to phase IV.

Intervention against helminth infections In 2020, Jennifer Keiser and her research group, together with their partner institutions, the Public Health Laboratory Ivo de Carneri on Pemba, Tanzania, and the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, conducted clinical trials with participants infected with soil-transmitted helminths. They, for example, evaluated the optimal dose of albendazole against Trichu- ris trichiura and hookworm and assessed a new, chewable version of mebendazole. In the framework of these trials, improved informed consenting procedures and diagnostic tools were evaluated.

Improvement of diagnosis of malaria Improvement of sensitivity and specificity of currently available malaria diagnostic tools to be applied in endemic regions is essential to driving malaria elimination forward. Together with their partners in Tanzania and Equato- rial Guinea, Claudia Daubenberger’s research group has developed a novel, high-throughput method for large-scale molecular based malaria surveillance that enables to quantify and distinguish malaria species and to identify rapid diagnostic test resistant parasites. They demonstrate that this approach provides a powerful tool to analyse thousands of samples at low cost in a standardized manner, supported by automatized data capture and analysis tools.

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Selected projects Key publications

Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project Etienne A. Guirou, Tobias Schindler, Marta S. Palmeirim, Amanda Ross, Brigit (BIMEP) Salome Hosch, Olivier Tresor Obrist, Ulfat A. Mohammed, Shaali M. Principal investigator for clinical and Donfack, Charlene Aya Yoboue, Silvan Ame, Said M. Ali, and Jennifer Keiser. diagnostic laboratory work: Claudia Krähenbühl, Anna Deal, Glenda Cosi, 2020. “Informed Consent Procedure in a Daubenberger Linda Gondwe, Grace Mwangoka, Double Blind Randomized Anthelminthic Co-investigators: Stephen L. Hoffman Heavenlight Masuki, Nahya Salim, Trial on Pemba Island, Tanzania: Do (Sanaria Inc), Said Jongo (Ifakara Health Maxmillian Mpina, Jongo Said, Salim Pamphlet and Information Session Institute), Christopher Schwabe (Medical Abdulla, Stephen L. Hoffman, Bonifacio Increase Caregivers Knowledge?” BMC Care Development International), Manguire Nlavo, Carl Maas, Carlos Medical Ethics 21 (1): 1. H.E. Mitoha Ondo’o Ayekaba (Vice Cortes Falla, Wonder P. Phiri, Guillermo Minister of Health and Social Welfare of A. Garcia, Marcel Tanner, Claudia Chandni Patel, Jean T. Coulibaly, Government of Equatorial Guinea) Daubenberger. 2020. “Molecular Malaria Jessica D. Schulz, Yves N’Gbesso, Jan 01.01.2019-31.12.2024; Public private Surveillance Using a Novel Protocol for Hattendorf, and Jennifer Keiser. 2020. partnership funding through the Extraction and Analysis of Nucleic Acids “Efficacy and Safety of Ascending Government of Equatorial Guinea, Retained on Used Rapid Diagnostic Dosages of Albendazole against Marathon Oil Corporation, Noble Energy Tests.” Scientific Reports 10 (1). Nature Trichuris Trichiura in Preschool-Aged Inc, Atlantic Methanol Production Publishing Group: 12305.??? Children, School-Aged Children and Company Adults: A Multi-Cohort Randomized Ladina Keller, Chandni Patel, Sophie Controlled Trial.” EClinicalMedicine Collaboration for Innovation: Welsche, Tobias Schindler, Eveline 22 (May): 100335. doi:10.1016/j. Establishment of a Pan-nematode Drug Hürlimann, and Jennifer Keiser. eclinm.2020.100335. Development Platform 2020. “Performance of the Kato-Katz Principal investigator: Jennifer Keiser Method and Real Time Polymerase Consortium members: 8 universities, Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of industries and public development Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in the partnerships (2 from African countries) Framework of a Randomised Controlled 01.09.2019-31.08.2025; EU/Horizon 2020 Trial: Treatment Efficacy and Day-to-Day Variation.” Parasites & Vectors 13 (1): 517.

Members Krähenbühl, Silvan, Fabian Studer, Etienne Guirou, Anna Deal, Philipp Claudia Daubenberger (Swiss TPH) Mächler, Salome Hosch, Maximilian Sebastien Gagneux (Swiss TPH) Mpina, Sarah Mswata, Claudia Jennifer Keiser (Swiss TPH) Daubenberger, and Tobias Schindler. Sonja Merten (Swiss TPH) 2019. “ELIMU-MDx: A Web-Based, Brigit Obrist (Department of Social Open-Source Platform for Storage, Sciences) Management and Analysis of Diagnostic Daniel Paris (Swiss TPH) QPCR Data.” BioTechniques 68 (1). Piet van Eeuwijk (Department of Social Future Science: 22–27. Sciences) Henri-Michel Yéré (Department of Social Marta S. Palmeirim, Felix Bosch, Shaali Sciences) M. Ame, Said M. Ali, Jan Hattendorf, and Jennifer Keiser. 2020. “Efficacy, Safety and Acceptability of a New Chewable Formulation versus the Solid Tablet of Mebendazole against Hookworm Infections in Children: An Open- Label, Randomized Controlled Trial.” EClinicalMedicine 27 (October): 100556.

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KAA5: Knowledge Production, Forms, and Platforms

Julia Tischler Objectives ber Tanja Hammel organized a public film This key area addresses the following ques- screening and live discussion of the film “Me- tions: What are the conditions for producing floquine: The anti-malarial drug investiga- knowledge on Africa, and how do these affect tion”, which was very well attended. the quality and outcomes of research? Who do we produce knowledge on Africa for? What Mohomodou Houssouba has been active in does it mean to produce “postcolonial” knowl- re-launching the Songhay Dictionary Project edge on Africa? How can we engage with the (songhay.org), a composite knowledge base asymmetries that continue to characterize dedicated to the Songhay language. In addi- African Studies, in which Northern institution to a Songhay-French dictionary, the plat- tions and researchers play a dominant role? form holds a library of Songhay texts and re- How can our research inform broader public search literature. debates? Conferences and talks Research projects In February, Andreas Heuser convened the The new SNSF Sinergia project “Reversing 11th GloPent Conference. This gathering of the the Gaze: Towards Post-Comparative Area Interdisciplinary European Research Network Studies” began in October. It brings together on Global Pentecostalism explores Pentecostal researchers from the Department of Social public engagement in the global south and be- Sciences and the Institute for European Glob- yond, discussing issues such as megachurch- al Studies at the University of Basel with col- es, prosperity theologies, religious broadcast- leagues at the Universities of Zurich (Depart- ing, and e-churches. ment of Geography) and Edinburgh (School of Law). The project “reverses the gaze” by apply- The 2020 Basel History Lecture, a yearly event ing concepts developed in the Global South to that marks a highlight in the academic calen- the North. Against the background of a care- dar of the History Department, was dedicated ful inquiry into the methodological scope of to the field of African history. In her talk “Skin comparison, it tests the analytic relevance of Color and Race in African History. A Layered three mid-level concepts – “re-tribalization”, Approach” Lynn Thomas, eminent Africanist “political society” and “the cunning state” – to historian from the University of Washington, political crisis phenomena in Europe. explored the transregional history of skin lightening creams in South Africa. The Sinergia-Project “African Contributions to Global Health”, a collaboration between Outreach the Department of History (Julia Tischler), Building on plans made during a pervious KAA Swiss TPH (Jürg Utzinger), and EPFL (Jérôme meeting, several KAA members have engaged Chenal) worked on various aspects of collab- in outreach activities. Isabelle Chariatte orga- oration, research, and teaching, including an nized and moderated a public reading with interdisciplinary Massive Open-Online Course the poets Henri-Michel Yéré and Timba Bema. (globalhealthafrica.ch). Due to the Covid-19 During the event, translations of these poets’ pandemic, however, fieldwork has been seri- works were read to make their oeuvre more ously delayed. In addition, the inaugural con- accessible to a German-speaking audience. ference had to be re-organized. Several outreach activities addressed the lack Given the difficulty of holding conferences of Africa-related topics in conventional high physically, the project team has experiment- school curricula. Tanja Hammel was inter- ed with digital formats, including a “Glob- viewed by the Basel student magazine Quint, al Health Africa Discussion Series”. The first which raised attention to the fact that Swit- event, a discussion on “Inequitable urban zerland’s colonial ties are barely discussed development: a global health problem” took in school. Julia Tischler was approached by place in November. In addition, project mem- the Verein Schweizerischer Geschichtslehre-

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rInnen and contributed a comment on the African Studies has been rescheduled for the ongoing debates around colonial statues and autumn semester 2021. memorials in South Africa to the association’s magazine. In addition, Tanja Hammel gave an Further upcoming conferences and work- interview in the Tagesanzeiger on the legacies shops include: of colonialism in Switzerland (Tages Anzeiger, 21 Juni 2020). • “Covid-19: Learning from Africa – or not?”, online round table of the “Global Health Af- In connection with her interest in African rica Discussion Series” (March) variants of Spanish, Sandra Schlumpf-Thurn- • Biweekly research colloquium of the “Re- herr organized several talks on Western Saha- versing the gaze” project on “Comparison ra, including an interview with the Sahrawi and beyond” (spring semester 2021) writer and intellectual Bahia Mahmud Awah, • “The intersectional ghosts of natural histo- published online on the blog Estudiando es- ry: gender, class, race, and empire”, work- pañol en tiempos del coronavirus. shop organized by Tanja Hammel and L. Jo- anne Green MA (Cambridge), hosted by the International researchers and fellowships University of Basel (20-21 April) In March, Zimbabwean scholar Vimbai • Official kick-off seminar of the “Reversing Kwashirai joined the History Department on the gaze” project (28 April) a Marie Curie Fellowship. Tanja Hammel has • “Photographs as sources for writing histo- been awarded a fellowship of the German ries of medicine, health and healing in co- Historical Institute in Washington to conduct lonial and postcolonial Africa”, workshop research on her work on the history of meflo- organized by Danelle van Zyl-Hermann and quine. Tanja Hammel, Department of History (10-11 June) Outlook/planned activities In February 2021, Sandra Schlumpf-Thunherr started a new SNSF research project entitled “Improving the visibility of Equatorial Guinea as a Spanish-speaking country”. The four-year project investigates the Equatoguinean vari- ety of Spanish, which has played a marginal role in Spanish language studies. Among others, the project will develop the first modern and digital corpus of spoken Equatoguinean Spanish.

The restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic delayed previous plans. Several collaborative conferences have been shifted to 2021. Having secured funding from the Swiss Acad- emy of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dag Henrichsen, in collaboration with members of the key area, planned an event series on “Wissensorte – Lieux de savoir”, which had to be postponed to 2021. Similarly, the collaborative workshop and event series “Decolonizing knowledge? Curating & popularizing Africa collections” organized in collaboration with the Basler Afrika Bibliographien, the Depart- ment of History, and the Swiss Society for

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Selected projects Key publications

Reversing the Gaze: Towards Post- Giulia Battaglia, Jennifer Clarke, and Andreas Heuser. 2020. “Afropolitanität Comparative Area Studies Fiona Siegenthaler. 2020. “Bodies und Theologie der Klage: Perspektiven Principal Investigators: Elísio Macamo, of Archives / Archival Bodies. An postkolonialer Theorie im Gespräch Ralph Weber, Deval Desai (University of Introduction”. Visual Anthropology mit Achille Mbembe und Emmanuel Edinburgh), Benedikt Korf (University of Research 36 (1): 8-16. Katongole”. In Wissen um Religion: Zurich) Erkenntnis – Interesse. Epistemologie Project Members: Tebuho Winnie Alan Cohen, Tanja Hammel, and und Episteme in Religionswissenschaft Kanyimba, Matthias Claudio Maurer Jasmin Rindlisbacher, eds. 2020. Mary und interkultureller Theologie, edited by Rueda, Lerato Posholi, Pascal Schmid, Elizabeth Barber. Growing Wild. The Klaus Hock, 151-68. Leipzig: EVA. Anna Rita Ceddia (Fondazione Bruno Correspondence of a Pioneering Woman Visentini), Stephan Hochleithner Naturalist from the Cape. Basel: Basler Andreas Heuser. 2020. “Aufstand fegen (University of Zurich), Christine Afrika Bibliographien. die ’Giganten Gottes’: Ein pentekostal- Lutringer (Graduate Institute Geneva) islamischer Blasphemiestreit in Ghana 01.09.2020-31.08.2024, SNSF (Sinergia) Tanja Hammel. 2020. “Parcels Render und die Erosion der Theologie der Neglected People Visible”. In Boxes: A Anklage”. In Blasphemie. Anspruch African Contributions to Global Health: Field Guide, edited by Susanne Bauer, und Widerstreit in Religionskonflikten, Circulating Knowledge and Innovations Martina Schlünder, and Maria Rentetzi, edited by Matthias D. Wüthrich, Matthias Principal investigators: Tischler Julia, 231-40. Manchester: Mattering Press. Gockel, and Jürgen Mohn, 167-84. Utzinger Jürg, Chenal Jerome (EPF Tübingen 2020: Mohr Siebeck. Lausanne) Dag Henrichsen. 2020. “Demands for Project members, Basel: Danelle van Restitution – a Recent Phenomenon? Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr. 2020. Zyl-Hermann, Tanja Hammel, Doris Osei- Early Histories of Human Remains “African Languages and Spanish Among Afriyie, Ipyn Eric Nebie, Günther Fink, Violations in Namibia”. Contemporary Equatoguineans in Madrid”. Spanish Christian Burri, Jakob Zinsstag Journal of African Studies 7, no. 1 in Context 17 (1). John Benjamins Project members, Lausanne: Akuto (August 31, 2020): 38–46. Publishing Company: 108-30. Akpedze Konou, Vitor Pessoa Colombo 01.06.2019-31.05.2023, SNSF (Sinergia) Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr. 2020. “El español Hablado Por Los Bubis China’s Medical Assistance to Africa. A Y Los Fang De Guinea Ecuatorial. Case Study of Tanzania, 1960s to 2015 Valoraciones Desde La Comunidad Dissertation Kifyasi Guineoecuatoriana En Madrid”. Lengua Y migración/Language and Migration 12 Engendering the Colony: Maternal (1). Universidad de Alcalá: 103-25. Health, Indigenous Knowledge and European Medicine in Southwest Nigeria, 1925-1960 Dissertation Tolulope Esther Fadeyi Reversing the Gaze: Towards Post-Comparative Area Studies

This project examines the crisis of liberal democracy in Europe and aims at developing new methodological and theoretical perspectives on comparison and on Area Studies. The project uses a “conceptual laboratory” to test the analytic purchase of mid-level concepts through practices of reciprocal comparison. It does so by “reversing the gaze”, i.e. by deploying conceptualizations developed in the Global South to the North against the background of a careful inquiry into the methodological scope of comparison. Three mid-level concepts derived from the Global South are applied to political crises in Europe: “re-tribalization”, “political society”, and “the cunning state”. The European empirical case studies are Austria (right-wing populism), Italy (social welfare spending) and Switzerland (citizenship and migration). The project’s approach will offer innovative and conceptually out-of-the-box perspectives of the cases, differing from those derived and developed exclusively within and against a European background. The project’s scholarly outcomes include potentially new perspectives on comparison; a critical engagement with “universal” concepts and the politics of conceptual travel; and practical visions on how to imbue the pursuit of knowledge with a concern for ethical and political issues.

www.reversingthegaze.net

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Selected events Members

11th GloPent Conference: Pentecostal Kundai Manamere: Voices on the Isabelle Chariatte (Department of Strategies of Public Engagement Ground – Local Narratives of the Languages and Literatures) Conference of the European Research Roll Back Malaria Programme in Laurent Goetschel (swisspeace) Network on Global Pentecostalism Southeastern Zimbabwe Tanja Hammel (Department of History) (GloPent) Research Seminar African History Annika Hampel (Arnold Bergstraesser 14 Feb 2020 – 15 Feb 2020 | Congress / 04 Nov 2020 12:15 - 14:00 | Colloquium Institut) Conference / Symposium Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika Film: Mefloquine - The Anti-malarial Bibliographien) Tolulope Fadeyi: Engendering the Drug Investigation (2017) Andreas Heuser (Faculty of Theology) Colony – Maternal Health, Indigenous Public Screening and Live Discussion Alexandra Hofmänner (Department of Knowledge and European Medicine in with filmmaker Cailean Watt Social Sciences) Southwest Nigeria, 1925 – 1947 04 Nov 2020 18:15 | Events, Public event Mohomodou Houssouba (songhay.org) Research Seminar African History Spring Elisio Macamo (Department of Social Semester 2020 Inequitable Urban Development: A Sciences) 19 Feb 2020 12:30 | Colloquium Global Health Issue Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr Discussion Series “Global Health Africa” (Department of Languages and Andrea Kifyasi: China’s Role in Global 10 Dec 2020 16:00 - 17:00 | Guest lecture Literatures) Health Challenges – The Case of HIV/ / Talk, Lecture series Fiona Siegenthaler (Department of AIDS TCM Research and Treatment in Social Sciences) Tanzania, 1987 – 2010 Natalie Tarr (Swiss Society for African Research Seminar African History Spring Studies) Semester 2020 Julia Tischler (Department of History) 11 Mar 2020 12:30 | Colloquium Danelle Van Zyl-Hermann (Department of History) Lynn Thomas: Skin Color and Race in Ralph Weber (Institute for European African History – A Layered Approach Global Studies) Basel History Lecture Jakob Zinsstag (Swiss TPH) 15 Oct 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Guest lecture / Talk, Colloquium

One of the case studies enquires into the relationship between the liberal citizenship ideal and reactions to migration in Switzerland by asking how discourses and practices of autochthony produce exclusionary forms of identity. It aims at contributing to a better understanding of the factors shaping social cohesion by deploying the concept of “re-tribalisation”. Photo: Choir at the National Council chamber, 1 August 2018 (Parlamentsdienste 3003 Bern)

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KAA6: Land, Landscapes, and Ecology

Giorgio Aims and approaches metaphysical) conceptions, through which Miescher This key area’s research agenda is based on land is shaped, perceived, experienced, and three interconnected key themes in Africa-re- made sense of. Landscape, therefore, is a con- Nikolaus Kuhn lated research and debates in the humanities, cept reflected on in both the social and natu- social and natural sciences: ral sciences, and it opens up productive path- ways towards interdisciplinary research. Land is a core issue in political struggles across Africa, and beyond. The question of who owns The term “ecology”, finally, refers to the study and who can make use of the land, and nat- of interactions between components within ural resources more generally, is fundamen- ecosystems, and highlights the commitment tal to any socio-political analysis. Practices of to include biological, environmental and con- land-use are never isolated but always related servation science into our understanding of to complex ecological, social, and cultural land and landscapes in Africa. processes, which are concurrently embedded in broader spatial and temporal frameworks. In sum, the KAA “Land, Landscapes, and Ecol- ogy” offers a platform for thinking about the The term “landscape”, on the other hand, of- past, present, and future of land and land-use fers a theoretical perspective for discussing across disciplines on the basis of a sustained the material and imagined (or practical and interdisciplinary conversation that wishes to

Conference participants visiting the former German police station and border post, Hohenfels, on the northern banks of the Orange River. Today the area is part of the Tsau //Kheb (Sperrgebiet) National Park. Photo: James Merron

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synthesize the theoretical and methodolog- affected the landscape, and, thirdly, how the ical approaches from the natural and social landscape has reflected these changes. The re- sciences, and the humanities. sults that are taking shape are framed along the following main threads: Land use and landscape narratives Since 2017, researchers from the social scienc- • Naming/Claiming the Lower Orange River es, humanities, and natural sciences based (!Garip): Focusing on the importance of how in South Africa, Namibia, and Switzerland people spoke of the river, and the names have worked together in the research proj- they used to claim land and space along the ect “Space in Time: Landscape narratives and river land management changes in a Southern Af- • Researching the Lower Orange River: Look- rican cross-border region”. The project aims ing at how the river became a research site to understand the changing landscape along and what this means to the river the lower Orange River from different disci- • Crossing the Lower Orange River: Discuss- plinary angles. The project team includes KAA ing the role of the river as dividing or con- members from two faculties. Our common necting a transboundary region and looking research questions seek, firstly, to identify at similarities and differences on both sides changing land use and claims, secondly, to ask of the river how these changes in land use and land claims • Using the Lower Orange River: Researching the river as a resource and economic back- bone of the region • Imagining the Lower Orange River: Discus- Conference: Space in Time - Landscape sion of texts on the role of the Orange River Narratives and Land Management Changes in (!Garip) in imagining and constructing nar- a Southern African Cross-border Region (21-24 ratives of the region and beyond January 2020) In January 2020, the project team organized a The “Space in Time” project held a conference three-days conference in Oranjemund, Namib- in Oranjemund, a small diamond-mining town ia – luckily early in the year, as since March founded in the 1930s. It is situated in the Na- 2020, no physical exchange with colleagues mib Desert on the Namibian side of the mouth from Southern Africa nor any field research of the Orange River. The conference brought was able to take place due to the Covid-19 pan- together thirty invited participants from South- demic. ern Africa, Europe, and North America. Land use and environmental impact The conference offered the opportunity to Two projects of the Physical Geography and present and share preliminary results of the Environmental Change Research Group focus project. Among the participants were also in- on the environmental impact of land use in vited guests from the region, some of which the Karoo and in the Free State respectively. presented papers, too. Having the conference While, so far, most research has focused on in the research area allowed sharing our re- the regional dimension of causes and impacts search with an interested local audience as, of soil erosion, the project in the Karoo ex- for instance, at a public panel discussion in the pands the scope by focusing on the relevance town. Furthermore, participants went on an ex- of rangeland degradation for global biogeo- cursion led by the local representative of the chemical cycles. In the Free State, where crop Ministry of Nature Conservation and Tourism production causes dust emissions with detri- into the adjoining nature conservation area. mental effects on soils, but also air quality, in particular in the Johannesburg metropolitan www.zasb.unibas.ch/en/spaceintime area, the group studied the role of surface boundary controlling the dust emissions. Af- ter the completion of the major part of the

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field work in 2019, the main focus in 2020 was • The second phase of the Jijiga One Health the publication of the results. Initiative from 2021 to 2024 will have a special focus on “Application of remotely The Physical Geography and Environmental sensed data to support pastoralists land use Change Research Group also contributes to and management decisions”. the “Jijiga One Health Initiative” led by the • In April, an online conference within the Swiss TPH. After the disruption caused by the framework of “Space in Time” will serve to Covid pandemic, work on this project contin- discuss draft chapters for an edited volume ued with the analysis of the data collected in published by UNAM press. 2019 during interviews with pastoralists and • The second winter/summer school, origi- the use of remote sensing to identify range- nally planned for 2020, will bring Namibian land of different quality as assessed by the and Swiss students to Switzerland and Na- pastoralists. Analysis resulted in a report mibia, respectively, to explore and compare on “Land and cover change analysis in the the ecological, economic, and political chal- Adadele Wereda, Ethiopia”. lenges of agriculture under environmental conditions in both countries. Teaching and exchange • A final workshop including all stakeholders Due to the Covid pandemic we had to can- of the “South African Cropland Dust Emis- cel the 2020 edition of the winter/summer sion Risks” project is scheduled for late school jointly organized with the University 2021/early 2022 of Namibia (UNAM) within the framework • A joint workshop on exhibition making of the “Learning for (Ex)Change” project. We hosted by the Usakos Museum’s Council in hope that the joint comparative fieldwork cooperation with the Museums Association in Graubünden, Switzerland, and the Karas of Namibia and UNAM will take place in Region, Southern Namibia can take place in May 2021. 2021. In addition, several individual research stays The Namibian and Southern African Studies and scientific exchange visits are scheduled research colloquium is an important platform for 2021, depending on the development of for interdisciplinary exchange in our KAA. the pandemic. It brings international scholars to Basel and offers students and staff an opportunity for regular exchange. Since the autumn semester 2020, we have organized the colloquium jointly with UNAM as a blended online/on- site event. Hence, in this case, digitization strengthens collaboration with a university from the South.

Among the few occasions of meeting face-to- face – at least partly – was the Visual History Lab, which took place in September in a hybrid format. It was organized in collaboration with the Basel Afrika Bibliographien (BAB) and the Museums Association of Namibia, and made one of the richest and most complex collections at the BAB accessible online.

Outlook and planned activities We look forward to various activities in research and teaching in 2021:

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Main Projects

Space in Time (SNF/SSAJRP 2017- Jijiga One Health Initiative, Subproject 2021): Landscape Narratives and Land on Land Use and Quality Management Changes in a Southern Principal investigator: Nikolaus Kuhn African Cross-border Region (the Lower PhD researcher: Seid Ali Orange River) 01.01.2015-31.12.2020, SDC Principal investigators: Giorgio Miescher, Maano Ramutsindela (UCT) Learning for (Ex)Change (2019-2023): Coordinator: Luregn Lenggenhager Yearly Joint Summer/Winter Schools in Co-investigators/partners: Nikolaus Namibia and Switzerland Kuhn, Lena Bloemertz, Dag Henrichsen, Project-team Unibas: Luregn Juliane Krenz, Martha Akawa (UNAM) Lenggenhager, Lena Bloemertz, Giorgio 01.06.2017-31.05.2021, SNSF/SSAJRP Miescher, Silva Lieberherr Project-team UNAM: Martha South African Cropland Dust Emission Akawa, Martin Hipondoka, Romie Risks (SNF/SSAJRP 2017-2021): Physical Nghitevelekwa, Goodman Gwasira, Thresholds, Environmental and Socio- Nahas Angula economic Impacts 01.02.2019-31.01.2023, Stiftung Mercator Principal investigator: Nikolaus Kuhn Schweiz PhD researcher: Heleen Vos Postdoc researcher: Juliane Krenz Namib Fog Life Cycle Analysis – Field 01.04.2017-31.03.2021, SNSF/SSAJRP Measurements (NaFoLiCA - F) Principal investigator: Roland Vogt Soil Erosion Monitoring With Unmanned Co-investigator: Eberhard Parlow Aerial Vehicles Project members: Jarl Are Larsen, Principal Investigator: Nikolaus Kuhn Christian Feigenwinter, Robert Spirig 01.01.2016-31.12.2020, University Funds 01.04.2017-31.12.2020, SNSF

Land Degradation in the Karoo (ongoing), South Africa Principal investigator: Nikolaus Kuhn PhD researcher: Lu Li 01.01.2015-31.12.2021, University Funds

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Key publications Selected events

F. D. Eckardt, S. Bekiswa, J. R. von Hold, International Conference: Space in Scott Burnett: Winning the Future for C. Jack, N. K. Kuhn, F. Mogane, J. E. Time - Landscape Narratives and Land Whiteness: Environmental Ethnoscaping Murray, N. Ndaraa, and A. R. Palmer. Management Changes in a Southern in South Africa 2020. ‘South Africa’s Agricultural African Cross-border Region Namibian and Southern African Studies Dust Sources and Events from MSG Scientific conference in collaboration Research Colloquium SEVIRI’. Aeolian Research 47 (100637). with UNAM and UCT, Oranjemund 13 May 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Colloquium Elsevier. (Namibia) 21 - 24 Jan 2020 | Conference The Fishrot Scandal in Namibia Rita Kesselring, Julia Hohn, Carole Namibian and Southern African Studies Martin, Monika Huber, Anna Karsko, “Asking for a Continent” – Researching Research Colloquium Anna-Sophie Hobi, Misato Kimura, Covid-19 and Previous Epidemics in 27 May 2020 18:15 - 19:45 | Colloquium Deborah Oliveira, Aurel Everwijn, (Southern) Africa in the Age of Digital/ Michèle Monnier, and Anna Christen. Social Media (online) Visual History Lab 2020: Sites of 2020. ‘Ethnographic Vignettes: Social Namibian and Southern African Studies Contestation Change and Social Encounters in Research Colloquium In collaboration with the Basler Afrika Solwezi, Northwestern Zambia’. Edited 15 Apr 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Colloquium Bibliographien and the Museums by Till Förster and Lucy Koechlin. Basel Association of Namibia Papers on Political Transformations. Katarina Rybarikova: Decision-making in 07 - 12. Sep 2020 | Workshop Institute of Social Anthropology, Human-Wildlife Conflicts: Insides from University of Basel. Namibia Stephanie Gall & Iwan Müller: The Namibian and Southern African Studies Activities of the UNESCO Chair Luregn Lenggenhager and Andrea Research Colloquium on Physical Activity and Health in Rosengarten. 2020. “Flood Levels and 22 Apr 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Colloquium Educational Settings – The Kazibantu Borderlines: Livestock Farming and Project Evictions Resistance at the !Garib/ Namibian and Southern African Studies Orange River in Southern Africa.” Research Colloquium Arcadia Summer 2020 (34). 07 Oct 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Colloquium

Brice Prudat, Lena Bloemertz, Olivier Graefe, and Nikolaus J. Kuhn. 2020. ‘Soil Classification. Between Material Visual History Lab 2020: Sites of Contestation | Opening the Archive Facts and Socio-Ecological Narratives’. (7-11 September 2020) In Towards Shared Research. Participatory and Integrative Approaches The Visual History Lab 2020 of the Centre for African Studies convened by Kadiatou in Researching African Environments, Diallo, Giorgio Miescher, and Lorena Rizzo was concerned with the Ernst & Ruth edited by Tobias Haller and Claudia Dammann Collection at the Basler Afrika Bibliographien. During their research in Zingerli, 25-43. Bielefeld: Transcript. Namibia in the 1950s, the Dammanns made numerous sound recordings of Afri- can languages and took many photographs. Given its material richness and its in- Heleen C Vos, Wolfgang Fister, Frank termediality, the Dammann collection is one of the most interesting and complex D. Eckardt, Anthony R. Palmer, and collections on Namibia in Basel. In collaboration with colleagues at the archives of Nikolaus J. Kuhn. 2020. ‘Physical Crust the Basler Afrika Bibliographien and the Museums Association of Namibia, students Formation on Sandy Soils and Their explored ways of making the Dammann collection more accessible to Namibian Potential to Reduce Dust Emissions from publics. To this end, they produced a website that includes a list of names of all Croplands’. Land 9 (12). MDPI, 503. individuals who appear in the collection. Furthermore, the website allows users to learn about the number of images and sound recordings available for each individual person, as well as the availability of written records. And finally, the website includes a number of profiles that provide a more detailed sense of the materiality and acoustic quality of the archival sources. Students contacted families of those documented in the collection and secured their permission to produce the profiles. These first contacts between students and Namibian publics showed that there was great interest in accessing archival collections and information they contain about relatives, friends, and neighbours. The Museums Association of Namibia therefore agreed to launch the website during Heritage Week in Namibia in late September 2020.

www.Namibia1953-54.com

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Members Partnerships/major collaborations

Learning for (Ex-)change and Space in Lena Bloemertz (Department of University of Namibia; Faculty of Time: Insights from a Teaching and a Environmental Sciences) Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project Between Namibia, Cédric Duchêne-Lacroix (Department of Museums Association of Namibia South Africa and Switzerland Social Sciences) University of Cape Town, Department Namibian and Southern African Studies Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika for Environmental and Geographical Research Colloquium Bibliographien) Science 21 Oct 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Events, Rita Kesselring (Department of Social University of Johannesburg; Colloquium Sciences) Department of Geography, Juliane Krenz (Department of Environmental Management and Energy Martha Akawa & Romie Nghitevelekwa: Environmental Sciences) Studies “An Account of Women Linked to Nikolaus Kuhn (Department of Agricultural Research Council of South Migrant Workers in Oranjemund, Environmental Sciences) Africa Namibia” Luregn Lenggenhager (Projects ZASB) University of Pretoria, Centre for Namibian and Southern African Studies Silva Lieberherr (Brot für Alle) Microbial Ecology and Genomics Research Colloquium James Merron (Projects ZASB) (CMEG) 04 Nov 2020 18:15 - 20:00 | Colloquium Giorgio Miescher (Projects ZASB) Lorena Rizzo (Projects ZASB) Rita Kesselring: The Extractive Enclave: Vogt Roland (Department of Whiteness, Social Differentiation and a Environmental Sciences) Global Division of Labour in Zambia’s Northwestern Province Mittwochskolloquium Ethnologie 18 Nov 2020 16:15 - 18:00 | Colloquium

Swakopmund, 1954 Photo: Ruth Dammann (Basler Afrika Bibliographien, BPA.39 8 002)

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Executive Office

Veit Arlt Needless to say, 2020 was an extraordinary support. However, after a few weeks, hybrid year, also for the team at the ZASB Execu- classes had to go back to full online teaching. Pascal Schmid tive Office. The lockdown in spring with the A mid-semester online forum involving our abrupt shift of teaching to Zoom and the clos- students and members of the Teaching Com- ing of our premises put an end to the social mittee provided a feedback on the online re- interaction that is so essential for our network gime, and allowed us to monitor the needs of and a dear part of our work. Spending most of our students and offer joint counseling. our time in home office, we missed our daily routine at Rheinsprung 21. By the end of 2020, Collaboration online meetings, courses, and conferences For most of our collaborative teaching and had become the new normal. training projects, the restrictions that came with the pandemic meant a halt. We had to Among the events that had to move to the web postpone the joint summer/winter school for were our General Assembly with a workshop MA students with the University of Namib- on “Ethics in Partnerships and Research” in ia (“Learning for (Ex)Change”) and the final September, as well as the Swiss Researching workshop of the project “International Digital Africa Days in October, with a strong presence Exchanges in African Studies” (IDEAS) with of our network. Other events had to be post- faculty and students from the universities of poned since their formats were not suitable Bamako and Conakry. The same goes for the for the online mode. joint summer school for PhD students with the Council for the Development of Social Sci- Teaching ence Research in Africa (CODESRA) and the For our students, the Covid year was a drastic EUCOR graduate workshop series “The Trou- experience. But despite the unpleasant two ble With the State” in cooperation with the semesters, we were glad to see how faculty Universities of Freiburg and Strasbourg. members within our network made the best of the situation, learned fast, showed excep- The writing workshop “Emerging Scholars tional flexibility, and found ways to leverage and New Research in Southern Africa” in the potential of online communication and cooperation with the Journal of Southern networking. And we are happy that we were African Studies (JSAS) and the University of able to contribute our share to enabling and Namibia, which was scheduled for July 2020, enhancing online and hybrid teaching. began with remote coaching of the participating PhD students. While we were hoping that A survey among MA African Studies students the workshop could take place in the summer carried out at the end of the spring semester of 2021, it is now planned in the form of a se- indicated general challenges and difficulties ries of online sessions from April to July 2021. such as workload, infrastructure, and isolation but also documented positive elements All the more, we are happy that the Pilot Afri- and experiences. Intriguingly, the restrictions can Postgraduate Academy (PAPA) could start on international travel led in a few cases to an with an inauguration ceremony and a first increased systematic exchange with faculty workshop that took place in Bamako in March and students on the African continent which just before the lock-down, and continued with led the way to a continued practice. a virtual workshop in September. PAPA is an innovative collaboration with Point Sud in In the first part of the autumn semester, Bamako and the Goethe University Frankfurt many of the courses were taught in the hy- which we are particularly proud to support. brid classroom. We supported these courses with the help of designated tutors, making In June, we received the great news that a ma- sure that those participating online would be jor research project proposal coordinated by heard adequately in the physical classroom the Executive Office was accepted by the Swiss and assisting lecturers in terms of technical National Science Foundation: “Reversing the

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Gaze” is a cooperation with the University of turn to the seminar rooms at Rheinsprung 21, Edinburgh and the University of Zurich. In getting together with colleagues at meetings, 2020, we supported new collaborations involv- lunch, or coffee breaks, and organizing and ing network members from the Environmen- participating in workshops and events. tal Sciences, Swiss TPH, and Social Sciences, one of them in cooperation with colleagues As mentioned above, many activities were from the University of Teacher Education Lu- postponed and we now look forward to re- cerne and partners in Cameroon, one with lo- suming them in a normal format, as soon as cal non-governmental organizations active in the situation permits. In addition, our bienni- development cooperation. al Basel Summer School in African Studies is scheduled to take place in 2021. Outreach Public events were not possible at the Univer- sity of Basel this year. We therefore cancelled events that rely on the element of physical en- counter and provide networking opportunities, such as the Carl Schlettwein Lecture and the Africa Forum. In the context of the continuing education programme, we organized one course online, which was a satisfying experience and was appreciated by participants. Even though, obviously, an online course does not replace an intensive two-day continuing education course on site, including its networking opportunities, we will fall back on this solution as long as on-site courses are not possible. It comes as no surprise that we dedicated the November issue of our Afrika-Bul- letin to the pandemic, highlighting African perspectives.

Staff In 2020, our student assistant Pius Vögele completed his MA studies and consequently left the Executive Office. We thank him for his great work and wish him all the best for his PhD, which he will be pursuing as a member of our Graduate Network. Our new student assistant, Elena Allendörfer, began working in October 2020.

Outlook Although, at this stage, a return to normal is not yet in sight, we hope that 2021 will see at least the beginning of the end of the worldwide pandemic. We look forward to getting back to our pre-Covid daily work routine. We look forward to the regular encounters with students and faculty at the beginning and end of the semester, counseling students and researchers at our premises, seeing courses re-

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Network

Members

Basel Institute on Governance Faculty of Theology President’s Office Claudia Baez-Camargo Andreas Heuser Erich Thaler Jacopo Costa Saba Kassa Institute for European Global Studies ZASB Executive Office Mark Pieth Ralph Weber Veit Arlt Pascal Schmid Department Arts, Media, Philosophy Projects ZASB Ute Holl Kadiatou Nénéin Diallo Luregn Lenggenhager Department of Environmental Sciences James Merron Steering Committee (31.12.2020) Lena Bloemertz Giorgio Miescher Markus Kalberer Lorena Rizzo Claudia Baez-Camargo (Basel Institute Nikolaus Kuhn on Governance) Vogt Roland Swiss TPH Lena Bloemertz (Department of Walter Salzburger Guéladio Cissé Environmental Sciences) Claudia Daubenberger Basil Bucher (FG African Studies) Department of History Sebastien Gagneux Kenny Cupers (Department of Social Tanja Hammel Jennifer Keiser Sciences) Cassandra Mark-Thiesen Nino Künzli Claudia Daubenberger (Swiss TPH) Julia Tischler Sonja Merten Till Förster (Department of Social Danelle Van Zyl-Hermann Daniel Paris Sciences) Martin Röösli Tanja Hammel (Department of History) Department of Languages and Jasmina Saric Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika Literatures Jürg Utzinger Bibliographien) Isabelle Chariatte Mirko Severin Winkler Andreas Heuser (Faculty of Theology) Christiane Schlote Jakob Zinsstag Elisio Macamo (Department of Social Sandra Schlumpf-Thurnherr Sciences) swisspeace Sonja Merten (Swiss TPH) Department of Social Sciences Dominik Balthasar Giorgio Miescher (Projects ZASB) Manfred Max Bergman Laurent Goetschel Lorena Rizzo (Projects ZASB) Lesley Braun Joschka Philipps Martin Röösli (Swiss TPH) Julia Büchele Julia Tischler (Department of History) Kenny Cupers Partner institutions Cédric Duchêne-Lacroix Aqiel Dalvie (University of Cape Town) Michelle Engeler Serena Dankwa (Fachhochschule Till Förster Nordwestschweiz FHNW) Meetings 2020 Manuel Herz Gregor Dobler (Universität Freiburg Alexandra Hofmänner i.Br.) General Assembly Andrea Kaiser-Grolimund Marcel Dreier (Fepa) 17 Feb 2020 Rita Kesselring Annika Hampel (Arnold Bergstraesser Elisio Macamo Institut ABI) Steering Committee meeting Brigit Obrist Dag Henrichsen (Basler Afrika 2 Jun 2020 (online) Silke Oldenburg Bibliographien BAB) Sophie Oldfield Mohomodou Houssouba (songhay.org) Steering Committee retreat Fiona Siegenthaler Susanne Hubler (BAB) 4 Sep 2020 Henri-Michel Yéré Silva Lieberherr (Brot für Alle) Piet van Eeuwijk Andreas Mehler (ABI/Universität General Assembly Freiburg i.Br.) 21 Sep 2020 (online) Faculty of Business and Economics Barbara Müller (KEESA, Afrika-Komitee) Aleksander Berentsen Jasmin Rindlisbacher (BAB) Steering Committee meeting Jürg Schneider (African Photography 20 Oct 2020 (online) Faculty of Medicine Initiative) Manuel Battegay Natalie Tarr (Swiss Society for African Steering Committee meeting Thomas Klimkait Studies) 7 Dec 2020 (online) Sandra Staudacher Christian Vandersee (BAB)

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Obituary: Noemi Steuer (1957-2020)

Last year, we had to bid farewell to our dear colleague Noemi Steuer who died on 14 July 2020. Noemi leaves a big gap in the ZASB community, particularly among the colleagues at Rheinsprung 21 – as a scholar and as a friend. She was a constant source of inspiration, had ready advice, and, in a very pragmatic, sometimes drily humorous way she pointed to glitches in thinking, analyzing, and conceptualizing. We are thankful and honoured that Noemi shared with us a part of her truly full life.

Before embarking on an academic career, Noemi was a successful actor. After her training at the Drama Academy Zurich (1976-1979) she played on various theatre stages – Bonn, Mannheim, Basel – and in numerous films. Her biggest success, which is remembered by the film aficionado community with enthusiasm, was her role as Helga Aufschrey in the highly successful movie series “Die zweite Heimat” of 1993.

She ended her acting career at the height of her success when she was not quite 30 years old, and went back to school. After attaining her Bachelor in African Cultures and Languages at the University of Co- Noemi Steuer logne, she studied Social Anthropology in Basel. In 2011, she received Photo: ZVG her PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Basel. Her thesis on HIV and social recognition in Mali was published by Transcript in 2012.

At the ZASB, Noemi co-developed and coordinated the SNSF project “Construire son Avenir: Self-perception and carrier practices of young graduates in Burkina Faso and Mali” (2013-2017), and lead the SNSF Ag- ora project “Longing for the Future – Practices and Imaginations of Young Graduates” (2014-2017). Both projects focused on youth, career practices, and self-conceptions, her main research field after her PhD.

As founding president of the Fondation Oumou Dilly, Noemi supported PhD candidates and young scholars from Africa. Through the foundation she was also involved in co-organizing and supporting the biennial CODESRIA-ZASB Summer School in African Studies and Area Studies in Africa in Dakar. Apart from her academic work, Noemi, together with her husband, the director Clemens Bechtel, realized theatre projects Selected publications and exhibitions with partners in various African countries. Noemi Steuer. 2020. “‘Murdered Her latest academic project International Digital Exchange between Af- Mozarts.’ Narrative of a Previous Malian rica and Switzerland IDEAS (2019-2021), which she initiated with Josch- Student Generation in the Era of the ka Philipps and Elísio Macamo, links faculty and students in Conakry, Crumbling State.” Human Affairs 30 (3): Bamako and Basel in a multi-sited course on social sciences, knowledge 468–85. production, and digitization in theory and practice. Elísio Macamo, Michelle Engeler, and Noemi’s last scholarly publication appeared posthumously in the jour- Noemi Steuer, eds. 2018. Dealing with nal Human Affairs. In “‘Murdered Mozarts.’ Narrative of a Previous Ma- Elusive Futures: University Graduates in lian Student Generation in the Era of the Crumbling State”, Noemi ex- Urban Africa. Bielefeld: Transcript-Verlag. amines life histories of a generation whose members were involved in protests against the military junta in 1980. As committed patriots who Claudia Roth. 2018. Urban Dreams: construct their identities with a prominent reference to the State, they Transformations of Family Life in narratively repair their damaged identities and political visions and, on Burkina Faso. Edited by Willemijn de a symbolic level, their damaged country. Jong, Manfred Perlik, and Noemi Steuer. Berghahn Books. Noemi’s involvement at the ZASB was marked by enthusiasm, perse- verance and innovation combined with joviality, empathy and wit. She Noemi Steuer. 2012. Krankheit und Ehre: is dearly missed by us all. Über HIV und soziale Anerkennung in Mali. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag.

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MA African Studies

Graduates 2020

Oluwasooto Ajayi African Voices in the Africa Rising Narrative. A qualitative study on scholarly literature and personal perceptions of the Africa Rising Narrative

Mickness Eliakunda Aeschlimann To What Extent has the Female Participation in Microfinance Programs Led to a Change in Gender Relations at the Household Level? An ethnography of Neema women SACCOS in Igota village, Ulanga district, Tanzania

Lilian Bieber World War II and the Campaign for Self Rule in Kenya

Enrika Charles Black Women’s Hairstyles in Societies. To what extent do black women adapt their hairstyles as a way to negotiate dominant culture?

At the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in September 2020: Rahel Stirnimann, Oluwasooto Ajayi, Mickness Eliakunda Aeschlimann, and Tibor Rechsteiner Photo: Veit Arlt

Banished From the Class Room: Studying in 2020

The autumn semester of 2020 was challenging for new students as we were con- fronted with remote teaching. Actually, most classes started physically, so at least some degree of personal interaction was maintained throughout the semester.

Zoom proved a versatile tool that professors used in different ways. Some lectures featuring a dense topic and a lot of detailed information were recorded which allowed students to go back and re-watch the class and so better prepare for exams. This was also useful in case of absence from class due to simultaneous scheduling of different courses, work, or sickness.

The hybrid model with one group of students in the classroom and the other at home was not ideal. There was little to no exchange between those physically present and those at home; questions and comments were directed mostly at the professor. When Zoom meetings became compulsory for all it was easier to engage.

Lectures given through podcasts were not really suitable. Firstly, because there was no direct contact with the professor which resulted in a lack of accessibility. Sec- ondly, because they relied too heavily on self-organization and caused delays. For colloquiums, zoom proved quite helpful in connecting people in different places, which otherwise would not have been so easy.

When students were asked to prepare questions or simply read a short text on some theme, there was more engagement, and it was easier to absorb more from the The Visual History Lab was carried out in hybrid form.

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Anja Orschulko More Than a Health Insurance? An exploration of health-related and non- health- related uses of the Improved Community Health Fund amongst micro-finance beneficiaries in Igota Village, Ulanga district, Tanzania

Nicole Weydknecht CSR in South Africa: Do Swiss transnational companies address local CSR- issues?

Tibor Rechsteiner In Senegal, Our Problem Is to Master the Water. Drip irrigation from recycled plastic for smallholder farmers as a socio-technical system

Rahel Stirnimann The Working Experiences of Former MA African Studies Ethiopian Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia and Their Impact on Future In 2002, the University of Basel introduced the interdisciplinary MA programme Migrant Choices African Studies, the first of its kind in Switzerland. In 2006, our first three students graduated. By 2020, a total of 120 students had graduated in African Studies.

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lectures, especially the ones in the early evening. Classes with a consistent format throughout the semester were easier to follow as opposed to those that constantly tested new modes of instruction. Longer breaks were quite helpful in Zoom, as one loses concentration more easily than in physical lectures.

Break-out groups helped in classes with a high number of students, when the Zoom meetings created a sense of detachment, and made conversation and discussions difficult. However, the “camera issue” was challenging. When cameras were off there was much disengagement from the group. The discussions became imperson- al, and it was harder to follow who was actually participating. With a majority of students visible it was easier to concentrate. Still, initially it was rather uncomfortable due to a sense of exposure and the fear of being judged.

Zoom was practical for students who usually commuted or had a part-time job, and for those with family. But the feeling of isolation was even bigger as there was no networking or “chitchat” before or after the class. Zoom classes, in general, reduce the will to participate actively. In face of a second or, for some, a third, online semester some students are considering taking a break and only returning when classroom teaching commences again. For most of us, the experiences with lecturers were very positive as they made an extra effort to be available at all times.

By Kaue Felipe Nogarotto Crima Bellini, Kai Geerk, and Nicole Thurnhofer (all MA students in African Studies) Photo: Lorena Rizzo

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Graduate Network African Studies

PhDs awarded in 2020 New members

Kpongbo Etienne Angora (Epidemiology; Stephen Asol Kapinde (Theology; Temitope Christina Adebayo-Ojo Jürg Utzinger) Andreas Heuser) (Epidemiology; Nino Küenzli) Population genetic structure and Political Sermons in Kenyas Quest for Developing an air quality health index hybridization of schistosomes in Democratic Governance between 1986 for Cape Town, 2001-2016 schoolchildren in Côte d’Ivoire and 2010: A case study of the selected sermons from the three Anglican Clergy Faisal Nooh Ali (Epidemiology; Daniel Owusuaa Adwoa Bobie (Sociology; Paris) Elisio Macamo) Maren Larsen (Urban Studies; Manuel Epidemiological and clinical Rebranding African, Reclothing Africa: Hertz) investigations of chronic The influence of Emerging Designers Worlding Home: Peacekeepers, Camp oncommunicable diseases in Eritrean in the Production of Aesthetic Space, and Urbanity in Goma, DRC refugees living in Ethiopia and Cosmopolitanism in Nigerian Fashion Switzerland Industry Shakuntala Mhlanga (Epidemiology; Martin Röösli) Alain Amstutz (Clinical Research; Anna Christen (Ethnologie; Till Förster) An epidemiological cohort study of Niklaus Labhardt) Walking Together. Perils of Participation children and adolescents investigating Supporting Lesotho on the way in Anthropology and Philosophy of neurobehavioural effects from pesticide towards the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets: Action. A Case Study in Post-Apartheid exposure and e-media use in South Operational and clinical research South Africa Africa addressing HIV/AIDS care in resource- limited settings Dominik Dietler (Epidemiology; Jürg Peter Ayoola Oderinde (African Studies; Utzinger) Andreas Heuser) Kpongbo Etienne Angora (Epidemiology; Impact of mining projects on The role of Internet in migrants’ Jürg Utzinger) environmental determinants of health Christianity: A case study of Nigerian Population genetic structure and and associated health outcomes in Pentecostal churches in Switzerland hybridization of schistosomes in sub-Saharan Africa: insights for guiding schoolchildren in Côte d’Ivoire impact assessment practice Natalie Tarr (African Studies; Elisio Macamo) Thomas Betschart (Urban Studies; Jin Ding (African Studies; Max Interpreting the Administration: Burkina Kenny Cupers) Bergmann) Faso’s Courts in Translation How Transport Infrastructure shapes China in Africa: Perspectives on Territory in Contemporary Africa development and emergence Frederik Unseld (Anthropology; Till Förster) Maria Esther Leticia Eburi Losoha Jacob Geuder (Sociology; Sophie Making Art Work: Articulating Art and (Epidemiology; Sonja Merten) Oldfield) Urban Marginality in Kisumu, Kenya Improvement of immunization uptake Visualizing Urban Struggles: Video among pregnant women in Equatorial Activism as Utopian Practice Guinea: Mixed methods approach

Lianne Gonsalves (Epidemiology; Jürg Andrea Graf (History; Julia Tischler) Utzinger) Out of Sight? Bilharzia in Madagascar as Understanding the role of pharmacies a Global History of ‘Neglected Tropical as contraceptive outlets for young Diseases’, 1950 to the present people (ages 18-24) in Coastal Kenya Tebuho Winnie Kanyimba (African Studies; Elisio Macamo) Immigration and political identity: Faculty Prize for Stephen Kapinde Ethnographic studies of retribalization among political activists in Switzerland At the 560th Dies Academicus, Ste- phen Kapinde was honoured by the Katienegnimin Seydou Konate (French Faculty of Theology for his doctoral Literature; Hugues Marchal) thesis. In his research he describes Bestiaire et biotope végétal dans la the development of the relationship littérature de jeunesse de Côte d’Ivoire between the Anglican church and the state, with post-colonial Kenya as a Stephen Kapinde case study. Photo: Veit Arlt

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Herry Mapesi (Epidemiology; Daniel Paris) Non-communicable diseases in people living with HIV in Rural Africa: tackle the double burden

Matthias Maurer Rueda (Sociology; Elisio Macamo) Immigration and political identity: Ethnographic studies of retribalization among political activists in Switzerland

Francis Daudi Mlacha (History; Martin Lengwiler) The history of insurances in East Africa

Kirubel Mussie (Biomedical Ethics; Bernice Simone Elger) Ethical issues in the care of older people in Ethiopia

Pius Jonas Vögele (African Studies; Lorena Rizzo) Afrofuturism Echoes Back – Hip Hop’s Sonic Fictions from Black Atlantis

Ursula Wüthrich Grossenbacher (African Studies; Elisio Macamo) Impact of religion/spirituality (R/S) on the outcome of HIV care in different health settings in rural and urban Zimbabwe with a special focus on adolescent patients

Graduate events Graduate Network African Studies

In progress In 2013, the ZASB together with the interdisciplinary Centre Asia and Europe at the Workshop for PhD candidates in African University of Zürich was awarded SUK (today swissuniversities) funding for a joint Studies with Elísio Macamo Graduate Module called “Challenges in Interdisciplinary Area Studies”. In Basel, the 27 Nov 2020 (online) | Graduate graduate module developed into a lively community, supporting training activities Workshop for and individual research activities of PhD students within the African Studies network. This formed the basis for a successful application to swissuniversities for a graduate programme. The Basel Graduate Network African Studies was implemented in 2017.

Between 2013 and 2020, a total of 71 young researchers affiliated with the Graduate Module or the Graduate Network, respectively, completed their PhD at the Univer- sity of Basel. Today, the Graduate Network has 59 members at different faculties of the University of Basel.

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Cooperation Outreach

Projects Events Continuing education courses

Learning for (Ex)change Loose Ends in the Museum Depot – On Korruption und Integrität in NGOs und Exchange project for MA students with the Status of Colonial Collections Unternehmen the University of Namibia Follow-up on the workshop “Stolen 6-7 Feb 2020 Coordinators University of Basel: from Africa” held in May 2019; with Alex Biscaro (Transparency International Giorgio Miescher, Luregn Lenggenhager, Basler Afrika Bibliographien, supported Switzerland), Olivier Bovet (State Lena Bloemertz by the Swiss Academy for Humanities Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO), Coordinators University of Namibia: and Social Sciences Christian Hauser (University of Applied Martha Akawa, Martin Hipondoka, 17 Jan 2020 | Workshop Sciences Graubünden), Lucy Koechlin Goodman Gwasira, Jona Heita, Hilma (ZASB), Elísio Macamo (ZASB), Yvan Nghiyalwa Maillard Ardenti (evolutio.conseil/Brot 01.02.2019-31.01.2022, Stiftung Mercator für alle) Schweiz Visiting scholars Africa’s Place in the New World Order International Digital Exchange between Emma Asige Liaga 15-17 Oct 2020 (online) Africa and Switzerland (IDEAS) University of Pretoria, South Africa With Ulf Engel (University of Leipzig), Exchange project for MA students with Oumou Dilly visiting PhD student (Feb Dominik Langenbacher (formerly the Universities of Bamako and Conakry 2019-Jul 2020) Federal Department of Foreign Affairs), Coordinators Basel: Elísio Macamo, Emmaculate Asige Liaga (ZASB) Joschka Philipps, Noemi Steuer Lerato Posholi Coordinator Bamako: Bréma Ely Dicko University of Witwatersrand, South Coordinators Conakry: Alpha Amadou Africa Bano Barry, Soumahila Bayo Oumou Dilly visiting PhD student (Apr 01.06.2019-30.11.2020; Movetia 2019-Mar 2020)

Pilot African Postgraduate Academy (PAPA) Coordinators: Mamadou Diavara (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main/ Point Sud, Bamako), Elísio Macamo 01.07.2019-31.12.2022; Gerda Henkel Stiftung

The Trouble With the State. Boundaries Pilot African Postgraduate Academy (PAPA) and Networks in Africa Eucor graduate workshop series (spring The three-year post-doctoral training programme intends to strengthen basic re- term 2020) search in the humanities and social sciences in Africa and represent it in a self-con- Coordinators Basel: Claudia Baez- fident manner vis-à-vis other research environments. In doing so, the Academy Camargo, Jacopo Costa, Joschka responds to the prevailing trend of neglecting genuine research in favour of an edu- Philipps, Pascal Schmid cation focusing on application and direct political and economic benefit. The Acade- Coordinators Freiburg: Andreas Mehler, my’s goal is therefore to place greater focus on Africa’s important role in the further Franzisca Zanker (Arnold Berstraesser development of the humanities and social sciences in consideration of the special Institute) historical circumstances and the epistemological questions posed by knowledge Coordinator Strasbourg: Virginie Roiron production in Africa. (SAGE/Sciences Po Strasbourg) 01.12.2019-31.12.2021; EUCOR The Academy addresses up-and-coming African researchers from Francophone Crossborder Education Grant countries who have recently obtained their PhD. The programme includes two workshops per year for fifteen aspiring researchers and for four established scholars. In addition to a mentoring programme at the participants’ home universities, it is, above all, networking among scholars in Africa and the African diaspora that consti- tutes an important aim of PAPA.

The programme under the supervision of Mamadou Diawara (University of Frank- furt, Germany) and Elísio Macamo (ZASB) is based at Point Sud in Bamako, Mali, and funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

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Afrika-Bulletin In the media Auf der Suche nach Wahrheit Überleben in Zeiten der Krise Researchers with African interest Rita Kesselring featured in “Tandem- Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 177, Feb 2020 advised to clarify concepts Gespräch” on SRF 2, 23 July 2020 Article on GhanaWeb about Elisio Afrikas Musik bewegt die Welt Macamo’s keynote at the University of Victime de la pandémie, la Zambie est Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 178, Apr 2020 Ghana, 10 January 2020 en quasi-faillite Rita Kesselring in Le Temps, 30 Frauen in Bewegung Experten der Uni Basel zur Corona- September 2020 Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 179, Sep 2020 Gefahr in Afrika: «Die Leute glauben gar nicht, dass es dieses Virus gibt» Der Segerhof – Christoph Burckhardt Covid-19: Afrikanische Perspektiven auf Till Förster and Silke Oldenburg in Blick, oder 1000 tote Sklav*innen die Krise 17 March 2020 Veit Arlt in the Bajour series «Neue Afrika-Bulletin Nr. 180, Nov 2020 Augen auf die Stadt», 28 September COVID-19 in Africa – We Need to Rethink 2020 Lockdowns Elisio Macamo in a video interview on Wieso lehnt eine Grünliberale die The Elefant, 31 March 2020 Konzern-Initiative ab? Rita Kesselring in an article on Nau.ch, «Koloniales Denken wirkt überall nach» 10 October 2020 Tanja Hammel in the Tagesanzeiger, 21 June 2020 Die Basler Mission – eine ambivalente Rolle «Alltagsrassismus ist schwer Veit Arlt in the Bajour series “Neue wegzukriegen» Augen auf die Stadt”, 14 November 2020 Elísio Macamo in Zeit, 21 June 2020 Afrika-Expertin: «Andrea Gmür Wie eine Theorie den Kolonialismus zu argumentiert rassistisch» rechtfertigen versucht Lorena Rizzo in an article on kath.ch, 21 Elísio Macamo in an article on November 2020 treffpunkteuropa.de, 11 July 2020

Participants and mentors at the inauguration workshop of the Pilot African Postgraduate Academy in Bamako, March 2021. Photo: Stefan Schmid

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Budget and Expenditure 2020 (GK4901)

Budget 2020 Expenditure Office 800 1186.15 PhD students 4000 3075.59 Cooperation 3500 2482.95 Membership fees 1200 1182.80 MA course 10,000 9431.54 Staff 500 348.60 Publications 4500 3754.95 Student exchange 4000 453.85 Events 12,500 4500.00 Advertisement and representation 3000 20,603.05 Conference participation 2000 1492.00 Total 46,000 48,511.48

Office: The expenses were slightly higher Publications: These include the Carl Schlett- due to the Covid-related hygiene measures. wein Lecture 2019, a contribution to the edited volume New Lines of Sight, the Fest- PhD students: Most support of PhD stu- schrift for Andreas Heuser, and the 2019 dents is provided by the Graduate Network annual report of the ZASB. African Studies (CHF 10,513 in 2020). With its operating funds, ZASB supports those Student exchange: In the past year, there PhD students who are not eligible for fund- were no applications of incoming or outgo- ing by the Graduate Network. ing students. We supported one graduate returning home upon completion of the Cooperation: This budget line includes MA. costs for network events (General Assem- blies, Steering Committee meetings, stu- Events: We supported the organization of dent receptions), but also expenses related the “Usakos Virtual Workshop on Commu- to visiting researchers. nity-based Exhibition Development” and the international workshop “Photographs Membership fees: ZASB is a member of as Sources for Writing Histories of Medi- the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplin- cine, Health and Healing in Colonial and ary Studies AEGIS, the Swiss Society for Postcolonial Africa”. Both events are sched- African Studies SSAS, and Friends of the uled to take place in 2021. Archives (supporting access of students to the archives of Mission 21). Conference participation: This includes travel costs of members of the network. MA course: Usually, the main part arises The only contribution was awarded to the from the support of MA research projects team of the Afrika-Portal for a conference and participation in field courses. Due to in Namibia. the travel restrictions, these expenses were very low. Instead, we allocated funds to Advertisement and representation: This in- four tutors who supported teaching in the cludes the contribution to the printing costs hybrid classroom in the autumn semester of the Afrika-Bulletin, webhosting fees, as of 2020. well as a special reallocation of funds to the creation of a video series. Staff: The costs were lower – again, this is due to the restrictions on gatherings.

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