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Lucas Catherine poursuit son travail à propos du Congo dit précolonial entamé il y a quelques années, en s’attardant ici sur la figure de Mwenda Msiri/Mushidi Ngelengwa Shitambi (vers 1830 – 1891), l’empereur du Katanga. Historien... more
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      Colonial and Postcolonial History of CongoBelgian CongoDRC, KatangaCongo Free State (History and governance)
For decades articles and books have been published on the history of German foreign policy during Cold War. Regardless of whether Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, America or the world as a whole, the foreign affairs of the Western Federal... more
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      German StudiesInternational RelationsCultural PolicyGerman History
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      EthnographyDemocratic Republic of CongoColonial and Postcolonial History of CongoDRC, Katanga
Cet ouvrage organise la comparaison entre les pratiques funéraires des Luba du nord du Katanga telles qu’elles se déployaient jusqu’il y a quelques décennies et les funérailles lushoises d’aujourd’hui. Au fil des chapitres, ruptures et... more
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      ReligionComparative ReligionSocial ChangeSociology of Religion
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      Witchcraft (Anthropology Of Religion)Democratic Republic of CongoStreet ChildrenChildhood studies
Abstract. − The results of a recent ethno-archaeological fieldwork on pottery making in Katanga (DRC) are presented in this title. This work is part of a project where the spatial and temporal distributions of practices are used as a... more
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      Historical LinguisticsIdentity (Culture)Anthropology of TechnologyPottery studies
Petit, Pierre, 2018. « Kipona caryatid seat. Bowl bearer ", in Julien Volpers (ed.), Unrivalled art. Spellbinding artefacts, pp. 64-67. Tervuren : Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
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      DivinationAnthropology Of ArtDemocratic Republic of CongoAfrican Art History
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      Historical AnthropologyDRC, KatangaSalesians
CONGO RESEARCH NETWORK
Conference ‘Contemporary Congolese Studies’ 11-12 June 2015 African Studies Centre & Emmanuel College, Cambridge University
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      AnthropologyAnthropology of Children and ChildhoodWitchcraft (Anthropology Of Religion)Democratic Republic of Congo
In 2015, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), henceforth Congo, expanded the number of its provinces from 11 to 26. Given the importance of ethnicity in Congolese politics, we investigate how this process, known as découpage, has... more
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      AfricaAfrican PoliticsCentral AfricaEthnicity
En mai 1978, la ville de Kolwezi est occupée par une troupe armée en provenance d'Angola via la Zambie. Au bout de quelques jours, un parachutage de légionnaires français vient au secours du gouvernement zaïrois de l'époque, dans une... more
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      Epic LiteratureAfrican LiteraturesDemocratic Republic of Congoépopée
We analyse the politics of the reform of teacher payment modalities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in light of the uneven territorial reach of the DRC state. The reform focused on ex-tending this reach by paying all teachers... more
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      EducationSociology of EducationNegotiationEducation and Conflict
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      African StudiesAfrican HistoryAfricaAngola
This paper is an attempt to understand why young men working as artisanal diggers or creseurs engage in displays of waste and excessive consumption in spite of the precarious nature of their material existence. My research based on... more
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      Social and Cultural AnthropologyDemocratic Republic of CongoArtisanal and Small-scale MiningDRC, Katanga
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      Climate ChangeUrbanizationDemocratic Republic of CongoDecentralization
Expectations that decentralisation in DRC would result in improved provincial governance were predicated upon an understanding of provincial elites as autonomous from Kinshasa. In reality, they are deeply embedded in informal patronage... more
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      AfricaDeveloping CountriesSubnational PoliticsDecentralization
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      ArchaeologyAfrican HistoryAnthropology of TechnologyPottery Technology