Projects
Talking in the city. A historical-anthropological analysis of communication, urbanism and movement in postcolonial Kinshasa (1960-present). KU Leuven
The research program sets out to analyze the ways in which communication infrastructures have been co−producing the postcolonial society in Kinshasa, capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo (1960−present). This will be the first comprehensive study of the dialectics between communication technology (ICT), society and culture in an African urban context. The focus will be on information and communication technologies such as telegraph ...
Students cultural anthropology help schools Ghent University
Through mental mapping and ethnographic interviw techniques some 50 students make a (limited) contextual analysis of some 20 schools. The schools are selected by the office of the Vlaamse bouwmeester (Flemish Architectural Surveyor) from a list of schools which are chosen to benefit of a substantial material (re)construction in the coming years. The socio-cultural research will be useful in the negotiations for PPS.
Fluid discours. A multi-sited ethnography of development aid in the water sector Ghent University
The research project observes power/knowledge dynamics in the global network of development actors in the water sector. Data is obtained from multi-sited, multi-level ethnography: at the local level, data was collected from field research in the Inner Niger Delta in Mali; participant observations were conducted within an international NGO and at the headquarters of a multi-lateral agency.