Projects
The Social Anthropology of Security Practices and Conflict Dynamics in Central African Civil Wars Ghent University
This project investigates the socialization processes that (re-)configure (violent) security practices occurring in Central Africa. It aims to understand how these are shaped between community members and armed groups on one side but also to study how they impact on eastern Congo, a region characterized by insecurity and inter-community tensions, coupled with the involvement of foreign armed groups.
A cross-cultural, cross-gendered and bi-sexual anthropology of 'borderlinking', 'trans(sub)jective' art. KU Leuven
An anthropology of global climate urgency KU Leuven
The overarching objective of this DN is to respond to a growing urgency expressed by European research councils and funding
agencies, as well as by governments, publics and students, that the social sciences should contribute to our understanding of and
engagement with climate change. We propose that the need for urgent action demands that social science attends to the notion of
'urgency' itself. We want to train ...
Anthropology of Human Security in Africa KU Leuven
ANTHUSIA is a multi-disciplinary EJD in the Anthropology of Human Security in Africa proposed by a consortium of four universities in Aarhus, Edinburgh, Leuven and Oslo. Combining competences from Anthropology, Human Security and African Studies It aims to foster talent relevant to current challenges and potentials of developing safe societies in Africa. By exploring different areas from a human security perspective, the research will provide ...
Anthropology, Conservation and Development: Analysis of practices and representations of local populations affected by the implementation of the conservation project "Projet Grands Singes" in the Dja Reserve in Cameroon Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
Towards an anthropology of anorexia nervosa: Meanings of thinness and dysfunctional eating among black females in Johannesburg Ghent University
The trend in public opinion to conceptualize anorexia nervosa as an illness of the white, female upper-class ignores its occurrence in atypical communities. In South Africa, accounts of anorexia among the black population have been reported since the 1990s. However, current knowledge on these cases holds some considerable gaps. First, there is unclarity on the prevalence of anorexia among black South Africans, as different research methods ...
Towards an anthropology of anorexia nervosa: Meanings of thinness and dysfunctional eating among black females in Johannesburg. Ghent University
This research studies anorexia nervosa among women of the black population in Johannesburg.
The project aims for a culture-specific approach in understanding and treatment by abandoning
the prescriptive, Western-based DSM-criteria. Instead, it examines dysfunctional eating in
Johannesburg in its unique local context with regards to symptoms as well as their meanings
Mapping European Social Economy: Employment, Social Dialogue and the European Pillar of Social Rights KU Leuven
In many countries, Social Economy Enterprises (SEEs) engage in some form of "social dialogue", discussing and often negotiating employment-related issues as wages, working conditions and training. However, social economy organisations only rarely count as formal social partners on their own right, despite the large number of SEEs and workers active in the sector. The MESMER+ project aims to establish an up-to-date in-depth mapping on activity ...