Our activities

Fieldwork

We have conducted archival research in The National Archives in Kew (UK), in the Archives of the Union Minière du Haute Katanga in Brussels (Belgium), The National Archives of Zambia in Lusaka and The Kenya National Archives in Nairobi. To complement our findings we rely on oral history and qualitatively designed interviews. Read more...

Ex-workers Cite Gecamines @Daniela Waldburger

Workshops

Our first workshop, entitled 'Studying Housing in Interdisciplinary Perspective' took place at the Department of African Studies at the University of Vienna from 9 to 11 November 2017. Read more...

Studying housing in interdisciplinary perspective@Kirsten Ruether

Teaching

In summer term 2019 we held a guest lecture series 20th Century perspectives on town planning and infrastructure in Africa within the colonial/metropole divide. In 2017 we held a lecture Housing for workers (and others) in African cities. Read more...