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Shea Parklands Face Various Threats – Can Archaeobotany Help Preserve Them? (by Alexa Höhn and Peter Lovett)

Traditional forms of land use in West Africa often include the integration of useful indigenous trees into the farmscapes. Economically and culturally, the shea tree is the most important among them. The collection of...

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IFG 5: The 4Rs in Africa: Reality or Transcultural Aphasia? Restitution, Return, Repatriation and Reparation

Restitution, Return, Repatriation and Reparation MIASA’s fifth Interdisciplinary Fellow Group (IFG 5) addressed matters of restitution of cultural objects in an interdisciplinary approach by interrogating the four ‘Rs’ – restitution, return, repatriation and reparation...

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Restitution, Return, Repatriation and Reparation (The 4Rs) in Africa: Reality or Transcultural Aphasia?, MIASA Working Paper 2023(2)

The topic of restitution of cultural materials in colonial contexts raises historical, political, and moral questions. This working paper summarizes the research findings of IFG 5 at MIASA, which moved the academic and political...

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Religious Diversity and Modes of Coexistence in Urban Africa, MIASA Working Paper 2023(1)

This Working Paper introduces research results of MIASA’s IFG 7 project titled “Religious Diversity in Urban West Africa: Exploring Modes of Coexistence for Sustainable Governance”. The project started with the broader objective of examining...

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The Migrant in a House of Mirrors: Some Reflections on the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies

Recent years have brought a surge in calls for reflexivity in migration studies. These calls are, to a significant extent, a reaction to the increasing prominence of migration and, closely related, of migration research...