RESEARCHING THE (UN)FAMILIAR

Workshop in the framework of the sub-project When there are Strangers in Our Midst. Citizenship, Migration and Re-tribalisation in Switzerland

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Time & date: Monday, 17 October 2022, 10:00-16:00 CET
Venue: Centre for African Studies Basel, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel, room 00.002

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This research workshop examines experiences of doing research in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. The familiar/unfamiliar are understood as fluid and mutually non-exclusive, and may refer to different aspects of the researcher’s biographical, social or intellectual relation to the specific regional and historical context she/he works on. The workshop focuses on methodological challenges and conceptual issues with a focus on doing research in Europe and in Africa. The workshop draws on research in the framework of the study “When there are Strangers in Our Midst. Citizenship, Migration and Re-tribalisation in Switzerland” (a case study of the Reversing the Gaze project).

Programme

10:15-12:00 – Session 1

• Introduction by Elísio Macamo
• Keynote by Peter Geschiere followed by discussion

12:00-14:00 – Lunch break

14:00-16:00 – Session 2

• Presentation of current research by Winnie Kanyimba and Matthias Maurer
• Final discussion

Speakers

• Peter Geschiere (Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, Amsterdam)
• Tebuho Winnie Kanyimba (Centre for African Studies Basel/Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel)
• Matthias Maurer Rueda (Centre for African Studies Basel/Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel)

Conveners

• Elísio Macamo (Centre for African Studies Basel/Department of Social Sciences, University of Basel)
• Pascal Schmid (Centre for African Studies Basel)

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