My take on what #Congo’s recent army reshuffle means (or not), and why US reactions to it have been dangerously ill-guided—both for Congo and with regards to sanctions more broadly.
https://t.co/ED5VDT04K3
På mitt jobb sägs det ibland - halvt på skämt halvt på allvar - att vi i första hand anställer 47-åriga kvinnor som läst statsvetenskap i Uppsala. Klart är att vi på Sids definitivt kan bli mycket bättre på mångfald. (1/5)
Finally read @RobtelNeajai
I mean, this is really original in every sense of the word...have you ever read an academic article that makes you even laugh while learning and still reflect?must read De‐centring the ‘White Gaze’ of Development https://t.co/v3BEsqsh6k
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Reflects a sad and typical trend in current discourse: the indulging in the hardship endured by a privileged (heroic) researcher self. A troublesome failure of recognizing privilege in relation to the people you "do research on" or hire as assistant…Change is needed.
If u do #fieldwork pls reflect on #PRIVILEGE. U r not saving anyone n only furthering ur careers. N if #fieldwork is so hard, don't do it. It is not a form of self indulgence, a feel good thing. There are some real people out there, suffering. @MariaEBaaz @Mats_Utas @dsfactories
If u do #fieldwork pls reflect on #PRIVILEGE. U r not saving anyone n only furthering ur careers. N if #fieldwork is so hard, don't do it. It is not a form of self indulgence, a feel good thing. There are some real people out there, suffering. @MariaEBaaz @Mats_Utas @dsfactories
Fascinating blog by Peter Lambertz: “Whales in the Congo River? Boats, Names and Bureaucratic Norms on Congo’s Inland Waterways” https://t.co/QySQ3nPTmd
‘Orientalism hit the right note at the most momentous - when the condition of coloniality needed a thematic & theoretical decoupling from the framing of capitalist modernity at large’ https://t.co/QiAtEOJ7Ez