Geographer. Rural dev in Africa, l'état, social & inst. change, etnografia, thry-prac, political economy, Angola, Burkina, DRC, Ghana. opinions=mine, RT≠endorse
Vou apresentar, na 2af 13:30, sobre Angola, Malanje, Lunda, história e teorias : "Roadblocks da mente: Representações coloniais de logística, infraestrutura e
controle espacial nas geografias políticas africanas," Parte da https://t.co/omeAETxkFh
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Early-career scholars in African Literary & Cultural Studies (Eastern & Southern Africa) are invited to a year-long writing & mentoring programme, including a 4-day workshop at the University of Nairobi.
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Great critique by @rhaplord of "tendency in non-specialist writing to neglect sustained engagement with the historical literature in favor of generalist theoretical claims that repurpose outdated theories as groundbreaking discoveries." tbcont. @SoerenHenn https://t.co/bpiLsdE5Wi
“The highly decentralised communities described by anthropologists in Somalia during the early 20th century do not reflect the long-term historical organization of societies in the region.”
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Fraudsters, tax dodgers, and corrupt public officials use anonymous shell companies as getaway vehicles.
Tomorrow, the US House Financial Services Committee is marking up a bill, HR 425, that would repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, a critical law that unveils the owners of these anonymous companies.
The Sentry opposes any effort to gut or repeal the Corporate Transparency Act, one of our nation's most important tools to combat financial crime.
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The National Library has the largest publicly available collection of newspapers in #Uganda. Our newspaper collection dates back to pre-independence and is available for reference.
@vox_dev@SoerenHenn@uwpolisci@HarrisPolicy There are so many problems with this article (& NBER papers, & overall approach) it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵
@nberpubs@SoerenHenn There are so many problems with this paper & overall approach, it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵
@TheEconomist There are so many problems with this article (& NBER papers, & overall approach) it's hard to know where to start. Will post longer thread soon ... 🧵