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Developing a holistic systems-based response to the complex challenge of malaria in Burundi “This is not a difficult but a complex problem. We need a holistic systems-based response moving from blanket interventions to risk-stratified planning that addresses multiple reinforcing factors simultaneously across ecological and social dimensions,” said David Niyukuri of the Department of Mathematics ……
Sexual violence, Bare Life and Necropolitics “Gender-based violence and sexual violence, in specific, have reached unprecedented levels in countries in the Global North and South. Feminist scholarship and activism in South Africa have contributed to different theories to explain sexual violence but have also exposed the state that has the monopoly on exercising violence, as … Gender in turbulent…
“In this seminar, I consider the broad features of a literary tradition that obsesses over the inner lives of scientists after 1945. At turns suspicious and sympathetic, this tradition weighs ‘pure science’ in a moral calculus, often with didactic ends,” said Iso Lomso fellow Rick de Villiers of the Department of English at the University … The literary tradition of scientific recantation –…
Reflections on Paulin Hountondji’s Legacy “The conceptual and existential questions African thinkers and scholars across multiple disciplines have posed since the dawn of independence are frequently interrelated. From the mid to late 20th century, two major preoccupations were discernible in addressing the sociopolitical conditions in Africa namely, the nation-building project, on the one hand,…
It’s been said that nothing much has happened in Alzheimer’s Disease in the last 40 years. Carlos Ibáñez of the Department of Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, the School of Life Sciences at Peking University and the Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China, disagrees. “I believe there’s been great progress in the … An update on advances in understanding,…
How did the human fascination with flying influence the ways African states and nations imagined and constructed themselves after independence and how did mid-20th century Africans engage with modernity and the larger world? These are some of the questions Baz Lecocq of the Institute for Asian and African Studies at Humboldt University of Berlin hopes … Civil aviation in East Africa 1946−1986:…
Preventing head injury in rugby through law changes and effective tackle training “The focus is on reducing concussion during tackles in rugby. Tackle injuries lead to the highest incidence and severity of head injuries and concussion. They can have huge immediate and long-term consequences,” said Sharief Hendricks of the Department of Human Biology at the … A drink from the well of player welfare…
“Dogon Muslims and ‘pagan’ saints are key figures emblematic of the dramatic social transformations Mali has witnessed since the mid-20th century. They are also often alleged to be oxymorons, that is, contradictions in terms that cannot or should not exist. Anthropology long held up the Dogon as quintessential ‘traditional’ Africans who practiced ‘traditional’ religion. Indeed, … Dogon Muslims,…
The surprising absence of Mahatma Gandhi from the Constitution of India “On 2 October, the world will mark the 156th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. Gandhi, whose political baptism in South Africa was followed by his remarkable stewardship of the freedom movement in India, imagined a decolonised polity that was indigenous in its values, practices … Lost between Duban and Delhi – STIAS…
“My biggest weapon is my words. No one can take that away. As long as I live, I’ll write.” said Ishmael Beah, writer and novelist, and STIAS Artist-in-Residence. “Effective storytelling is not just about muscle memory and facts. A good story makes you feel. When you feel something it’s not just in the mind but … Writing my truth – Fellows’ seminar by Ishmael Beah Read More » The post Writing my…
