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Post date: 07 October 2026
Post date: 07 October 2026
Post date: 07 October 2026
Post date: 07 October 2026
In this vivid ethnography, Tanja Hendriks details the decisions and dilemmas of Malawian civil servants in disaster response efforts after cyclone Idai (2019). Hendriks reveals how the aid-dependent Malawian state remains crucial to disaster governance despite chronic resource scarcity and limited capacity.
Post date: 17 September 2026
What is it like to live with the pollution from mining and oil day in day out? Through photography and poetry, Abundance/Extracted portrays scenes from everyday life in the Niger Delta, the Zambian Copperbelt, and Johannesburg. The book is the result of a long-term collaboration between academics, photographers, and poets.
Post date: 15 September 2026
Post date: 27 August 2026
Post date: 18 August 2026
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Posted on 28 November 2016, last modified on 23 December 2016