京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センターでは2017年より、アフリカに関係する海外研究者を招き、KUASS（Kyoto University African Studies Seminar）を開催しています。このKUASSは一般公開の特別セミナーです。講演は基本的に英語でおこなわれ、アフリカ研究に関する最新の話題や成果についての発表とともに、アフリカ各国の政府要人や政治家、大使なども登壇し、活発な議論が交わされています。セミナーの参加には原則、事前申し込みは不要です。
This presentation will explore how the trajectories of the tree species Dacryodes edulis—the safu— have been shaped by human practices across Central Africa. The first part will ex…
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The diverse cultural and economic practices of communities in Southwest Ethiopia make the region an important setting for anthropological research. Within this broader region, the…
Conceiving of colonialism as a uniform, monolithic, and hegemonic process across the African continent obscures the complexities through which compromise, negotiation, and economic…
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For the last 50 years, generations of African, North American and European scientists and health workers have tried to fight Lassa fever, a rodent borne disease that is endemic in …
The Ghana Grasscutter Project is a transformative initiative promoting the domestication and commercialization of the grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus), also known as the cane…