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The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa, 1880 - present (DIRTPOL)
Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,
Dirt permeates everyday life in urban Africa, but it is more than an empirical substance: dirt is also an idea—or a complex set of representations—that shapes local perceptions of sexuality and the body, and influences people’s attitudes towards waste, recycling, urbanisation, ethnicity and migration. Dirt is a vital category for understanding urban cultures in Africa, and it has a history that ha ...
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Meredith Hanmer
Start date: Nov 17, 2014, End date: Nov 16, 2016,
The project studies the life and works of Meredith Hanmer (1543-1604), a historian of Welsh descent whose fascinating track record as a clergyman, controversialist, scholar and converter of Turks still awaits investigation. Through (a) archival research and the assessment of documentary evidence, (b) historical and biographical enquiry and (c) the textual analysis and critical appraisal of his wri ...
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Integrated Assessment of Societal Impacts of Emerging Science and Technology from within Epistemic Networks (EPINET)
Start date: May 1, 2012, End date: Apr 30, 2015,
The EPINET project will investigate conditions for the development of more integrated technology assessment (TA) methods. It will develop methods and criteria to be used for more socially robust and efficient practices on the interfaces between TA and the world of policy makers and innovators. At present, a large number of TA methodologies and practices exist. Many of these are based on varying – ...
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