December 2, 2025
In this book, Mara examines global health as a foreign policy issue in Germany, exploring its entanglement with security and economic concerns. Based on an ethnography […]
September 17, 2025
In this article, published in African Affairs, Julia and Sandra (from the University of Richmond, VA) address the loss of property that many experienced in the aftermath of […]
September 17, 2025
Firstly published in 2023, the edited volume can now be accessed free of charge! The different contributions deal with the mobility and materiality of freight in the […]
July 4, 2023
Agriculture depends in large part on relations with weather phenomena, such as rain and temperature. Anticipatory knowledge about the atmosphere therefore is vital in agricultural livelihoods. […]
November 29, 2022
The article discusses the interplay of urban transport infrastructures and their need to and of discipline. Drawing on participatory observation, ride-alongs, and interviews, it elaborates the […]
June 9, 2022
Over the last two decades, a number of cyclones and tropical storms have hit Zimbabwe with devastating effects. Expecting these events to happen even more frequently […]
June 9, 2022
Against the backdrop of food security and supposedly untapped agricultural potential in Africa, international Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) remain important intermediaries for the transfer of agricultural science […]
June 13, 2022
Together with Burkhard Schnepel (Anthropology, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg), Julia Verne has edited an innovative collection of essays that foregrounds specific cargoes as a means to […]