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ritakesselring.bsky.social
@ritakesselring.bsky.social
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Anthropologist, Assoc Prof of Urban Studies @unisg.ch Zambia, South Africa, Switzerland. Books: Bodies of Truth (SUP 2017), Mutter unbekannt (Chronos 2024), Extraction, Global Commodity Trade, and Urban Development (ZED 2024). https://shorturl.at/dEbi
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bloomsburypol.bsky.social
Extraction, Global Commodity Trade & Urban Development in Zambia's Northwestern Province: An Ethnography of Inequality & Interdependence - by Rita Kesselring

An #OpenAccess case study of the unequal interdependencies global #capitalism creates

📕 bloomsbury.com/9781350454309 #Zambia #Commodities
March 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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unisg.ch
HSH Prof @ritakesselring.bsky.social & Gregor Dobler were mentioned in a editorial piece from @theguardian.com on Zambia´s Trumpian predictment. Taking copper as a case study, they showed that Swiss companies exploit transfer pricing and a lack of transparency to shift profits abroad. unisg.link/37f
The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist | Editorial
Editorial: As the US decries corruption, a paper suggests the real scandal is multinationals legally extracting billions from Africa’s resource-rich nation
unisg.link
June 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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araujohistorian.bsky.social
RIP Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (1941-2025) ❤️
April 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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mininghistory.bsky.social
Always fascinating to see people researching and writing on completely new topics. Lee's previous book was on Chinese-owned copper mines in Zambia.
samwetherell.bsky.social Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Apr 11
Ching Kwan Lee, Forever Hong Kong: A Global City's Decolonization Struggle.
April 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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ziyandas.bsky.social
In today’s Business Day, @mininghistory.bsky.social and I assess whether a deal between the DRC and the US for military support, in exchange for access to critical minerals, will secure continued interest in infrastructure investments in the DRC. More here: www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2...
ZIYANDA STUURMAN AND DUNCAN MONEY: New deals probably won’t save infrastructure investments in DRC, Angola and Zambia
African countries likely to be low on US priority list for business and trade development initiatives
www.businesslive.co.za
March 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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mininghistory.bsky.social
The International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in South Africa is recruiting postdocs in history.

This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.
Job advert. Text of the job advert reads: "UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE VRYSTAAT YUNIVESITHI YA FREISTATA UFS THE HUMANITIES The International Studies Group (ISG) at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, has vacancies for postdoctoral Research Fellows starting in September 2025, with an annual tax-free stipend of ZAR 275,000. The positions are full-time for one year, with the possibility of extension for a further two years contingent on satisfactory progress. The ISG, headed by Professor lan Phimister, is a research-intensive department, made up of post-doctoral Fellows and PhD students. Although the group particularly specialises in Central and Southern African history, applications are encouraged from candidates with any specialisation in African and/or global and imperial history. Criteria Essential A PhD of not more than two years standing at the time of appointment Excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills A project to produce original research outputs Desirable Previous experience of supervising student dissertations Experience of departmental administration Proven track record of attracting external research funding Application Process Applicants are asked to send a CV, along with a covering letter outlining their suitability for the position and their proposed research and publication plans. These should be emailed as one document to Ms Tari Gwena at gwenat@ufs.ac.za by 12pm on 15 April 2025. In addition, applicants should arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to the above address. Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 13 May. If you have not been contacted by this date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful."
February 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
📙 Here it is, free for everyone to read online or download, my ethnographic account of the wildly uneven, deeply interconnected development trajectories of Solwezi, a copper mining town in Zambia, and Zug, an urban hub for metal trading firms in Switzerland

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February 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
Eine wunderbare SRF-Kontext Sendung zu internationalen Adoptionen aus Indien in die Schweiz mit Sabine Bitter vom Projektteam und Jovita Bieler. Hört rein!

@unisg.ch @bfh-ch.bsky.social

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Irreguläre Adoptionen: Jovita Bielers Suche nach der Wahrheit
Gefälschte Dokumente, dubiose Vermittlerinnen, Behörden, die wegschauten. Bis in die 00er Jahre gelangten rund 2300 Babys aus Indien unter fragwürdigen Umständen in die Schweiz. Darunter auch Jovita B...
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February 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
Herzliche Einladung zur öffentlichen Buchvernissage "Mutter unbekannt: Adoptionen aus Indien in den Kantonen Zürich und Thurgau, 1973–2002" diesen Freitag, 22.11., um 17 Uhr im Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich (StAZH)
November 18, 2024 at 8:10 AM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
We ethnographers and anthropologists @unisg.ch continue the Ethnography Talks with sessions on big data (25 March), the earth (22 April), plural worlds (6 May), and and a frank conversation with computer scientists (27 May). 10-12pm, hybrid. All welcome!

Program -> www.unisg.ch/en/universit...
March 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
Job: Full Professor of Social & Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Africa

www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-...
Job advertisement of the University of Bayreuth
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences: Full Professor of Social & Cultural Anthropology with a focus on Africa
www.uni-bayreuth.de
February 23, 2024 at 7:55 AM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/w...
Deadliest Cholera Outbreak in Past Decade Hits Southern Africa
The waterborne disease has killed more than 4,000 people in seven countries over the past two years. Experts blame severe storms, a lack of vaccines, and poor water and sewer systems.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2024 at 8:38 AM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
Zambia plans to directly buy & sell some copper produced in Zambia. Maybe the Zambian gov has read our article "Swiss Extractivism" which shows that Swiss-based companies dominate the trading of its copper, and much more? -> www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

www.bnnbloomberg.ca/zambia-to-st...
Zambia to Start Trading Its Own Copper, Competing With Glencore - BNN Bloomberg
Zambia plans to directly buy and sell a portion of the copper produced in the southern African nation, competing with trading giants including Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. and Glencore Plc.
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
February 7, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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krajewskimarkus.bsky.social
This is very good news: Parliament, Council and Commission reached an agreement on the EUCSDDD on corporate responsibility. Germany needs to rewrite its Supply Chain Law.
www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: Council and Parliament strike deal to protect environment an...
Council and Parliament strike provisional deal on corporate sustainability due diligence directive.
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 14, 2023 at 7:43 AM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
www.iol.co.za/business-rep...
December 13, 2023 at 7:00 AM
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krajewskimarkus.bsky.social
Gute Einordnung von EU-Richtlinie zu Sorgfaltspflichten und deutschem Lieferkettengesetz im Standard (Österreich)
@ritakesselring.bsky.social

Wie sauber sollen Lieferketten sein? www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Wie sauber sollen Lieferketten sein?
Die EU will Unternehmen dazu verpflichten, Arbeits- und Umweltstandards in der Produktion sicherzustellen. Dabei zeigt die Kommission mehr Biss als das deutsche Lieferkettengesetz
www.derstandard.at
December 8, 2023 at 5:26 PM
ritakesselring.bsky.social
Illegale Adoptionen in der Schweiz: Es gibt viel mehr Fälle als bisher bekannt. Der Bundesrat geht von mehreren Tausend Betroffenen aus.

www.tagblatt.ch/schweiz/ille...
December 8, 2023 at 11:04 AM
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unisg.ch
Selbstverpflichtungen der Unternehmen und bestehende Regeln in den Produktionsländern reichen nicht aus, es brauche gesetzliche Regelungen in den Sitzländern der Konzerne, sagt HSG-Prof. @ritakesselring.bsky.social über das Lieferkettengesetz unisg.link/jff
Wie sauber sollen Lieferketten sein?
Die EU will Unternehmen dazu verpflichten, Arbeits- und Umweltstandards in der Produktion sicherzustellen. Dabei zeigt die Kommission mehr Biss als das deutsche Lieferkettengesetz
unisg.link
December 8, 2023 at 9:29 AM
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boscha.bsky.social
www.infoclio.ch/de/node/1858...
Ausschreibung: Forschungsbericht zur kolonialen Vergangenheit Baselbieter Persönlichkeiten
Das Staatsarchiv des Kantons Basel-Landschaft sucht im Auftrag des Regierungsrats für die Erstellung eines Forschungsberichts zur kolonialen Vergangenheit Baselbieter Persönlichkeiten eine Histori...
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November 15, 2023 at 1:54 PM
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claudiavonsalzen.bsky.social
„Sie hat Nein gesagt, aber er hat seine Macht ausgespielt“: Gegen einen Professor der HU läuft ein Disziplinarverfahren, es geht um den Verdacht der sexualisierten Gewalt. Unsere Recherchen zeigen jetzt: Es gab schon früher Vorwürfe gegen ihn. Recherche mit @evamurasov.bsky.social @tagesspiegel.de
Vorwürfe gegen Professor der HU Berlin: „Sie hat Nein gesagt, aber er hat seine Macht ausgespielt...
Gegen einen Professor der Humboldt-Uni läuft ein Disziplinarverfahren, es geht um den Verdacht der sexualisierten Gewalt. Schon früher gab es Vorwürfe gegen ihn.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 15, 2023 at 2:54 PM
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kompostmoderne.bsky.social
join the Extractivism and Transition Online Dialogues ETROD, this week with Rita Kesselring on "Swiss Extractivism" 🧨 #anthrotwitter #econanth
www.zirs.uni-halle.de/veranstaltun...
October 17, 2023 at 11:18 AM