Florian Balbiani
@fbalbiani.bsky.social
historian I PhD candidate @unierfurt.bsky.social I history of Swahili studies in Britain and Germany
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#SwahiliStudies #ColonialHistory #AfricanLinguistics #KnowledgeProduction #archivalresearch
📷 Folio of the Swahili poem ‘Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi’ (SOAS, MS 45022c) via SOAS Digital Collections, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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📷 Folio of the Swahili poem ‘Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi’ (SOAS, MS 45022c) via SOAS Digital Collections, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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Knowledge Production between Mission, University, and Colonial Administration: Swahili Studies in Britain and Germany, 1840s–1940s
The brutalist Philips Building in central London does not look very inviting at first. Nevertheless, it is a magnet for students and researchers from all over the world working on Asia and Africa. Nowadays probably the most important institution in the Global North for research on the Global South, SOAS (School of Oriental and African … Continue reading Knowledge Production between Mission, University, and Colonial Administration: Swahili Studies in Britain and Germany, 1840s–1940s
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July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Read his blog post to find out more: ghil.hypotheses.org/....
#SwahiliStudies #ColonialHistory #AfricanLinguistics #KnowledgeProduction #archivalresearch
📷 Folio of the Swahili poem ‘Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi’ (SOAS, MS 45022c) via SOAS Digital Collections, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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#SwahiliStudies #ColonialHistory #AfricanLinguistics #KnowledgeProduction #archivalresearch
📷 Folio of the Swahili poem ‘Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi’ (SOAS, MS 45022c) via SOAS Digital Collections, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
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Reposted by Florian Balbiani
Florian's study reveals extensive collaboration between European and African scholars, uncovering complex negotiations over authorship and intellectual credit that challenge traditional narratives about knowledge production in colonial contexts.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Florian's study reveals extensive collaboration between European and African scholars, uncovering complex negotiations over authorship and intellectual credit that challenge traditional narratives about knowledge production in colonial contexts.
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Reposted by Florian Balbiani
Focusing on the practices of knowledge production, from documentation and transcription to manuscript collection and academic publishing, he traces the path from fieldwork in Africa to Africanist publications across missionary, colonial, and academic networks.
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July 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Focusing on the practices of knowledge production, from documentation and transcription to manuscript collection and academic publishing, he traces the path from fieldwork in Africa to Africanist publications across missionary, colonial, and academic networks.
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