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MIASA Publishing Workshop 2026
ISSER Seminar Room, University of Ghana, LegonThe MIASA Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum (published by the GIGA Institute for African Affairs) and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (published by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana), will take place on 9 and 10 March 2026 at the University of Ghana in Accra. Objectives and Workshop Programme ... Read more
Workshop: Tracing Foundations
University of Ghana MakerspaceTracing Foundations is a participatory sculptural intervention in public space that explores how form emerges through accumulation, proximity, and shared action. Rather than presenting a fixed object, the work understands sculpture as a spatial condition shaped by use, negotiation, and presence. Drawing on additive structural principles derived from the spatial organization of Gurunsi village ground plans, ... Read more
Public Lecture: Staying Cold in an Ever-Warmer World. An Anthropology of Air Conditioning, Globalization and Disconnection, based on the life stories of young Cameroonian entrepreneurs; Speaker: Gérard Amougou
MIASA Seminar RoomAbstract: With global warming on the rise, the use of air conditioners is steadily increasing in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon. Only, these cooling devices have to be maintained and repaired by youngs local technician-contractors who face various obstacles in accomplishing their work. Drawing on the biographical accounts of these emerging actors in a precarious ... Read more
