Hlonipha Mokoena: Frontier Dandies in Colonial South Africa
Hlonipha Mokoena examines links between masculinity, dress and "war work" in colonial South Africa. Hlonipha Mokoena received her Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town in 2005. She is currently an as...
25 Juni 202019min
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi: Childbirth, Natality and "Young" Families
Nolwazi Mkhwanazi explores her work on Childbirth, Natality and 'Young Families'. Nolwazi Mkhwanazi an Associate Professor in Medical Anthropology at WISER. She leads the Institute’s programme in Medi...
11 Juni 202016min
Tinashe Mushakavanhu: Marechera, The Story Doctor
Tinashe Mushakavanhu speaks about a forgotten archive of letters written after Dambudzo Marechera's death, and his attempt to run a writing surgery for young war returnees from Zimbabwe's liberation s...
4 Juni 202016min
Part 1: Achille Mbembe & Dilip Menon: Capitalism's Global Histories
In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Achille Mbembe and Dilip Menon discuss the newly published book Capitalisms a Global History, co-edited by Menon and Dr Kaveh Yazdani and published by Oxford U...
28 Maj 202019min
Part 2: Achille Mbembe & Dilip Menon: Capitalism's Global Histories
In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, Achille Mbembe and Dilip Menon discuss the newly published book Capitalisms a Global History, co-edited by Menon and Dr Kaveh Yazdani and published by Oxford U...
28 Maj 202017min
Richard Rottenburg: "People, Pathogens and Technology"
Professor Richard Rottenburg discusses the cohabitation of people and pathogens in an increasingly digitised world. Richard Rottenburg is an Anthropologist of Science and Technology and Professor at W...
21 Maj 202016min
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh: "Africa and Nuclear Weapons"
Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh examines the politics of nuclear-weapon-free zones in Africa, a region of the world not usually associated with the geopolitics of nuclear disarmament. Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh is a Postdoc...
14 Maj 202016min
Mpho Matsipa & Bronwyn Kotzen: "Logistics, Blackness and Spatialities"
In this episode two WISER Fellows, Dr Mpho Matsipa and Bronwyn Kotzen, explore similarities in their work relating to space, race, and the politics of cement. Mpho Matsipa joined WiSER in April 2019...
7 Maj 202015min
