South Africa

Diversity

Ethnography and the work of the ancestors

Fieldwork makes one think again about one’s own society. This blog is about how fieldwork taught me what ancestors mean in South Africa and forced me to think again about attitudes to ancestors in Europe.

Erik Bähre • 18-04-2016

Diversity

3 crucial issues in the upcoming South African elections

The South African national elections take place on May 7 2014. What are they about? As the elections come closer, tensions intensify, rivalries become harsher, and scandals make headlines. Three concerns that run through everyday political rivalries:

Erik Bähre • 23-04-2014

Diversity · Digitalisation

Dompas: Apartheid in Utrecht?

There is an app that shows you the shortest way to downtown Utrecht, called the Dompas. It is embarrassing that the developers of this app haven’t ‘googled’ this term, and so missed its dirty history in apartheid policy.

Jan Jansen • 10-03-2014