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Will women talk about the war?

How do women talk about violent experiences? How can we understand women’s stories of war without reproducing stereotypes of female victimhood or subservience? Rosi Aryal won the Speckmann award with her MA research on war time violence in Sierra Leone.

Rosi Aryal • February 16, 2016

My days as a cyborg: how I (temporarily) became the Kenyan elections

Between March 4 and 9 I lived in a vacuum. My sole companions were my laptop and my smartphone; together we merged into one grand news-consuming machine. Kenya was at the centre of my universe, the Kenyan elections my sole concern.

Marlous van den Akker • April 14, 2013