Developmentality and the anthropology of partnership (DevAnt)
Partnerskapsbegrepet er sentralt for hvordan internasjonal bistand organiseres. Dette prosjektet vil studere partnerskapsbegrepet i teori og praksis. ...
The Chinese story: Historical narratives as a tool in China’s Africa policy
The rise of China as a key actor on the African continent not only challenges the Western dominance in economic and political terms, Beijing is increasingly also offering a challenge on a different level, by contesting the Eurocentric history that has underpinned the West’s policies towards African countries throughout the modern era. In order to bolster the Sino-African relationship, this article argues that Beijing is propagating towards African publics a range of historical narratives about African history and the Sino-African relationship. Developing and testing a theoretical framework for analysing these historical narratives, the research finds that this Chinese history of Africa represents China’s recent actions on the African continent as incarnations of a long historical tradition of friendship and anti-colonial support, thus serving the role of legitimizing Chinese policies as well as delegitimizing Western powers’ economic and political strategies.
Teoriseminar: Co‐Managing International Crises: Judgements and Justifications
Dette er tittelen på den nye boka til Markus Kronprobst, professor i internasjonale relasjonar ved Diplomatic Academy of Vienna. Han besøkjer NUPI for å presentere funna han har gjort.
Jubileumsseminaret på nordområdesenteret
I samband med 10-årsjubileet til Nordområdesenteret (NOS) ved Handelshøgskolen Nord universitet har NUPI og NOS gleda av å invitere til eit halvdagsseminar for å drøfte korleis Noreg kan realisere verdiskapingspotensialet i nordområda.