Project

Understanding urban protest in a context of war: An ethnographic analysis of ‘urban political terrains’ in Eastern DRC.

Code
01CD2823
Duration
01 October 2023 → 31 January 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Security, peace and conflict
    • Social movements and collective action
    • Urban anthropology
Keywords
ethnography conflict urban resistance
 
Project description
This research project offers a theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of the complex forms of urban political resistance, activism and protest in the war-torn region Congo. This will be operationalized by an ethnographic study in three cities in eastern DRC.