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Name of the expertise Unit
Institute for Anthropological research in Africa (IARA)
Parent unit
Original name: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Translation: Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Acronym: KUL
Umbrella
University/ Research Institution
Supervision entity / Firm style, stamp
Faculty of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven
Name(s) & acronym in French and/or Dutch
Instituut voor Antropologie in Afrika, Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen, KUL
Missions / Vocation / Core activity
IARA is committed to anthropological research in and on Africa; it favours participatory and sited research (‘fieldwork’), qualitative case-studies and contemporary historiography to shed an anthropological light on the social and political challenges facing Africans today
Fields of expertise
Anthropology of secundary cities in Africa; political ecology; Children and witchcraft in urban settings
Web site
Contact person(s)
Ann Cassiman, Professor
Same address as Expertise Unit
Phone: 32 (0)16 32 62 19 - e-mail: click here
Filip De Boeck, Head of section
Same address as Expertise Unit
Phone: +32 (0)16 32 60 46 or +32 (0)16 32 60 07 - Fax: +32 (0)16 32 59 02 - e-mail: click here
Expertise Unit address
Parkstraat 45 - bus 3615
3000 Leuven, Belgium
ECA-CREAC Expertise Database - May 22, 2013