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Project details
Project name; Name of Branch/Client/subcontractant
An anthropological analysis of the heterogenite trade in Katanga (DR Congo)
Linked to Expertise unit(s)
Parent unit: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven KUL
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Theme
Geology, Mineral resources
Timing
Timing not specified
Country/Area of implementation; of Partner/Client
Democratic Republic of Congo
Place of Implementation; Location of Partner/Client
Province Katanga
Nature of expertise/action
PhD research
Field of expertise/action
Artisanal mining
Brief Description of expertise/action ; commercial relationship
The study centres on the lives, practices and views of the actors at the lowest level of the heterogenite commodity chain; it intends to carry out an anthropological analysis of the influences and effects of certain macro-level events, processes and decisions on the livelihoods of these people
Main objectives; expected results
This approach will help to shed more light on the ways in which individual Katangese – coming from a variety of cultural and social backgrounds – are establishing a remote connection to the global economy in an attempt to cope with concrete challenges posed by the transition from war to peace
ECA-CREAC Expertise Database - May 18, 2013