Current projects at the Department of Anthropology and African Studies financed through external funding
African Languages and Linguistics
- Appropriation and diffusion of Nigerian media production in Kinshasa (DR Congo) in the context of linguistic and socio-cultural change (Project 2.3)
Teilprojekt von ceditraa
Projektteam: Axel Fanego Palat (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt), Nico Nassenstein, Artemis Saleh. Finanzierung: BMBF (Laufzeit: 2021-2024).
- Microvariation and youth language practices in Africa
Nico Nassenstein (PI) und Andrea Hollington (Postdoc) gemeinsam mit Hannah Gibson (University of Essex). Finanzierung: DFG-AHRC (Laufzeit ab 2021)
- Teilprojekt B02. Konturierung und Verwischung sprachlicher Humandifferenzierung. Ruander oder Burunder? im Sonderforschungsbereichs 1482 „Humandifferenzierung“ an der JGU Mainz. Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Nico Nassenstein, Mitarbeiterin: Deborah Wockelmann. Finanzierung: DFG (Laufzeit: 2021-2025).
Anthropology
- CEDITRAA - Cultural Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation in Africa and Asia
RMU-Projekt, Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings, Prof. Dr. Nico Nassenstein, Project members: Dr. Rashid Jeduah, Artemis Saleh and Dr. Tom Simmert, associated: Dr. Hauke Dorsch. Funded by: BMBF (duration: 2021-2027).
- Policing as a practice of categorisation – Reciprocal ascriptions in the control of public spaces
Project coordination: Dr. Jan Beek, Project members: Prof. Dr. Thomas Bierschenk, Rachel Etse. Funded by: DFG (duration: 2024-2026).
- The Management of Loss: Politics of Life and Death in Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Heike Drotbohm, Project member: Theresa Mentrup. Funded by: DFG (duration: 2022-2025).
- Subproject A01: Melanin Matters: Skin tone politics in Nigeria and beyond Sonderforschungsbereich 1482 "Humandifferenzierung", JGU Mainz. Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings, Project members: Marion Grimberg, M.A. und Christopher Hohl, M.A.. Funded by: DFG (duration: 2021-2025).
- Subproject B04: Providers and recipients of help. Human categorization between solidarity and differentiation in Portugal and Brazil
Sonderforschungsbereich 1482 "Humandifferenzierung", JGU Mainz. Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Heike Drotbohm, Mitarbeiterinnen: Elena Hernández and Elena Reichl. Funded by: DFG (duration: 2021-2025).
- PAMRIK - Praxis, Affekt, Mitgliedschaft rechtsextremistischer Internetkommunikation
Project coordination: Dr. Jan Beek, Dr. Konstanze N’Guessan. Funded by: BMBF (duration: 2021-2024).
- Migration and Im/Mobility in the Global South during a Global Pandemic (DFG network)
Project coordination: Prof. Dr. Heike Drotbohm and Prof. Dr. Antje Missbach (Universität Bielefeld). Funded by: DFG (duration: 2021-2024).