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Mongameli Anthony Mabona (1929) is a singular South African scholar with an exceptional life path. The history of British imperialism and apartheid shaped the world into which he was born. To a large extent, these powers had his destiny carved out for him. Nevertheless, a curious set of coincidences enabled him to obtain a tertiary education as a priest, to pursue his doctoral studies in Italy and to befriend Alioune Diop. He is one of the first published philosophers of Anglophone Africa and holds doctorates in theology and anthropology. His opposition to institutionalised racism ? including co-authoring the 1970 'Black Priests' Manifesto' - eventually led to his exile. This book documents his life and offers a synoptic reading of his scholarly and poetic work
This book, published in conjunction with the hundredth anniversary of the Paris Peace Conference, traces President Woodrow Wilson's evolving thinking about the principle of national self-determination by closely examining his approach to the remapping of Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War One.
Mongameli Anthony Mabona (1929) is a singular South African scholar with an exceptional life path. Yet, he is a wrongly forgotten figure today. British imperialism and apartheid shaped the world into which he was born and, to a large extent, these powers carved out his destiny for him. Nevertheless, a curious set of coincidences enabled him to obtain a tertiary education as a priest, to pursue his doctoral studies in Italy and to befriend Alioune Diop. He is one of the first published philosophers of Anglophone Africa and holds doctorates in theology and anthropology. His opposition to institutionalized racism – an opposition which included his co-authoring the 1970 "Black Priests' Manifesto" – eventually led to his exile. This book is the first study of any kind devoted to Mabona. It documents his life and offers a synoptic reading of his scholarly and poetic work.
AbstractFocusing on process tracing and using the example of fieldwork in Donbas, I develop an argument on what theoretically grounded and empirically detailed methodological solutions can be considered to mitigate the challenges of research on conflict zones and assure the robustness of any causal claims made. I first outline my assumptions about process tracing as the central case study method and its application to research on conflict zones, and then discuss in more detail data requirements, data collection, and data analysis. Using two examples of case studies on the war in and over Donbas, I illustrate how three standards of best-practice in process tracing—the need for a theory-guided inquiry, the necessity to enhance causal inference by paying attention to (and ruling out) rival explanations, and the importance of transparency in the design and execution of research—can be applied in the challenging circumstances of fieldwork-based case studies of conflict zones. I conclude by suggesting that as a minimum threshold for reliance upon causal inferences, these three standards also should align with a standard of evidence that requires both the theoretical and empirical plausibility of any conclusions drawn.
This article investigates the techno-politics of vertical farming in the field of food security. Drawing on the works of Peter Sloterdijk, the article un-derstands the Vertical Farm as a technology of ecological care that aims to contain the environmental side effects of agriculture while further increas-ing food production. Instead of growing food outdoor in the field, tech-nologies such as hydroponics or LED lighting are being used to create artificial ecosystems in closed environments and integrate them into the urban spaces. The paper argues that the logic of ecological care enshrined in the Vertical Farm follows a logic of co-immunization by drawing a strong boundary between crop production spaces and the environment, thus preventing uncontrolled material flows between them.
The life and work of a remarkably versatile and pioneering South African thinker Mongameli Anthony Mabona (1929) is a singular South African scholar with an exceptional life path. Yet, he is a wrongly forgotten figure today. British imperialism and apartheid shaped the world into which he was born and, to a large extent, these powers carved out his destiny for him. Nevertheless, a curious set of coincidences enabled him to obtain a tertiary education as a priest, to pursue his doctoral studies in Italy and to befriend Alioune Diop. He is one of the first published philosophers of Anglophone Africa and holds doctorates in theology and anthropology. His opposition to institutionalized racism – an opposition which included his co-authoring the 1970 "Black Priests' Manifesto" – eventually led to his exile. This book is the first study of any kind devoted to Mabona. It documents his life and offers a synoptic reading of his scholarly and poetic work.
A proposta deste artigo é contribuir com o debate acerca das formas ocultas de assalariamento decorrentes da financeirização da produção, a partir da abordagem de Cadeias Globais de Valor (CGV). Esta abordagem mira os novos expedientes de externalização das atividades produtivas das empresas transnacionais oportunizados pela desregulamentação financeira. A pesquisa circunscreve-se à deslocalização dos trabalhos de inovação através de novas modalidades de aplicações financeiras direcionadas a microempresas inovadoras, tomando como objeto as startups de base tecnológica, nas quais esses investimentos têm sido mais atuantes. O objetivo foi evidenciar que tal expediente denota um novo tipo de assalariamento por peça, assinalado pela produção sob encomenda (just in time), e impulsionado pelo capital financeiro. No caso, a peça é circunstanciada nos projetos encomendados para atender à incrementação da produtividade das empresas líderes das CGV e, com isso, a rentabilidade de seus acionistas. O instrumento mais utilizado para captar esses investimentos são os Editais de Inovação agenciados por políticas de governança e empreendedorismo, cujo principal pilar são as parcerias público-privadas. A análise de dois editais dessa natureza permitiu constatar que esses atuam como um meio de conectar encomendas corporativas a trabalhadores autônomos, servindo como um artifício para disfarçar processos de terceirização dos laboratórios de inovação das grandes marcas e disponibilizar força de trabalho qualificada sem despesas trabalhistas. Assim, riscos e custos laborais são transferidos às startups proponentes, ao mesmo tempo em que as deixa permanentemente disponíveis para novos pedidos, reiterando o paradigma do trabalho intermitente e sem direitos, característico do capitalismo contemporâneo.