Objetivo Though the colonial abolition of West African slavery and slave trade is well researched, the aftermath of slavery still deserves attention. What does it mean to be of slave descent today? How does the legacy of slavery and the slave trade overlap with harsh contemporary forms of marginality and exploitation? Moreover, what do we see when these questions are raised in a much broader comparative perspective? This project looks at the follow up of the abolition of slavery and the slave trade, a global process that invested the world at different times with a rich and complex variety of outcomes. Most historical research has stopped at the early colonial period, a very well documented phase of world history. Here, the analysis expands up to the present, and beyond the boundaries West African studies. Four regions of the world, which are under scrutiny for trafficking and contemporary slavery, will be studied comparatively. These are Eastern Senegal (West-Africa), Libya (North Africa), Coastal Madagascar (Indian Ocean), and North Afghanistan (Central Asia). The ambition is to link the micro-study of lived experience, cultural meanings and practices with the analysis of linkages and broader historical processes. To get results, there is need of a dialogue with human rights, legal theory, studies of gender and racial discrimination as well as scholarly insights on globalization and neo-liberalism. The ultimate objective of the project is an analytically integrated study of the aftermath of slavery that captures both the variety of concrete case-studies and the larger history of linkages between different parts of Africa and the world, Europe included. Innovation stands at the crossroad of chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. Ámbito científico social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiesracial inequalitysocial scienceslawhuman rights Programa(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Tema(s) ERC-SG-SH6 - ERC Starting Grant - The study of the human past Convocatoria de propuestas ERC-2012-StG_20111124 Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoria Régimen de financiación ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institución de acogida UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA Aportación de la UE € 935 100,00 Dirección PIAZZA DELL'ATENEO NUOVO 1 20126 MILANO Italia Ver en el mapa Región Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Anna Pisano (Dr.) Investigador principal Alice Bellagamba (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos Beneficiarios (1) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO-BICOCCA Italia Aportación de la UE € 935 100,00 Dirección PIAZZA DELL'ATENEO NUOVO 1 20126 MILANO Ver en el mapa Región Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Tipo de actividad Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contacto administrativo Anna Pisano (Dr.) Investigador principal Alice Bellagamba (Prof.) Enlaces Contactar con la organización Opens in new window Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos
