Obiettivo Dirt permeates everyday life in urban Africa, but it is more than an empirical substance: dirt is also an idea—or a complex set of representations—that shapes local perceptions of sexuality and the body, and influences people’s attitudes towards waste, recycling, urbanisation, ethnicity and migration. Dirt is a vital category for understanding urban cultures in Africa, and it has a history that has yet to be examined in detail. Besides the work of epidemiologists and occasional anthropological accounts, however, there have been no sustained studies of locally situated understandings of dirt in Africa. This project will identify and reflect on African representations and understandings of dirt in a comparative historical perspective for the first time. With reference to four key themes—colonialism, the environment, sexuality and ethnicity—everyday cultural practices will be addressed in Nairobi (Kenya) and Lagos (Nigeria). In examining particular African locations and historical contexts, the project will evaluate not only the social and political histories of specific ‘dirty’ discourses, but also the theoretical and methodological directions that the concept of dirt generates as a starting point for comparative interdisciplinary case-studies. Employing a range of methodologies, the two teams of researchers at the Participating Institutions (Kenyatta University, Nairobi, and University of Lagos) in Years 1-5, and the doctoral and postdoctoral researchers at the Host Institution (University of Sussex) in Years 3-5, will identify local African representations and understandings of dirt. In addition to other major outputs, the PI will build a website that addresses political, methodological, theoretical and ethical issues, as well as providing an archive of primary resources. Key objectives include: to learn from positive and negative valuations of words connoting dirt in Africa, and to develop a paradigm for interdisciplinary work in African cultural studies. Campo scientifico humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorysocial sciencessociologyanthropologyethnology Programma(i) 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) Argomento(i) ERC-AG-SH5 - ERC Advanced Grant - Cultures and cultural production Invito a presentare proposte ERC-2012-ADG_20120411 Vedi altri progetti per questo bando Meccanismo di finanziamento ERC-AG - ERC Advanced Grant Istituzione ospitante THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX Contributo UE € 1 790 692,80 Indirizzo SUSSEX HOUSE FALMER BN1 9RH Brighton Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Regione South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex Brighton and Hove Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Ricercatore principale Stephanie Newell (Prof.) Contatto amministrativo Amelia Wakeford (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Beneficiari (3) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX Regno Unito Contributo UE € 1 790 692,80 Indirizzo SUSSEX HOUSE FALMER BN1 9RH Brighton Mostra sulla mappa Regione South East (England) Surrey, East and West Sussex Brighton and Hove Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Ricercatore principale Stephanie Newell (Prof.) Contatto amministrativo Amelia Wakeford (Ms.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato KENYATTA UNIVERSITY Kenya Contributo UE € 247 474,80 Indirizzo ALONG THIKA ROAD 00100 Nairobi Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Maina Mwangi (Dr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS-UNILAG Nigeria Contributo UE € 171 632,40 Indirizzo AKOLA YABA 234 Lagos Mostra sulla mappa Tipo di attività Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contatto amministrativo Lateef Odekunle (Mr.) Collegamenti Contatta l’organizzazione Opens in new window Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato
