Browsing Publications by Author "Manger, Leif"

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Borderland dynamics in the Horn of Africa – Some reflections

Manger, Leif (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:1, Working paper, 2015-03-01)

This paper is a broad ranging reflection of the general situation of crisis in the Horn of Africa region. Rather than carry out a conventional anthropological analysis in which local people and communities emerge as “heroes” ...
Comparing Borderland Dynamics. Processes of territorialization in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, southern Yunnan in China, and the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.

Manger, Leif (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:3, Working paper, 2015-03-19)

The paper is a contribution to the recent debate in social science of border situations and the way borders affect borderland populations. The paper is directly comparative in form, by comparing three borderland situations, ...
Lost in Translation. Understanding the Nuba as a Movement Between Epistemic Territories – between difference and sameness, between contingency and continuity

Manger, Leif (Sudan Working Paper SWP 2015:2, Working paper, 2015-03-19)

The paper is a broad discussion focusing on the Nuba people of the Sudan. The starting point for the reflections is the issue of “translation” in which the author argues for a continued focus on epistemological work to ...