Networks

Networks based at CH-ULisboa
Participation in networks

Networks based at CH-ULisboa

(Under construction) AIRN - African Ivory Research Network

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(Under construction) RIDLA - Internacional Network Sport and Leisure in Africa

The RIDLA - International Sport and Leisure Network in Africa began by bringing together researchers from different universities interested in the history, as well as the political, social, cultural and other meanings, of sporting phenomena on the African continent, subject to a rapid and often tortuous transition to modernity, including an asymmetrical sportification of societies. Subsequently, the theme of leisure was added, from the most popular and traditional forms to the most urban and erudite ones, which meant incorporating Africans into the different languages of new cultural creations, through which the meanings of African and/or universal experiences were re-elaborated. As a result of this convergence of goals, six international events have been held since 2010 and monographs, collective books, and special issues of magazines have been published. The RIDLA - International Sport and Leisure Network in Africa (currently under construction) aims to deepen the study of the various manifestations and implications of sport and leisure practices on the African continent.

RIDLA Official Webpage

(Under construction) REA - African Studies Network

The African Studies Network brings together researchers from, based in or related to research centers or groups on the Iberian Peninsula that are dedicated to African societies. Its aim is to promote synergies and collaboration in the areas of research, teaching and knowledge transfer. The network is unique in its kind on the Iberian Peninsula, but is comparable to other larger transnational Africanist networks, such as AEGIS, the European network for African studies. The originality is that the network starts from a different cultural sphere, the Iberian one, made up of the inevitably intertwined histories of the peoples of the Portuguese and Spanish states. This uniqueness hopes to be particularly fruitful in post-colonial reflection, based on the unique experience of the colonies of two different dictatorships, and the fact that the exploration and balancing of global synergies with Africa are articulated from the periphery of the center and not from its heart, overflowing far beyond the colonial connection.

REA Official Webpage