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the tropical silk road

Publication: The Tropical Silk Road: The Future of China in South America

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We would like to announce the recently published book chapter titled: “Electrification of Forest Biomes: Xingu-Rio Lines, Chinese Presence, and the Sociotechnological Impact of the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam” by De:link//Re:link associated fellow Prof. Dr. Diego d’ Ávila Magalhães (Federal University of Goiás) and his colleagues Laís Forti Thomaz and Aline Regina Alves Martins. The chapter is […]

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Podcast

De:link // Re:link Podcast: Episode 1

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The De:link // Re:link podcast explores local insights and new knowledges. We invite intellectuals from different backgrounds to engage them in conversations about new spatial configurations and local perspectives on transregional infrastructure projects. For this episode, we invited Kenyan author and public intellectual Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor to talk about knowledge production, China’s presence in Africa, Europe’s

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The Belt and Road Initiative in Africa–China–Europe Relations

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The second lecture in the Silk Road Lecture series will be held by Prof. Dr. Adams Bodomo and explores the subject of the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa–China–Europe relations. Adams Bodomo is Professor of African Studies (Chair of African Linguistics and Literatures) at the University of Vienna with the following research expertise: – African

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The Belt and Road Initiative, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Road Safety in Pakistan

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The first lecture in the Silk Road Talks series will be held by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zaman and examines the Belt and Road Initiative, the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor and road safety in Pakistan. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zaman is a sociologist at the Department of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad. He earned his PhD from the University

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This is not the 1960s: A Reading on Chinese–Zambian Relations

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A Reading on Chinese–Zambian Relations with Mukuka Chipanta, Author of A Casualty of Power (2016). The collaborative research project “De:link // Re:link: Local perspectives on transregional (dis-)entanglements”, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), cordially invites you to an online reading from A Casuality of Power (2016) by and with Zambian

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Kick-off Event: De:Link//Re:Link Begins!

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During its three-year funding phase (2021–2024), the network project De:link//Re:link will investigate new spatial configurations and local perspectives on transregional infrastructure projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative initiated by China in 2013. “Link” indicates the network’s focus on local insights and new knowledges. In this context, the consortium will examine the dynamics of

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