When women defend the patriarchal family. A historical anthropology of marital relationships among Gécamines workers, D.R.Congo

Scientific conference (2011)

Industrial farmers go farming. Agriculture, paternalism and urban identity among ex-Gécamines workers in Likasi (Katanga province, D.R.Congo)

Conference (2011)

Compte-rendu de l'ouvrage de Giorgio Blundo et Pierre-Yves Le Meur (eds). The Governance of Daily Life in Africa. Ethnographic Explorations of Public and Collective Services. Leiden, Boston : Brill, 2009. 347 pp. Index. Paper.

in African Studies Review (2010), 53(1), 193-195

Penser la critique sociale en Afrique. Les revendications des ex-agents de la Gécamines, Congo-Kinshasa

Conference (2010)

Compte-rendu de Blundo, G. et Le Meur, P-Y. (eds), 2009, The governance of daily life in Africa. Ethnographic explorations of public and collective services', Leiden, Brill.

in African Studies Review (2010), 51(1),

Claiming workers' rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the case of the Collectif des ex-agents de la Gécamines

in Review of African Political Economy (2010), 37(125), 329-344

Within the context of its strategy for the reform of public companies in Africa, the World Bank became involved in redundancies of questionable legality. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example ... [more ▼]

Within the context of its strategy for the reform of public companies in Africa, the World Bank became involved in redundancies of questionable legality. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, for example, the Bank arranged and financed a voluntary severance programme in 2003, whereby 10,000 employees of the mining company Gécamines, some 45% of its workforce, left in return for an arbitrarily fixed lump-sum payment. Based on ethnographic research, this paper discusses the history of the protest movement which emerged from this mass redundancy programme, the arguments deployed by the movement and the resources available to it. On the basis of this case study, the paper goes on to offer some thoughts on the conditions for social criticism in a transitional regime, heir to an authoritarian tradition of long standing, and operating under the tutelage of foreign donors. [less ▲]

La coopération universitaire belgo-congolaise : le rôle des mises en récit

in Revue Tiers Monde (2009), 199

French-Speaking universities in Belgium have developed since 1999 an important development program with the University of Lubumbashi. On the ground of our own experience, we will bring out the impulse at ... [more ▼]

French-Speaking universities in Belgium have developed since 1999 an important development program with the University of Lubumbashi. On the ground of our own experience, we will bring out the impulse at the origin of this collaboration; replace the strategies of Belgian and Congolese academics in context; and study how both partners assess their partnership. This analysis leads to considerations about the role of narratives in the negotiation of development programs. [less ▲]

The story of a tragedy. How people in Haut-Katanga interpret the post-colonial history of Congo

in Journal of Modern African Studies (2009), 42(2), 267-289

Cet article analyse les cadres narratifs auxquels les habitants du Haut-Katanga recourent pour rendre compte de l'histoire post-coloniale du Congo.

Entre abandon et spoliation. Les mémoires du passé postcolonial au Katanga, Congo-Zaïre

Scientific conference (2008)

Review of T. Trefon and B. Ngoy, Parcours administratifs dans un Etat en faillite

in African Studies Review (2008), 51(3), 198-199