Disputing Discipline. Child Protection, Punishment, and Piety in Zanzibar Schools
Booklaunch am Forschungsverbund “Normative Ordnungen” der Goethe-Universität am 22. Oktober 2021 mit Jun.-Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay (Juniorprofessorin für Ethnologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Politische Ethnologie der Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, ehemalige Postdoktorandin des Forschungsverbunds “Normative Ordnungen”) und Kommentar von
Dr. Claudia Seymour (Senior Researcher with the Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva)
Vorgestellt wurde das Buch Disputing Discipline. Child Protection, Punishment, and Piety in Zanzibar Schools. Rutgers University Press 2021
Weitere Informationen zum Buch finden Sie hier.
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Forschungsverbund “Normative Ordnungen” der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
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