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The Cultural Politics of Dirt in Africa, 1880 - present (DIRTPOL)

Start date: Sep 1, 2013, End date: Aug 31, 2018,

Dirt permeates everyday life in urban Africa, but it is more than an empirical substance: dirt is also an idea—or a complex set of representations—that shapes local perceptions of sexuality and the body, and influences people’s attitudes towards waste, recycling, urbanisation, ethnicity and migration. Dirt is a vital category for understanding urban cultures in Africa, and it has a history that ha ...
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