“Multispecies encounters in Conservation Landscapes in Southern Africa”: CRC-TRR Researchers Léa Lacan, Hauke-Peter Vehrs and Michael Bollig Edit Special Issue of Anthropology Southern Africa

Researchers Léa Lacan, Hauke-Peter Vehrs and Michael Bollig (Project A04 Future Conservation) are the editors of the recently published special issue of Anthropology Southern Africa titled “Multispecies encounters in Conservation Landscapes in Southern Africa”. The volume features a total of eight articles with contributions by researchers associated with the Collaborative Research Centre Future Rural Africa:

  • Lacan, L., Vehrs, H. P., & Bollig, M. 2024. Introduction: Multispecies encounters in conservation landscapes in Southern Africa. Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 109–117. DOI
  • Lacan, L. 2024. Killing tsetse and/or saving wildlife? A multispecies assemblage in colonial Zambia (1895–1959). Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 133–151. DOI
  • Vehrs, H. P. 2024. Hunting the hippo: a brief history of wildlife hunting and the reconfiguration of animal-human relations in Namibia’s Zambezi region. Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 152–166. DOI
  • Bollig, M. 2024. Wildlife corridors in a Southern African conservation landscape: the political ecology of multispecies mobilities along the arteries of anthropogenic conservation. Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 216–235. DOI
  • Alexiou, P., Brekl, J., Köhler, E., & van Engelen, W. 2024. Performing multispecies studies in Southern Africa: historical legacies, marginalised subjects, reflexive positionalities. Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 254–267. DOI
  • Vehrs, H. P., Lacan, L., & Bollig, M. 2024. Conclusion: Situating multispecies relations in Southern Africa in their local historical and political contexts. Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 268–273. DOI
  • Lenggenhager, L., Miescher, G., Nghitevelekwa, R., & Akawa, M. 2024. Crossing Etosha: a history of donkeys in Namibia’s central north. Anthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 167–182. DOI
  • Nghitevelekwa, R., Lendelvo, S., Nakanyete, F. N., Likuwa, K., Matengu, K., & Mushavanga, D. 2024. “We have that connection, we have love; we take wildlife as gifts from our ancestors”: relations between antelopes and Khwe in Namibia’s Bwabwata National ParkAnthropology Southern Africa, 47(2), 183–196. DOI

More CRC News

cover for a web post

Online Workshop: Commitment, Courage, Curiosity: How to be(come) an Inclusive Leader

On November 7 and 14, 2025, the Board for Gender Equality and Diversity hosted the online workshop “Commitment, Courage, Curiosity: How to be(come) an Inclusive ...
Read More »
a researcher drilling a hole in a tree with a manual drill

Wood Density Varies More Within Species than Previously Recognized, Global Analysis Shows

Wood density is an important plant functional trait to understand how trees everywhere in the world grow, compete with each other, persist or are affected ...
Read More »
kibagare area in nairobi, kenya

Power, Land, and Informality: How Cartels Shape Governance and Urban Life in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

Valentine Opanga and Detlef Müller-Mahn (Project C03 “Green Futures”) examine how land cartels operate as powerful, embedded actors in Nairobi’s informal settlements, shaping land access, ...
Read More »
cover for a web post

New Publication: The Politics of Suspended Infrastructure in Kenya

Uroš Kovač (Project B04 “Framing Futures”) examines stalled construction projects in Kenya—focusing on the suspended renovation of Kamariny Stadium—to show how “suspension” functions as a ...
Read More »
logo of the cologne international forum

Cologne International Forum Grants: Innovative Tandem Collaborations

The University of Cologne will be awarding five project grants (€ 15,000 each) annually for project-related innovative tandem collaborations between University of Cologne-based academics and ...
Read More »
Scroll to Top