Abstract
In my ongoing research, I explore how urban development and processes of migration influence social group dynamics, particularly those of underrepresented or marginalized actors such as formerly enslaved, women, and religious minorities. Combining archival and oral sources is an essential methodological approach to realize such histories from below and to center the agency of these groups. Building on my previous research experience in the Congolese cities of Kinshasa, Kisangani and Gemena, I explore new avenues of research in which trade, migration and urban-rural relations are central. One example is the DOCPRO PhD project on the history of female vendors along the Uganda-DRCongo border.
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