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ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

📙 Here it is, free for everyone to read online or download, my ethnographic account of the wildly uneven, deeply interconnected development trajectories of Solwezi, a copper mining town in Zambia, and Zug, an urban hub for metal trading firms in Switzerland lnkd.in/dmcidJpJ

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

It's a great book and open access too so you can read it for free: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/extractio...

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Fascinating insight into the trading division of First Quantum Minerals - one of the biggest mining companies in Zambia - in @ritakesselring.bsky.social's book. Switzerland is a regulatory regime not a physical place for such companies.

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"For FQM Trading AG's trading arrangements, Switzerland is not important as a physical place. The copper it buys and sells does not reach the country. Its traders are not working on the shores of Lake Zug; perhaps not even the profits are storedin Swiss banks. 'Switzerland' is a regulatory regime to which FQM Trading AG rents access by paying the minimal fee of Zug's taxes. This virtual Switzerland of course intersects with the physical place. Many other trading companies have a much larger physical footprint in Switzerland, but for all of them, access to the Swiss regulatory regime is a primary asset.10

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Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies @bloomsburypol.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Extraction, Global Commodity Trade & Urban Development in Zambia's Northwestern Province: An Ethnography of Inequality & Interdependence - by Rita Kesselring An #OpenAccess case study of the unequal interdependencies global #capitalism creates 📕 bloomsbury.com/9781350454309 #Zambia #Commodities

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University of St.Gallen @unisg.ch · 11/06/2025

HSH Prof @ritakesselring.bsky.social & Gregor Dobler were mentioned in a editorial piece from @theguardian.com on Zambia´s Trumpian predictment. Taking copper as a case study, they showed that Swiss companies exploit transfer pricing and a lack of transparency to shift profits abroad. unisg.link/37f

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The Guardian view on Zambia’s Trumpian predicament: US aid cuts are dwarfed by a far bigger heist | Editorial

Editorial: As the US decries corruption, a paper suggests the real scandal is multinationals legally extracting billions from Africa’s resource-rich nation

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

RIP Valentin-Yves Mudimbe (1941-2025) ❤️

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Always fascinating to see people researching and writing on completely new topics. Lee's previous book was on Chinese-owned copper mines in Zambia.

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Ziyanda S. @ziyandas.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

In today’s Business Day, @mininghistory.bsky.social and I assess whether a deal between the DRC and the US for military support, in exchange for access to critical minerals, will secure continued interest in infrastructure investments in the DRC. More here: www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2...

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ZIYANDA STUURMAN AND DUNCAN MONEY: New deals probably won’t save infrastructure investments in DRC, Angola and Zambia

African countries likely to be low on US priority list for business and trade development initiatives

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Duncan Money @mininghistory.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in South Africa is recruiting postdocs in history. This is my old department and I spent three happy years working there.

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Text of the job advert reads:
"UNIVERSITY OF THE
FREE STATE
UNIVERSITEIT VAN DIE
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FREISTATA

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THE HUMANITIES

The International Studies Group (ISG) at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, has vacancies for postdoctoral Research Fellows starting in September 2025, with an annual tax-free stipend of ZAR 275,000. The positions are full-time for one year, with the possibility
of extension for a further two years contingent on satisfactory progress. The ISG, headed by Professor lan Phimister, is a research-intensive department, made up of post-doctoral Fellows and PhD students. Although the group particularly specialises in Central and Southern African history, applications are encouraged from candidates with any specialisation in African and/or global and imperial history.

Criteria

Essential
A PhD of not more than two years
standing at the time of appointment
Excellent written, oral and
interpersonal skills
A project to produce original
research outputs

Desirable
Previous experience of supervising
student dissertations
Experience of departmental
administration
Proven track record of attracting
external research funding

Application Process

Applicants are asked to send a CV, along with a covering letter outlining their suitability for the position and their proposed research and publication plans. These should be emailed as one document to Ms Tari Gwena at gwenat@ufs.ac.za by 12pm on 15 April 2025. In addition, applicants should arrange for two letters of recommendation to be sent to the above address.
Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 13 May. If you have not been contacted by this date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful."

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ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Herzliche Einladung zur öffentlichen Buchvernissage "Mutter unbekannt: Adoptionen aus Indien in den Kantonen Zürich und Thurgau, 1973–2002" diesen Freitag, 22.11., um 17 Uhr im Staatsarchiv des Kantons Zürich (StAZH)

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ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

We ethnographers and anthropologists @unisg.ch continue the Ethnography Talks with sessions on big data (25 March), the earth (22 April), plural worlds (6 May), and and a frank conversation with computer scientists (27 May). 10-12pm, hybrid. All welcome! Program -> www.unisg.ch/en/universit...

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ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Zambia plans to directly buy & sell some copper produced in Zambia. Maybe the Zambian gov has read our article "Swiss Extractivism" which shows that Swiss-based companies dominate the trading of its copper, and much more? -> www.cambridge.org/core/journal... www.bnnbloomberg.ca/zambia-to-st...

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Zambia to Start Trading Its Own Copper, Competing With Glencore - BNN Bloomberg

Zambia plans to directly buy and sell a portion of the copper produced in the southern African nation, competing with trading giants including Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. and Glencore Plc.

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Markus Krajewski @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social · 14/12/2023

This is very good news: Parliament, Council and Commission reached an agreement on the EUCSDDD on corporate responsibility. Germany needs to rewrite its Supply Chain Law. www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence: Council and Parliament strike deal to protect environment an...

Council and Parliament strike provisional deal on corporate sustainability due diligence directive.

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Markus Krajewski @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Gute Einordnung von EU-Richtlinie zu Sorgfaltspflichten und deutschem Lieferkettengesetz im Standard (Österreich) @ritakesselring.bsky.social Wie sauber sollen Lieferketten sein? www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

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Wie sauber sollen Lieferketten sein?

Die EU will Unternehmen dazu verpflichten, Arbeits- und Umweltstandards in der Produktion sicherzustellen. Dabei zeigt die Kommission mehr Biss als das deutsche Lieferkettengesetz

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ritakesselring.bsky.social @ritakesselring.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Illegale Adoptionen in der Schweiz: Es gibt viel mehr Fälle als bisher bekannt. Der Bundesrat geht von mehreren Tausend Betroffenen aus. www.tagblatt.ch/schweiz/ille...

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University of St.Gallen @unisg.ch · 08/12/2023

Selbstverpflichtungen der Unternehmen und bestehende Regeln in den Produktionsländern reichen nicht aus, es brauche gesetzliche Regelungen in den Sitzländern der Konzerne, sagt HSG-Prof. @ritakesselring.bsky.social über das Lieferkettengesetz unisg.link/jff

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Wie sauber sollen Lieferketten sein?

Die EU will Unternehmen dazu verpflichten, Arbeits- und Umweltstandards in der Produktion sicherzustellen. Dabei zeigt die Kommission mehr Biss als das deutsche Lieferkettengesetz

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Claudia von Salzen @claudiavonsalzen.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

„Sie hat Nein gesagt, aber er hat seine Macht ausgespielt“: Gegen einen Professor der HU läuft ein Disziplinarverfahren, es geht um den Verdacht der sexualisierten Gewalt. Unsere Recherchen zeigen jetzt: Es gab schon früher Vorwürfe gegen ihn. Recherche mit @evamurasov.bsky.social @tagesspiegel.de

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Vorwürfe gegen Professor der HU Berlin: „Sie hat Nein gesagt, aber er hat seine Macht ausgespielt...

Gegen einen Professor der Humboldt-Uni läuft ein Disziplinarverfahren, es geht um den Verdacht der sexualisierten Gewalt. Schon früher gab es Vorwürfe gegen ihn.

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Andreas Streinzer @kompostmoderne.bsky.social · 17/10/2023

join the Extractivism and Transition Online Dialogues ETROD, this week with Rita Kesselring on "Swiss Extractivism" 🧨 #anthrotwitter #econanth www.zirs.uni-halle.de/veranstaltun...

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