ERC Starting Grant · 2025
This interdisciplinary project investigates the long-term history of factories built by the multinational company Bata in Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe in the late colonial period and still operating today. This research addresses the under-studied area of industrialisation and manufacturing in Africa, particularly the lack of comprehensive understanding about the local impact of these factories, and the mechanisms behind their influence. The project’s innovative approach combines historical anthropology, geography, global history, and quantitative economic analysis to bridge the gap between micro-level factory studies, meso-level political and business histories, and macro-level development…
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