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PhD Thesis Results Dissemination Workshops - Abidjan & Kinshasa

ven. 16 mai

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Two closed-door restitution workshops were organised to present preliminary findings from a doctoral research project exploring queer urban lives, agency, and resistance in Kinshasa and Abidjan.

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PhD Thesis Results Dissemination Workshops - Abidjan & Kinshasa
PhD Thesis Results Dissemination Workshops - Abidjan & Kinshasa

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16 mai 2025, 16:30 – 22:00

Location is TBD

À propos de l'événement

As part of the Unruly Spaces: Public Space, Society and Politics in Urban Africa project, Aline Nanko Samaké, PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Geneva, conducted two restitution workshops in Kinshasa and Abidjan. Her research examines forms of subaltern urban citizenship by analysing practices and repertoires of action that emerge among queer individuals and communities in both cities.


These workshops aimed to share preliminary findings in a context-sensitive and secure environment, recognising the ambiguous legal status of LGBTQ+ rights in Côte d’Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the increasing risks of homophobic discourses and violence in recent years. To ensure accountability to all interlocutors who contributed their time, knowledge, and experiences to this study, these dedicated sessions were organised as side-events, separate from the main Unruly project restitution activities.


The workshops had several objectives: to present the key thematic and analytical axes of the doctoral research;…



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