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Today is January 16, 2025. Few weeks ago, after the opening of “Histories of Tanzania” at Humboldt Forum in Berlin, Chief Adam Abdul Mkwawa II. told me: “It also helped a little to have people to share and listen to our cries and stories.” (1/2) Photo Credit: Imani Nsamila

Now the Hehe Chief is back to Berlin, leading a delegation on an emotional mission. I feel grateful to have the chance to witness when history is in the making. And I have some questions, will ask him today. (2/2)

Just seen, this information is now online: Today Charité Berlin returns twelve ancestral remains from colonial times to the representative of the Hehe community, Chief Adam Abdul Mkwawa II. Llive stream starting 11 a.m. Berlin time (1 p.m. EAT). charite.de/die_charite/th…

In our new paper, we argue that the global promotion of child feeding standards assumes certain Western middle-class parenting practices are universally superior, with a promise that future evidence will confirm this. rdcu.be/d7iyi

Instead, I write about still open questions and I provide context. An article on the complicated situation. Table.Briefings (in German, €). Thanks to everyone who answered questions. 2/ table.media/africa/analyse… #gjheritagewalks

it's here! Money, Value, and the State: Sovereignty and Citizenship in East Africa my book has arrived. a brief 🧵

Two new, excellent papers on #decolonizing developmental psychology: scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol6/iss3… by Nandita Chaudhary ET al. scholarworks.gvsu.edu/orpc/vol2/iss1… by heidikeller

Happy to share my latest co-authored paper on African Museum practices. It’s a good 😊 read: Truth-telling as a form of decolonial care: stories from a collaborative object biography research with the Ndau community of Eastern Zimbabwe tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Very happy to share the good news that our edited volume "Collections as Relations: Contestations of Belonging, Cultural Heritage, and Knowledge Infrastructures" is now #OpenAccess! You can download the book and the chapters here: taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…

Two recent articles highlight the scientifically unsound and ethically problematic use of one-size-fits-all measures in Early Childhood Development globally. It’s time for the #ECD field to take action. manvir singh newyorker.com/magazine/2025/… aeon.co/essays/the-pro…

"Help Can Harm." In this new paper in Ethos, Nga T.T. Mai and I examine the unintended consequences of parenting interventions among Vietnamese migrant families in Germany. We argue that such harmful effects deserve much closer attention. anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/et…

Call for papers – Childhood journal has commissioned Marjorie Murray and me to edit a special issue on: "Children as Caregivers: Ethnographic Perspectives and Political Implications." Please consider submitting an abstract by June 20, 2025.

Looking forward this talk by Emely Yates-Doerr at the University of Zürich If you wish to participate online, please write me an email: [email protected]

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For the first time, The Lancet has published a critical paper on the science of Early Childhood Development (#ECD). As an interdisciplinary and international group of authors, we call on the ECD field to move beyond the widespread use of deficit models. thelancet.com/journals/lance…