The MALD is an expired Secial Research Project about "Long term changes in Africa". There were four focusses of research: 1. Epistemology/Cognitive Science and Knowledge; Reproduction and Innovation in African Societies (8. - 20. Century); 3. Formation of Power and New Political Formation (18. - 21. Century); 4. Spaces, Heritage and Environment. On this site, you will find a lot of information concerning the projects and their outcome. ... [editors ilissAfrica]
The interdisciplinary "Geographic Working Group Sub-Saharan Africa" at the University of Vienna deals with processes of social, cultural, economic, and political change, ecological questions and changes at the interface between human being and environment. [editors ilissAfrica]
The Ushaidi Platform can be used for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping of a specific topic. It was created as a tool for documenting the post-electoral violent events in Kenya 2008. Meanwhile, a number of other initiatives in Africa use this platform. For a list of projects see table of contents (as at April 2011). Ushaidi Blog was awarded best of the blogs by Deutsche Welle in 2010. ... [editors ilissAfrica]