Annalisa Urbano
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 87861 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Annalisa Urbano |
| NOMBRES | Annalisa |
| APELLIDO | Urbano |
| FIRMA | URBANO A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Bayreuth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5229-7403 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2016 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Fruits of discord
Banana production constituted one of the largest colonial and postcolonial investments in Somalia. Cultivation expanded throughout the twentieth century, affecting Somalia's economy whose special trade relations with Italy lasted until the 1990s. This expansion was notoriously marred by controversies: embezzlement scandals in Italy; contested practices of labour recruitment and regimes; and conflict over the control of resources. This article loo…
Researching post-independence Africa in regional archives
Africa's regional archives offer crucial records to explore the continent's postcolonial past. Although these archives are often difficult to locate and access and are exposed to several challenges that might even threaten their existence, this article presents a solid case for reconsidering their importance. Recent trends, aptly labelled 'postcolonial African archival pessimism', have mainly pointed to problems and often to the limited accessibi…
International Law of War, War Crimes in Ethiopia, and Italy's Imperial Misrecollection at the End of Empire, 1946–1950
The article explores the post-1945 discourse around Italian war crimes committed in Ethiopia from 1935 to 1942. Although Italians largely escaped prosecutions after the Second World War, the article demonstrates how an international controversy – the appointment and dismissal of a former general of the Italian army as governor of Somalia in 1949 – forced a reappraisal of Italy's imperial, fascist, and wartime past. Exploring this discourse is imp…
Colonial settlers, national imagining and imperial myths in post-war Italy (1943-1949)
After the end of the Second World War, ideas of empire survived Italy’s imperial wartime defeat and formulated an allegedly new version of the nation-state: one that was democratic, “progressive”, and (post)imperial. This paper explores the role of Italian colonial settlers in fostering ideas of empire when the empire was already formally gone. Repatriated during and after the war and grouped into loose associations, colonial settlers were at the…
A “Grandiose Future for Italian Somalia”
This article explores the evolution of a developmentalist discourse for colonial Somalia and the attempts of the colonial government to present agricultural plans and labor policies as efforts to bring about social and economic development for colonial subjects and profit for colonial investors. In the long term, these efforts provided both a justification and a scope for the colonial venture. Fostering intensive farming and commercial agricultur…
That Is Why We Have Troubles’
Postwar politics in British-occupied Somalia is usually reduced to the activities of the Somali Youth League, the foremost anticolonial nationalist movement. However, by 1947, smaller associations, pejoratively nicknamed the pro-Italia , came together in an effort to return Somalia to Italy under international mandate. Drawing upon new archival sources, the article argues that this movement did not stem from arguments supporting colonial rule, bu…
Elusive Jannah
This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the lives of Somalis as they migrate to different destinations in search of the jannah, the ‘earthly paradise’. Bringing together approaches of migrant and refugees studies, the author compares the experiences of Somali migrants in places where they can access different legal statuses and opportunities: the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and the United States. This ‘divergent model’ set…
Researching post-independence Africa in regional archives
Africa's regional archives offer crucial records to explore the continent's postcolonial past. Although these archives are often difficult to locate and access and are exposed to several challenges that might even threaten their existence, this article presents a solid case for reconsidering their importance. Recent trends, aptly labelled 'postcolonial African archival pessimism', have mainly pointed to problems and often to the limited accessibi…
A “Grandiose Future for Italian Somalia”
This article explores the evolution of a developmentalist discourse for colonial Somalia and the attempts of the colonial government to present agricultural plans and labor policies as efforts to bring about social and economic development for colonial subjects and profit for colonial investors. In the long term, these efforts provided both a justification and a scope for the colonial venture. Fostering intensive farming and commercial agricultur…
That Is Why We Have Troubles’
Postwar politics in British-occupied Somalia is usually reduced to the activities of the Somali Youth League, the foremost anticolonial nationalist movement. However, by 1947, smaller associations, pejoratively nicknamed the pro-Italia , came together in an effort to return Somalia to Italy under international mandate. Drawing upon new archival sources, the article argues that this movement did not stem from arguments supporting colonial rule, bu…
Elusive Jannah
This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey into the lives of Somalis as they migrate to different destinations in search of the jannah, the ‘earthly paradise’. Bringing together approaches of migrant and refugees studies, the author compares the experiences of Somali migrants in places where they can access different legal statuses and opportunities: the United Arab Emirates, South Africa and the United States. This ‘divergent model’ set…
A “Grandiose Future for Italian Somalia”
This article explores the evolution of a developmentalist discourse for colonial Somalia and the attempts of the colonial government to present agricultural plans and labor policies as efforts to bring about social and economic development for colonial subjects and profit for colonial investors. In the long term, these efforts provided both a justification and a scope for the colonial venture. Fostering intensive farming and commercial agricultur…
Colonial settlers, national imagining and imperial myths in post-war Italy (1943-1949)
After the end of the Second World War, ideas of empire survived Italy’s imperial wartime defeat and formulated an allegedly new version of the nation-state: one that was democratic, “progressive”, and (post)imperial. This paper explores the role of Italian colonial settlers in fostering ideas of empire when the empire was already formally gone. Repatriated during and after the war and grouped into loose associations, colonial settlers were at the…
International Law of War, War Crimes in Ethiopia, and Italy's Imperial Misrecollection at the End of Empire, 1946–1950
The article explores the post-1945 discourse around Italian war crimes committed in Ethiopia from 1935 to 1942. Although Italians largely escaped prosecutions after the Second World War, the article demonstrates how an international controversy – the appointment and dismissal of a former general of the Italian army as governor of Somalia in 1949 – forced a reappraisal of Italy's imperial, fascist, and wartime past. Exploring this discourse is imp…
Researching post-independence Africa in regional archives
Africa's regional archives offer crucial records to explore the continent's postcolonial past. Although these archives are often difficult to locate and access and are exposed to several challenges that might even threaten their existence, this article presents a solid case for reconsidering their importance. Recent trends, aptly labelled 'postcolonial African archival pessimism', have mainly pointed to problems and often to the limited accessibi…
Fruits of discord
Banana production constituted one of the largest colonial and postcolonial investments in Somalia. Cultivation expanded throughout the twentieth century, affecting Somalia's economy whose special trade relations with Italy lasted until the 1990s. This expansion was notoriously marred by controversies: embezzlement scandals in Italy; contested practices of labour recruitment and regimes; and conflict over the control of resources. This article loo…
Political science (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · History (4 obras) · History (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · African history and culture studies (3 obras) · Colonialism (3 obras) · Political economy (3 obras)