Sam Kniknie
Biographic Data
| ID | 214784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sam Kniknie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sam |
| FAMILY NAME | Kniknie |
| SIGNATURE | KNIKNIE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ghent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2094-9665 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Land Under Siege
This article investigates the relationship between militarization and land grabbing in the context of rapid urbanization and protracted violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on two case studies of the dispossession and privatization of public urban land in Goma, Eastern Congo, during the state of siege, the paper examines how militarized land grabs are tied to broader capitalist transformations of land. It shows how violen…
Rebellious Riots
Starting from the question why different forms of contentious politics in Africa, from rural uprisings to armed rebellions, have for so long been studied separately and in disconnection to each other, this chapter forms the introduction of our edited volume. We set out the main conceptual and analytical frameworks for the study of contemporary forms of contention in Africa, introducing a critical investigation of the ‘urbanization of conflict’ th…
Rebellious Riots
Is violent conflict in Africa urbanizing? How do urban protests and civil war intersect? How do narratives, mechanisms and identities of contention move between urban and rural arenas? These questions constitute the basis of investigation and analysis of this unique cross-disciplinary volume. Applying diverging perspectives and methods from political science, anthropology and urban African studies, the book carefully constructs the relational and…
Performing political stories of the self
Since the 'performative turn' in social sciences, ethnographers have extensively studied how performances both constitute the subject and method of social theory but rarely understood the political potential that lies in it for research participants. This article looks at how young urban activists in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereafter Congo) politically appropriated performances that were initially meant as a research…
Rebellious Riots
Is violent conflict in Africa urbanizing? How do urban protests and civil war intersect? How do narratives, mechanisms and identities of contention move between urban and rural arenas? These questions constitute the basis of investigation and analysis of this unique cross-disciplinary volume. Applying diverging perspectives and methods from political science, anthropology and urban African studies, the book carefully constructs the relational and…
Rebellious Riots
Starting from the question why different forms of contentious politics in Africa, from rural uprisings to armed rebellions, have for so long been studied separately and in disconnection to each other, this chapter forms the introduction of our edited volume. We set out the main conceptual and analytical frameworks for the study of contemporary forms of contention in Africa, introducing a critical investigation of the ‘urbanization of conflict’ th…
Rebellious Riots
Is violent conflict in Africa urbanizing? How do urban protests and civil war intersect? How do narratives, mechanisms and identities of contention move between urban and rural arenas? These questions constitute the basis of investigation and analysis of this unique cross-disciplinary volume. Applying diverging perspectives and methods from political science, anthropology and urban African studies, the book carefully constructs the relational and…
Performing political stories of the self
Since the 'performative turn' in social sciences, ethnographers have extensively studied how performances both constitute the subject and method of social theory but rarely understood the political potential that lies in it for research participants. This article looks at how young urban activists in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (hereafter Congo) politically appropriated performances that were initially meant as a research…
Land Under Siege
This article investigates the relationship between militarization and land grabbing in the context of rapid urbanization and protracted violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawing on two case studies of the dispossession and privatization of public urban land in Goma, Eastern Congo, during the state of siege, the paper examines how militarized land grabs are tied to broader capitalist transformations of land. It shows how violen…
Democracy (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)