Deep thoughts by Derek Sheridan

After last week's episode, hosts Winslow Robertson and Dr. Nkemjika Kalu are brought on another person Winslow met at the African Studies Association Annual Meeting last year: Mr. Derek Sheridan, An anthropology PhD student at Brown University, Derek is studying Chinese migration in east Africa. He is interested in broader questions of transnationalism, migration, identity, and more! He also speaks Mandarin after putting in a few years in Taiwan. Derek came on the pod to discuss anthropology, epistemology, theory, and if there is such a thing as "China-Africa Studies." Prepare for some deep thoughts!

Recommendations

• Winslow
• China’s Aid to Africa: Monster or Messiah? by Yun Sun
• China, the Death Star of Emerging Markets by William Pesek
•  Dr. Kalu
• Why Do We Need ‘Myth-Busting’ in the Study of Sino–African Relations? by Miwa Hirono and Suzuki Shogo
• #NBCFail
• Derek Sheridan
• Africa and China: New Engagements, New Research by Jamie Monson and Stephanie Rupp
• What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun? by David Graeber

Sources

Unthinking (and then rethinking) the relevance of "China-Africa": Some small notes from the wholesale-retail trade in Uganda and Tanzania. by Derek Sheridan

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