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This project studies the construction and operation of wooden whaleboats in the Congo Basin, which are crucial for local transportation. It examines the integration of traditional craftsmanship with modern technology and the socio-cultural significance of these boats in the region.
Congo’s wooden baleinières (Fr. whaleboats) are locally developed and crafted socio-technical assemblages that account for up to 50% of all transportation of goods and people on the waterways of the Congo Basin.
Despite the vital role of these subaltern technologies of transportation for the livelihoods of millions, the socio-technical complexities responsible for their success have never been studied.
Rooted in older boat building traditions from Ijwi (lake Kivu) and Nioki (on the Mfimi River),…
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
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