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Lacan, Léa ORCID: 0000-0001-5475-6645 (2024). Killing tsetse and/or saving wildlife? A multispecies assemblage in colonial Zambia (1895–1959). Anthropology Southern Africa, 2 (47). pp. 133-151. online: Taylor & Francis. ISSN 2332-3256

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Abstract

This article investigates the problem of the tsetse fly and the trypanosomiasis disease it conveys as a transforming multispecies assemblage in colonial Zambia from the late nineteenth century until 1959. Based on archival research, it analyses the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans) as a moving target; not only a mobile and elusive insect but also a moving field of knowledge bringing multiple stakeholders into dialogue. It shows that tsetse control and wildlife conservation emerged together in colonial Zambia, in conflicting but also synergising ways, and that the association of large mammals to G. morsitans laid the ground for their classification as killable or preservable species. In the crossed influence of diverse regional colonial expertise, the article finds that the complex multispecies relations between the tsetse fly, the trypanosomes, wildlife, vegetation, humans and cattle, mediated and enacted by colonial experts and others, shaped institutions, policies and landscapes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lacan, Léa llacan@uni-koeln.de orcid.org/0000-0001-5475-6645 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-736587
DOI:	10.1080/23323256.2024.2339255
Journal or Publication Title:	Anthropology Southern Africa
Volume:	2
Number:	47
Page Range:	pp. 133-151
Date:	8 August 2024
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Place of Publication:	online
ISSN:	2332-3256
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Fächergruppe 4: Außereuropäische Sprachen, Kulturen und Gesellschaften > Institut für Ethnologie
Subjects:	Customs, etiquette, folklore Natural sciences and mathematics Geography and history
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	ERC Rewilding
Projects:	Rewilding the Anthropocene
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/73658