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This event offers an investigation of Sudan through the lens of political economy. This approach situates the current crisis not only as a political confrontation but also as a struggle over resources, markets, and modes of accumulation. We will examine the historical development of Sudan’s marketplaces and the transformation of economic life under conditions of war. Central to this inquiry is the concept of the “war economy”: the set of practices, networks, and actors that sustain conflict through resource extraction, trade, and coercion.
The discussion will address the roles of both national elites and regional powers in shaping these dynamics, as well as the ways in which global economic interests intersect with local struggles. Special emphasis will be placed on land dispossession, agricultural restructuring, and the extractive industries—particularly mineral extraction—which have emerged as central commodities of war and instruments of dispossession. By approaching the Sudanese conflict through this analytical frame, the event aims to illuminate the entanglement of political violence with economic structures and the extent to which the continuation of war is bound up with the reconfiguration of Sudan’s social and material landscape.
This event is the second in a series of events organised by Sudan Uprising Germany, in collaboration with dis:orient. The organisers seek to critically examine the historical and contemporary dynamics of Sudan. We want to provide layered perspectives on the political, social, and economic forces that have shaped Sudan’s trajectory and continue to determine the lived realities of its people in the midst of ongoing conflict.
The first event in the series engaged with the political history of the Sudanese revolution and the broader social movement that emerged from it. Particular attention was given to the role of the resistance committees as decentralized grassroots formations that embody new forms of political imagination and collective organisation. The discussion also highlighted the humanitarian efforts undertaken by Sudanese activists through the Emergency Response Rooms, which have become vital infrastructures of survival, care, and mutual aid in the absence of functioning state institutions.
The event will be held in English. There are 35 seats available. Please register below.
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