Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Copyright page / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Dedication Page / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Acknowledgements / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- List of Figures / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 1 Introduction / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 2 Positionality / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 3 Methodological and Theoretical Considerations / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 4 Objects of Loss / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 5 Negotiating Nostalgia / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Chapter 6 Conclusions / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Extensive Summary in French/Resume Detaille En Français / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Appendices / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Archival Sources / Author: Daniela Waldburger -- Index / Author: Daniela Waldburger.

Why do former mineworkers in Lubumbashi (DRC) remember exploitative working conditions and measures to control their private lives with nostalgia? Building on their 'objects of loss', this book answers this question, foregrounding the voice of so-called 'Départs Volontaires’. The study combines linguistics, anthropology, and archives research to explore what ex-mineworkers regard as material and emotional 'objects of loss'. The book advocates for a participatory research framework called ‘the baraza web’ which merges the researcher’s perspective with the standpoint of the ex-miners to create an alternative archive and to show that power relations within a research setting need constant questioning.

English and Swahili

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