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Charline Kopf is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oslo's Department of Social Anthropology and a member of the Epidemic Traces research team. Her work focuses on infrastructure, mobilities, and borders in postcolonial West Africa, interrogating material remnants of colonialism and their socio-political implications. She is currently developing her ethnographic research on the Dakar–Bamako railway into a book titled Afterplace: The Work of Waiting on the Dakar–Bamako Railway (forthcoming, University of California Press).
- Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Epidemic Traces (2022-2026)
- Prior Role: Early Stage Researcher, ANTHUSIA PhD program (2018-2022)
Her research intersects infrastructure studies with postcolonial theory, using multimodal methods (photography, sound, film) to explore themes of waiting, maintenance, and resistance along decaying railway networks. She has also contributed to debates on anxious atmospheres, absurdity, and toxic dust in urban contexts.
Kopf has received research funding from Oxford University, including the Carr and Stahl Fund and Godfrey Liehnardt Fieldwork Grant. Her teaching includes courses on infrastructure, medical anthropology, and ethnographic writing. She is affiliated with the Epidemic Traces project and previously worked with legal institutions like King's College London's Dickson Poon School of Law.
