This thesis is based on seven months of ethnographic fieldwork among Kenyan anthropology students at the Institute of Anthropology, Gender & African Studies (IAGAS) at the University of Nairobi. I explore anthropology students 1) everyday life, interests, aspirations and motivations; 2) the relationship between their personal background and approach to anthropology; and 3) how they interpret society and assess their potential to contribute to it as social scientists. A prevalent theme of this thesis is an ambivalence toward anthropology in Kenya, which can be seen to be derived from a tension between traditionalism and modernism in the cultural politics of postcolonial Kenya. This ambivalence further manifests itself in current student...
This article explores some of the complexities of fieldwork for ethnographers conducting research in...
This course is a historical overview of some classic and contemporary ethnographic studies of Africa...
This thesis is about life in Luoland, Western Kenya, which, like other places in Africa, has experie...
By asking the question “How do young, urban, professional Kenyans make connections between tribal id...
East Africa is known the world over for its extensive contribution to the history of humankind espec...
This thesis is based on six months of fieldwork at and near St. Andrew's School in the Rift Valley i...
After having been relegated to the austere halls of academia for centuries, in the last decades huma...
The thesis, supervised by Jean Lafontaine, focussed on migration from the Comoro Islands near Madaga...
This study takes the market-place as a focus for looking at the changes which have taken place durin...
I have carefully chosen the theme of this paper as 'Reclaiming the Promise of Sociological Imaginati...
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of how religious communities make and take place in Kiber...
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of how religious communities make and take place in Kiber...
Kenya’s wildlife has long been considered an international treasure. Travelling to the renowned Masa...
“Ethnography as tradition in Africa” is our way of stressing that our discipline’s favoured methodol...
During the years of 1968-1969 I had the honor and good fortune of teaching at Olkejuado Secondary Sc...
This article explores some of the complexities of fieldwork for ethnographers conducting research in...
This course is a historical overview of some classic and contemporary ethnographic studies of Africa...
This thesis is about life in Luoland, Western Kenya, which, like other places in Africa, has experie...
By asking the question “How do young, urban, professional Kenyans make connections between tribal id...
East Africa is known the world over for its extensive contribution to the history of humankind espec...
This thesis is based on six months of fieldwork at and near St. Andrew's School in the Rift Valley i...
After having been relegated to the austere halls of academia for centuries, in the last decades huma...
The thesis, supervised by Jean Lafontaine, focussed on migration from the Comoro Islands near Madaga...
This study takes the market-place as a focus for looking at the changes which have taken place durin...
I have carefully chosen the theme of this paper as 'Reclaiming the Promise of Sociological Imaginati...
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of how religious communities make and take place in Kiber...
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of how religious communities make and take place in Kiber...
Kenya’s wildlife has long been considered an international treasure. Travelling to the renowned Masa...
“Ethnography as tradition in Africa” is our way of stressing that our discipline’s favoured methodol...
During the years of 1968-1969 I had the honor and good fortune of teaching at Olkejuado Secondary Sc...
This article explores some of the complexities of fieldwork for ethnographers conducting research in...
This course is a historical overview of some classic and contemporary ethnographic studies of Africa...
This thesis is about life in Luoland, Western Kenya, which, like other places in Africa, has experie...