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steven van wolputte

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• Research Interests: Social and Cultural Anthropology , Anthropology of Mobility , Indigeneity , Cultural and Social Anthropology , Anthropology of Borders , Anthropology of Religion , and 40 more Anthropology of Media , Himba , Ovahimba studies , Namibia , Namibian Studies , Southern Africa , Apartheid , Postcolonial Studies and postapartheid. , Postcolonial Studies , Postcolonial Theory , Anthropology of the Body , Political Anthropology , Political Ecology , Political Ecology (Anthropology) , Development Studies , Borders and Borderlands , Border Studies , Borders and Frontiers , Popular Culture , Popular Music , Popular Music Studies , African Music , Anthropology of Performance , African Religion in Africa and the Diaspora , Frontier Studies , Right to the city , South Africa , Herero-German War , Herero , Ovaherero , Intoxication , Beer (Alcohol Studies) , Beer and Brewery History , Alcohol Studies , Namibian Studies Network , Ovahimba , Graphic Anthropology , Drawing , Playwork , and Para-Academia ( Anthropology of Media , Himba , Ovahimba studies , Namibia , Namibian Studies , Southern Africa , Apartheid , Postcolonial Studies and postapartheid. , Postcolonial Studies , Postcolonial Theory , Anthropology of the Body , Political Anthropology , Political Ecology , Political Ecology (Anthropology) , Development Studies , Borders and Borderlands , Border Studies , Borders and Frontiers , Popular Culture , Popular Music , Popular Music Studies , African Music , Anthropology of Performance , African Religion in Africa and the Diaspora , Frontier Studies , Right to the city , South Africa , Herero-German War , Herero , Ovaherero , Intoxication , Beer (Alcohol Studies) , Beer and Brewery History , Alcohol Studies , Namibian Studies Network , Ovahimba , Graphic Anthropology , Drawing , Playwork , and Para-Academia ) edit
• About: My research interests can be summarized under three main headings. First there is the field of political anthropology... more My research interests can be summarized under three main headings. First there is the field of political anthropology, notably the history of colonialism and apartheid and the experience of state in northern Namibia. My main focus here is on how, in the context of this borderland, local actors experience and negotiate state and citizenship, on how expectations of the future shape(d) people’s past and present, and on the “culture of colonialism” under apartheid. In this regard, I published on the history of North-West Namibia and edited (with Gustaaf Verswijver) a volume on the marginalization of pastoralist communities (2004) and one on borders and boundaries in Africa (2013). A second research domain is best summarized under the header of “resource use”: how do people make use of the natural and other resources at their disposal? This question must be placed within the context of a dryland ecology and of the political and economic marginalization of the people inhabiting it. At the same time, it also takes into account urban–rural dynamics, and the far-reaching local impact of global flows of people, ideas and objects. So, these resources include cattle, but also people (judging by the many tourists venturing into the region); they include water, but also the recent finds of rich iron ore deposits near Opuwo, or the recent efforts by global investors speculating to find oil before the Namibian shore. Under this header, I published on the political ecology of the northern Kunene Region (or Kaoko); on the politics of water; on the effects of livestock disease (and of the technologies put in place to combat it); and on local life and politics under apartheid rule. A third and final research domain is that of the anthropology of the body. Under this header one finds my original interest in medical anthropology (see Van Wolputte et al. on medical pluralism in Kinshasa), or my earlier work on material culture as a technology of self and belonging in north-west Namibia. This general interest in bodiliness and embodiment also implies my more recent research on urban popular culture (notably, music production) and on alcohol (see in this regard the volume on beer in Africa [2010] I co-edited with Mattia Fumanti). This in turn led to my current interest  in ecstasy and intoxication as alternative venues to power and knowledge, in the anthropology of humour, and in the study of relatedness and sexuality in the context of rapid social change. Here also fits the projects on secondary cities, and one on so-called satellite cities in Africa I co-promote with Filip De Boeck and Ann Cassiman. (My research interests can be summarized under three main headings. First there is the field of political anthropology, notably the history of colonialism and apartheid and the experience of state in northern Namibia. My main focus here is on how, in the context of this borderland, local actors experience and negotiate state and citizenship, on how expectations of the future shape(d) people’s past and present, and on the “culture of colonialism” under apartheid. In this regard, I published on the history of North-West Namibia and edited (with Gustaaf Verswijver) a volume on the marginalization of pastoralist communities (2004) and one on borders and boundaries in Africa (2013). <br /> <br />A second research domain is best summarized under the header of “resource use”: how do people make use of the natural and other resources at their disposal? This question must be placed within the context of a dryland ecology and of the political and economic marginalization of the people inhabiting it. At the same time, it also takes into account urban–rural dynamics, and the far-reaching local impact of global flows of people, ideas and objects. So, these resources include cattle, but also people (judging by the many tourists venturing into the region); they include water, but also the recent finds of rich iron ore deposits near Opuwo, or the recent efforts by global investors speculating to find oil before the Namibian shore. Under this header, I published on the political ecology of the northern Kunene Region (or Kaoko); on the politics of water; on the effects of livestock disease (and of the technologies put in place to combat it); and on local life and politics under apartheid rule. <br /> <br />A third and final research domain is that of the anthropology of the body. Under this header one finds my original interest in medical anthropology (see Van Wolputte et al. on medical pluralism in Kinshasa), or my earlier work on material culture as a technology of self and belonging in north-west Namibia. This general interest in bodiliness and embodiment also implies my more recent research on urban popular culture (notably, music production) and on alcohol (see in this regard the volume on beer in Africa [2010] I co-edited with Mattia Fumanti). This in turn led to my current interest&nbsp; in ecstasy and intoxication as alternative venues to power and knowledge, in the anthropology of humour, and in the study of relatedness and sexuality in the context of rapid social change. Here also fits the projects on secondary cities, and one on so-called satellite cities in Africa I co-promote with Filip De Boeck and Ann Cassiman.) edit
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Publication name: society of cultural anthropology 2022. theorizing the contemporary, fieldsights, collection curated by dimitrios theodossopoulos. available from: ttps://culanth.org/fieldsights/drawing-anthropolog y-a-couple-of-things-i-am-learning., research interests: visual anthropology , graphic novels , ethnography (research methodology) , reflexive anthropology , data visualisation , and 4 more namibian studies , himba , graphic anthropology , and graphic ethnography ( namibian studies , himba , graphic anthropology , and graphic ethnography ), doi: 10.1111/1467-8322.12745, publication name: anthropology today 38 (4 (august) special issue on precarity):23-25., research interests: political anthropology , social and cultural anthropology , political history , precarity , youth activism , and 4 more namibian history , namibia , namibian studies , and sw (namibia) african ( namibian history , namibia , namibian studies , and sw (namibia) african ), publication date: 2012, publication name: facts, views & vision in obgyn, research interests: medicine and maasai (), doi: 10.1163/9789004471641_023, publication name: african futures, research interests: future studies , urban anthropology , anthropology of the future , maker culture , and makerspaces (), doi: 10.1163/9789004471641_002, research interests: future studies , african studies , anthropology , linguistic anthropology , political anthropology , and 2 more african history and african politics ( african history and african politics ), research interests: social and cultural anthropology , portraiture , individualization , namibian studies , graphic anthropology , and 2 more in/dividualism and dividual ( in/dividualism and dividual ), page numbers: 123-132, publication date: 2019, publication name: africa every day: fun, leisure, and expressive culture on the continent, research interests: feminist theory , sexuality , gender and sexuality , feminism , polyamory , and 4 more namibia , namibian studies , himba , and herero ( namibia , namibian studies , himba , and herero ), doi: 1049732319880542, publication name: qualitative health research, research interests: qualitative methodology , cancer , liminality , uncertainty , illness experience , and cancer patients (), publication date: 2018, research interests: anthropology , social anthropology , phenomenology , reflexivity , south african music , and 3 more namibia , musicking , and mbaqanga ( namibia , musicking , and mbaqanga ), research interests: urban anthropology , infrastructure , namibia , urbanity , graphic novel , and 4 more himba , secondary cities , herero , and graphic anthropology ( himba , secondary cities , herero , and graphic anthropology ), research interests: ethnography , namibia , namibian studies , himba , herero , and 2 more graphic anthropology and kunene region ( graphic anthropology and kunene region ), research interests: ethnography , namibia , himba , herero , graphic anthropology , and kunene region (), research interests: african studies , social and cultural anthropology , gender and sexuality , anthropology of kinship , polyamory , and 6 more polygamy , southern african studies and postcolonialism , namibian studies , himba , herero , and harmful cultural practices ( polygamy , southern african studies and postcolonialism , namibian studies , himba , herero , and harmful cultural practices ), journal name: journal of namibian studies: history, politics, culture, publication date: 2015, research interests: postcolonial studies , apartheid , southern africa , independence , namibia , and 2 more namibian studies and postcolonialism ( namibian studies and postcolonialism ), research interests: veterinary medicine , ovahimba studies , colonialism , apartheid , southern africa , and 11 more colonial medicine , colonization , science and technology studies (sts) , south africa , namibian history , namibia , cbpp , namibian studies , himba , herero , and ovahimba ( colonial medicine , colonization , science and technology studies (sts) , south africa , namibian history , namibia , cbpp , namibian studies , himba , herero , and ovahimba ), publisher: routledge, research interests: gender and development , anthropology of development , mining , anthropology of mining , gold mining , and small scale gold mining (), research interests: media, religion, and culture , religion, media, and culture , religion and media , media & religion , and anthropology of religion (), journal name: social compass, publication date: 2014, research interests: media, religion, and culture , religion, media, and culture , anthropology and religion , islamic movements (anthropology of religion) , religion and media , and 2 more media & religion and anthropology of religion ( media & religion and anthropology of religion ), publisher: journal of namibian studies, publication date: 2013, research interests: veterinary medicine , animal studies , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , colonialism , and 11 more anthropology of science (science technology and society) , apartheid , southern africa , anthropology of technology , namibian history , namibia , cbpp , namibian studies , himba , epidemiologi of animal disease , and ovahimba ( anthropology of science (science technology and society) , apartheid , southern africa , anthropology of technology , namibian history , namibia , cbpp , namibian studies , himba , epidemiologi of animal disease , and ovahimba ), publisher: lit verlag, research interests: border studies , anthropology of borders , borderlands studies , borders and frontiers , borders and borderlands , and anthropology of borders and borderlands (), research interests: border studies , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , colonialism , apartheid , and 11 more southern africa , anthropology of borders , angola , borderlands studies , borders and frontiers , namibian history , namibia , borders and borderlands , namibian studies , himba , and herero ( southern africa , anthropology of borders , angola , borderlands studies , borders and frontiers , namibian history , namibia , borders and borderlands , namibian studies , himba , and herero ), research interests: border studies , female circumcision , anthropology and sexuality , female genital mutilation , anthropology of borders , and 6 more kenya , maasai , borders and frontiers , borders and borderlands , anthropology of sexuality , and anthropology of sex, gender, and sexuality ( kenya , maasai , borders and frontiers , borders and borderlands , anthropology of sexuality , and anthropology of sex, gender, and sexuality ), research interests: african studies , mobility/mobilities , african diaspora studies , diaspora studies , anthropology and religion , and 2 more islamic movements (anthropology of religion) and anthropology of religion ( islamic movements (anthropology of religion) and anthropology of religion ), journal name: africa, research interests: popular music , popular culture , urban anthropology , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , and 5 more namibia , kwaito , namibian studies , himba , and kunene region ( namibia , kwaito , namibian studies , himba , and kunene region ), journal name: africa focus, research interests: anthropology and sexuality , female genital cutting , female genital mutilation , anthropology of sexuality , and female body (), publisher: indiana university press, publication date: 2011, research interests: social and cultural anthropology , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , magic and the occult (anthropology of religion) , cultural anthropology , and 7 more twins , namibia , namibian studies , himba , anthropology of religion , twins in africa , and ovahimba ( twins , namibia , namibian studies , himba , anthropology of religion , twins in africa , and ovahimba ), journal name: african identities, publication date: 2010, research interests: anthropology and sexuality , female genital cutting , female genital mutilation , and female body (), publisher: pretoria: university of pretoria, department of architecture., publication name: in: k. bakker (ed.), african perspectives2009. the african city : (re)sourced. pp. 33-41., research interests: urban anthropology and african urbanization, secondary cities (), research interests: urban anthropology , urbanism , african urbanization, secondary cities , secondary cities , and african urbanization (), research interests: social and cultural anthropology , urban anthropology , anthropology of food , alcohol studies , and beer (alcohol studies) (), research interests: anthropology of the body , urban anthropology , anthropology of food , ovahimba studies , alcohol studies , and 9 more beer (alcohol studies) , alcohol , namibia , namibian studies , himba , herero , ovahimba , ovaherero , and kunene region ( beer (alcohol studies) , alcohol , namibia , namibian studies , himba , herero , ovahimba , ovaherero , and kunene region ), research interests: social and cultural anthropology , alcohol studies , beer (alcohol studies) , beer , and alcohol addiction (), publisher: peeters, research interests: catholic missionary history , missionary history , thailand , south africa , and siam kingdom (), journal name: african studies, research interests: development studies , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , colonialism , apartheid , and 5 more namibian history , namibia , namibian studies , himba , and ovahimba ( namibian history , namibia , namibian studies , himba , and ovahimba ), research interests: postcolonial studies , ovahimba studies , political ecology (anthropology) , namibia , political ecology, ngos, sustainable development, biodiversity, agroecology, amazonia, brazil, global change, environmental actors, protect areas, nature conservation. , and namibian studies (), journal name: social anthropology, publication date: 2005, research interests: pastoralism (social anthropology) , nomadism , and nomadic/indigenous people (), journal name: annual review of anthropology, publication date: 2004, research interests: social and cultural anthropology , anthropology of the body , phenomenology of the body , anthropology of the senses , and anthropology and sociology of the self and subjectivity (), journal name: history and anthropology, research interests: political anthropology , ovahimba studies , colonialism , resistance (social) , apartheid , and 5 more cultural power and resistance , namibia , namibian studies , ovaherero , and kunene region ( cultural power and resistance , namibia , namibian studies , ovaherero , and kunene region ), research interests: postcolonial studies , pastoralism (social anthropology) , colonialism , namibia , namibian studies , and nomadic/indigenous people (), research interests: african studies , border studies , postcolonial studies , social and cultural anthropology , ovahimba studies , and 6 more colonialism , apartheid , borders and borderlands , herero and nama war , himba , and pastoral studies ( colonialism , apartheid , borders and borderlands , herero and nama war , himba , and pastoral studies ), research interests: political anthropology , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , anthropology of aging , namibia , and 2 more namibian studies and himba ( namibian studies and himba ), research interests: social and cultural anthropology , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , anthropology of gender , ovahimba studies , anthropology of space , and 5 more namibia , namibian studies , himba , herero , and ovahimba ( namibia , namibian studies , himba , herero , and ovahimba ), research interests: medical anthropology , anthropology of children and childhood , anthropology of children and youth , and anthropology of youth (), research interests: medical anthropology , anthropology of the body , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , namibia , and 3 more namibian studies , himba , and herero ( namibian studies , himba , and herero ), research interests: medical anthropology , anthropology of children and childhood , and anthropology of children and youth (), research interests: medical anthropology , colonialism , and colonial history (), publisher: royal museum for central africa (rmca), tervuren, belgium, publication date: 2003, research interests: material culture studies , pastoralism (social anthropology) , anthropology of tibet and the himalayas , namibia , namibian studies , and herero (), publisher: uppsala university press, publication date: 2002, research interests: medical anthropology , pentecostalism , democratic republic of congo , medical pluralism , and kinshasa (), research interests: african studies , border studies , african history , anthropology of mobility , anthropology of borders , and borders and borderlands (), research interests: african studies , postcolonial studies , alcohol studies , beer (alcohol studies) , southern africa , and 6 more anthropology of consumption , beer , namibia , beer and brewery history , namibian studies , and beer cans. historic artifacts. modern material culture. ( anthropology of consumption , beer , namibia , beer and brewery history , namibian studies , and beer cans. historic artifacts. modern material culture. ), publisher: royal museum for central africa, tervuren, belgium, research interests: material culture studies , postcolonial studies , and pastoralism (social anthropology) (), research interests: postcolonial studies , post-colonialism , apartheid , southern africa , independence , and 2 more namibia and postcolonialism ( namibia and postcolonialism ), research interests: african studies , media anthropology , media, religion, and culture , religion, media, and culture , religion and media , and anthropology of religion (), research interests: african studies , social anthropology , anthropology of mobility , and anthropology of religion (), research interests: history , anthropology , political economy , postcolonial studies , apartheid , and 4 more post-apartheid , ovamboland , namibia , and namibian studies ( post-apartheid , ovamboland , namibia , and namibian studies ), research interests: development studies , community development , community ecology , namibia , environmental anthropology and rural development , and 3 more namibian studies , community participation and engagement , and anthropology and development ( namibian studies , community participation and engagement , and anthropology and development ), research interests: ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , anthropology of the state , indigenous politics, anthropology of the state, territoriality , namibia , and 4 more namibian studies , himba , herero , and ovaherero ( namibian studies , himba , herero , and ovaherero ), research interests: football (soccer) , social and cultural anthropology , anthropology of sport , mediterranean studies , anthropology of sports , and 2 more modern malta and malta ( modern malta and malta ), research interests: mexican studies , anthropology of food , and anthropology of art (), research interests: social and cultural anthropology and anthropology of the future (), research interests: animal studies , animal sacrifice (anthropology) , sacrifice (anthropology of religion) , anthrozoology, human-animal interactions, anthropology , and anthropology and art (), research interests: anthropology , social and cultural anthropology , atlantic world , west africa , sociology of money , and 4 more atlantic history , history and anthropology , money , and anthropology of money ( atlantic history , history and anthropology , money , and anthropology of money ), research interests: sociology , social theory , social and cultural anthropology , sociological theory , and anthropological theory (), research interests: nomadism , nomads , and nomadic/indigenous people (), research interests: medical anthropology , shamanism , magic and the occult (anthropology of religion) , shamanic possession, trance, and altered staes of consciousness , trance , and anthropology of religion (), research interests: anthropology , race and ethnicity , archaeology of ethnicity , ethnicity , botswana , and 3 more namibia , kalahari debate, bushmen , and /xam san bushmen oral folklore ( namibia , kalahari debate, bushmen , and /xam san bushmen oral folklore ), research interests: medical anthropology , social and cultural anthropology , anthropology of the future , medical anthropology, social anthropology applied to health and sickness , and .medical anthropology (), research interests: medical anthropology , anthropology of the body , biotechnology , anthropology of the future , and anthropology of ethics and morality (), research interests: medical anthropology and democratic republic of congo (), research interests: medical anthropology , biomedicine , anthropology of the body , sociology of the body , and foucault power/knowledge - discourse (), research interests: medical anthropology , political anthropology , africa , spirit possession (anthropology) , witchcraft (anthropology of religion) , and 2 more medical pluralism and trance ( medical pluralism and trance ), research interests: graphic novels , comics and graphic novels , and graphic anthropology (), research interests: gender and sexuality , anthropology and sexuality , polyamory , namibia , namibian studies , and 2 more himba and herero ( himba and herero ), research interests: gender and sexuality , anthropology and sexuality , polyamory , namibia , himba , and herero-german war (), publisher: unpublished, research interests: social and cultural anthropology , anthropology of the body , namibia , himba , herero , and kaoko (), research interests: african studies , ovahimba (otjiherero language speaking groups) , ovahimba studies , southern africa , south africa , and 5 more namibia , namibian studies , himba , sw (namibia) african , and southern african studies ( namibia , namibian studies , himba , sw (namibia) african , and southern african studies ).

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