In this episode of AnthroTalking we interview Gudrun Dahl, professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University. After having done anthropological research for several decades, Gudrun elaborates in this podcast episode on some of the structural changes that have occurred at the anthropology department from the 1960s on, and how her field of research has evolved from studying pastoralism in North-East Africa to development discourses, including notions of agency and victimization.
Published on:
June 4, 2015
Created by:
Fredrik Nyman and Sanna Poelman
Keywords:
pastoralism, agency, victimhood, development discourse, Gudrun Dahl, anthropology, Kenya, Stockholm, moral buzzwords
Further information:
References:
- Dahl, Gudrun and Anders Hjort 1976. Having Herds: Pastoral Herd Growth and Household Economy. Stockholm: Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology, Vol. 2.
- Dahl, Gudrun 1979. Suffering Grass: Subsistence and Society of Waso Borana. PhD diss. Stockholm: Stockholm Studies in Social Anthropology.
- Dahl, Gudrun 2008. Words as Moral Badges: A Continuous Flow of Buzzwords in Development Aid. In Björn Hettne (ed.) Sustainable Development in a Globalized World, Vol. 1. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Dahl, Gudrun 2009. Sociology and Beyond: Agency, Victimization and the Ethics of Writing. In Ananta Kumar Giri and John Clammer (eds) A Special Issue in Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 37:3, pp. 391-407.
Cite as:
Nyman, Fredrik and Sanna Poelman “Gudrun Dahl on pastoralism in Kenya, victimhood, and moral buzzwords” AnthroTalking: Podcasts at Stockholm University’s Department of Social Anthropology, online June 4, 2015, http://www.socant.su.se/english/about-us/anthrotalking/gudrun-dahl-on-pastoralism-in-kenya-victimhood-and-moral-buzzwords-1.238542