I am a social anthropologist trained at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and currently an assistant professor of political anthropology at the Institute of Anthropology and African Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. My working languages are English, Swahili and German.
My work is located at the intersection of political anthropology, feminist anthropology, public anthropology, linguistic anthropology, visual and arts-based ethnography, and Indian Ocean Studies, and focuses on:
politics/ the political
gender
violence
protection and (self-)defense
witnessing and refusal
childhood and child protection
international development
(Swahili) diaspora and belonging
translation
in Eastern Africa (Zanzibar, Tanzania mainland, Kenya) and the Arabian Peninsula (Oman)
Academic Training
2017 | PhD, Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, London
2013 | MARes/MPhil, Social Anthropology/Anthropological Research Methods, SOAS, London
2012 | Magistra Artium, Education/African Linguistics (Swahili)/Cultural Anthropology, Goethe University, Frankfurt
Academic Appointments
2021 - | Assistant Professor of Political Anthropology, JGU Mainz
2020 | Visiting Research Fellow, Oman Research Grant, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin
2021-2017 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Center Normative Orders, Goethe University Frankfurt