Development on the Margins: Histories of Inclusion and Exclusion in Kenya, c.1895-present
Funder: British Academy/LeverhulmeDuration: December 2015 - November 2016
Recent research on development in Africa has established that development projects do not normally achieve what they set out to do. Although there are existing studies that address these questions, most have focused on specific development projects at specific times. This grant is sought to support extensive archival and oral historical research on colonial and postcolonial development in northern Kenya, in order to understand the impact that development projects do have over the long term. This will enable me to write a systematic account of the changing relationship between development and the expression of state power over the colonial and postcolonial periods, as well as examine how development has been appropriated at the local level, especially in relation to resource conflict.
People
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Dr Hannah Whittaker Senior Lecturer in Modern African History (Principal investigator)
T: +44 (0)1895 267174
E: hannah.whittaker@brunel.ac.uk |
+44 (0)1895 267174 | hannah.whittaker@brunel.ac.uk | Marie Jahoda 225 |
Outputs
Whittaker, H. (2017) ''. The Journal of African History, 58 (3). pp. 381 - 402. ISSN: 0021-8537