Piot Doing Development in West Africa

A Reader by and for Undergraduates
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7403-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

This unique collection contains essays by Duke University undergraduates in which they recount their experiences initiating small research and development projects in Togo. Of interest to students and teachers involved in service learning and study abroad, Doing Development in West Africa provides a relatable and intimate look into student-initiated development projects.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piot, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction / Charles Piot 1

Part I. Personal Reflections

1. Students Reflect / Stephanie Rotolo, Allie Middleton, Kelly Andrejko, Benjamin Ramsey, Maria Cecilia Romano 19

Part II. Research Articles

2. The Social Life of Medicine / Allie Middleton 43

3. Biomedicine and Traditional Healing / Stephanie Rotolo 67

4. Rural Medicines in an Urban Setting / Kelly Andrejko 83

5. Village Health Insurance / Cheyenne Allenby 99

6. Youth Migration / Maria Cecilia Romano 113

7. Cyber Village / Connor Cotton 137

8. Computer Classes / Sarah Zimmerman 153

9. Microfinancing Teens / Emma Smith 165

10. The Farendé Writers' Society / Caitlin Moyles 187

Epilogue / Charles Piot 205

Index 213

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Piot is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies at Duke University, and the author of Nostalgia for the Future: West Africa after the Cold War.