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Mailing Address Illinois State Museum Springfield, Illinois 612 N. School St. Normal, Illinois 61761 USA

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Countries of Specialization Kenya ; Tanzania.

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Research Interests Areas of Specialization: Socio-cultural anthropology & Sub-Saharan African studies. Major sub-areas: religion and ritual, especially spirit possession; Sub-Saharan Islamic Africa & Swahili coastal area; recently involved with African art and artifacts (former Illinois State University Museum collection), especially Mijikenda ancestor posts; African art as global commodities, museum studies.

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Publications * "Spirit Possession and the Symbolic Construction of Swahili Society." In Behrend, Heike and Ute Luig (eds.) Spirit Possession, Modernity, and Power. London: James Curry, 1999, pp. 142-164. "Sociocultural Change and Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast of East Africa," Anthropological Quarterly, 68, no. 2 (April 1995), special issue Possession and Social Change in Eastern Africa, pp. 89-106. "The Dialectic of Spirit Production: A Cross-cultural Dialogue" (Swahili & Giriama), Mankind Quarterly, XXIX, no. 3 (Spring 1989), pp. 243-65. "Possession Cults on the Swahili Coast: A Re-examination of Theories of Marginality," Africa (Journal of the International African Institute, London), 57, no. 2 1987), pp. 234-58. "Spirit Possession on the Swahili Coast: Peripheral Cults or Primary Texts?" PhD dissertation. University of Texas-Austin, 1989. Meckstroth, Steve & Linda Giles, in collaboration with Soren Larsen & Allan Richards. The African Collection: Art and Artifacts at Illinois State University. A CD-ROM. Normal, Il.: Instructional Technology Services, Illinois State University, 1996. Final version 2001, copyright Meckstroth & Giles. -- Includes individual essay on Mijikenda ancestral memorial posts (vigango): "For the Ancestors."

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