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Affiliation Columbia University, New York, New York

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Mailing Address Department of Art History and Archaeology Columbia University 914 Schermerhorn Hall, MC 5517 New York, New York 10027 USA

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Countries of Specialization Congo (Democratic Republic), Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal.

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Research Interests Specialist in Central and West African art history, with a special focus on the twentieth century (both colonial and postcolonial). Has conducted research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mali, and Senegal. Her broad intellectual project is to understand how concepts such as "mask," "power object," or "divine kingship" have been deployed to theorize power and knowledge in African societies. She is currently also working on a study of "iconoclasm" in African art.

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Publications * 2008. Pende. Milan: 5 Continents Editions. 2004. "Architecture Against the State: The Virtues of Impermanence in the Kibulu of Eastern Pende Chiefs in Central Africa." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 63: 3(September 2004), pp. 272-95. 2001. "African Works." Guest editor for special issue of RES: Journal of Anthropology and Aesthetics devoted to methodology. (#39: Spring 2001). -and- "Editorial" African Works: Anxious Encounters in the Visual Arts,. pp. 5-23 1999. "Display of the Body Hottentot." In: Africans on Stage, edited by Bernth Lindfors. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999, pp. 1-61. 1998. Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende. University of Chicago Press. [Paper 1999.] 2000 Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association

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