Deborah Durham

Region of Interest

Africa

Primary Country of Residence

United States of America

Title

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Affiliation

Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia

Email

durham@sbc.edu

Mailing Address

Department of Anthropology and Sociology
Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, Virginia 24595 USA

Phone/Fax Number(s)

phone: (434) 381-6229

Countries of Specialization

Botswana

Research Interests

I have done research among Herero in Botswana, and on discourses of youth in
Botswana. My primary areas of research and teaching interest are identity
(ethnic, national, cultural), political culture, sentiment and social
relations, funerals and mortuary, youth and age, dress, choirs and song
performance.

Teaching Interests

I have done research among Herero in Botswana, and on discourses of youth in
Botswana. My primary areas of research and teaching interest are identity
(ethnic, national, cultural), political culture, sentiment and social
relations, funerals and mortuary, youth and age, dress, choirs and song
performance.

Publications

None on file.

Keywords

identity ; ethnicity ; culture ; nationalism ; politics ; youth ; performance.