Simeon Mesaki
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 157202 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Simeon Mesaki |
| NOMBRES | Simeon |
| APELLIDO | Mesaki |
| FIRMA | MESAKI S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Dar es Salaam |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2005 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
An act of agency
The contact strategy has proven to be effective in reducing stigma in relation a variety of disabilities and health-related conditions. This strategy requires people to be willing to present on their condition. This study explored what the considerations are of ‘spokespersons’ to do so. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. Informants (13) expressed how they felt about presenting, that it gave them the opportunity to develop themsel…
An Expository Study of Witchcraft among the Basoga of Uganda
Faith in forms
This paper examines the position and role of religious organisations within a wider range of civil society organisations (CSOs) in two districts in Tanzania. We argue that where development agendas are externally generated and civil society is driven by supply-side factors, religious organisations are not very different from other CSOs. Whether faith adherence and religious values and beliefs lead to different kinds of development outcomes is ope…
"The birth of the "salon
In this article, we explore the social process of modernization through an examination of the transformation in the delivery of antiwitchcraft services that has occurred in southern Tanzania under the pervasive influence of transnational ideoscapes of market liberalization and public-sector reform. We argue that the anthropological association of witchcraft with the modern in Africa overlooks witchcraft's explicitly unmodern associations in popul…
Religion and the State in Tanzania
For the first two decades of independence Tanzania enjoyed an apparently tolerant and cordial religious climate. But since the departure of the father of the nation, Julius Nyerere from active politics in 1985 deepening religious tensions and strains began to emerge not only between the state and major religions in the country but also inter and intra-religious strife became common. Since then the country has witnessed deepening state-religious t…
Witchcraft and the law in Tanzania
Witchcraft is a topical subject and an intriguing phenomenon in Africa. Thriving on belief systems it baffles and confronts ruling elites with dilemmas on how to deal with it. Tanzania experiences grim consequences by the entrenchment of witchcraft in the country including social exclusion, expulsion and even murder of alleged witches. The legal system copes inadequately with the challenges of witchcraft because it does not accept the reality of …
"The birth of the "salon
In this article, we explore the social process of modernization through an examination of the transformation in the delivery of antiwitchcraft services that has occurred in southern Tanzania under the pervasive influence of transnational ideoscapes of market liberalization and public-sector reform. We argue that the anthropological association of witchcraft with the modern in Africa overlooks witchcraft's explicitly unmodern associations in popul…
Witchcraft and the law in Tanzania
Witchcraft is a topical subject and an intriguing phenomenon in Africa. Thriving on belief systems it baffles and confronts ruling elites with dilemmas on how to deal with it. Tanzania experiences grim consequences by the entrenchment of witchcraft in the country including social exclusion, expulsion and even murder of alleged witches. The legal system copes inadequately with the challenges of witchcraft because it does not accept the reality of …
Faith in forms
This paper examines the position and role of religious organisations within a wider range of civil society organisations (CSOs) in two districts in Tanzania. We argue that where development agendas are externally generated and civil society is driven by supply-side factors, religious organisations are not very different from other CSOs. Whether faith adherence and religious values and beliefs lead to different kinds of development outcomes is ope…
Religion and the State in Tanzania
For the first two decades of independence Tanzania enjoyed an apparently tolerant and cordial religious climate. But since the departure of the father of the nation, Julius Nyerere from active politics in 1985 deepening religious tensions and strains began to emerge not only between the state and major religions in the country but also inter and intra-religious strife became common. Since then the country has witnessed deepening state-religious t…
An act of agency
The contact strategy has proven to be effective in reducing stigma in relation a variety of disabilities and health-related conditions. This strategy requires people to be willing to present on their condition. This study explored what the considerations are of ‘spokespersons’ to do so. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. Informants (13) expressed how they felt about presenting, that it gave them the opportunity to develop themsel…
"The birth of the "salon
In this article, we explore the social process of modernization through an examination of the transformation in the delivery of antiwitchcraft services that has occurred in southern Tanzania under the pervasive influence of transnational ideoscapes of market liberalization and public-sector reform. We argue that the anthropological association of witchcraft with the modern in Africa overlooks witchcraft's explicitly unmodern associations in popul…
Faith in forms
This paper examines the position and role of religious organisations within a wider range of civil society organisations (CSOs) in two districts in Tanzania. We argue that where development agendas are externally generated and civil society is driven by supply-side factors, religious organisations are not very different from other CSOs. Whether faith adherence and religious values and beliefs lead to different kinds of development outcomes is ope…
An Expository Study of Witchcraft among the Basoga of Uganda
An act of agency
The contact strategy has proven to be effective in reducing stigma in relation a variety of disabilities and health-related conditions. This strategy requires people to be willing to present on their condition. This study explored what the considerations are of ‘spokespersons’ to do so. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted. Informants (13) expressed how they felt about presenting, that it gave them the opportunity to develop themsel…
Religion and the State in Tanzania
For the first two decades of independence Tanzania enjoyed an apparently tolerant and cordial religious climate. But since the departure of the father of the nation, Julius Nyerere from active politics in 1985 deepening religious tensions and strains began to emerge not only between the state and major religions in the country but also inter and intra-religious strife became common. Since then the country has witnessed deepening state-religious t…
Witchcraft and the law in Tanzania
Witchcraft is a topical subject and an intriguing phenomenon in Africa. Thriving on belief systems it baffles and confronts ruling elites with dilemmas on how to deal with it. Tanzania experiences grim consequences by the entrenchment of witchcraft in the country including social exclusion, expulsion and even murder of alleged witches. The legal system copes inadequately with the challenges of witchcraft because it does not accept the reality of …
Political science (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Tanzania (5 obras) · Ethnology (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Colonialism (2 obras) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 obras) · Humanities (2 obras)