Katherine Bruce-Lockhart
Biographic Data
| ID | 114270 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine Bruce-Lockhart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Bruce-Lockhart |
| SIGNATURE | BRUCE-LOCKHART K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1087-9077 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Archives, prisons and person-centred historical praxis
Bringing together methods and perspectives from critical archive studies, African history, social history and critical prison studies, this article considers the opportunities, challenges and ethical considerations that arise when doing social history research on colonial African prisons using official archives. We argue that while such records can provide valuable information, engagement with these documents needs to be grounded in recognition o…
Introduction
Researching Institutional Life in Modern Uganda
This introductory article reflects on the trajectories, possibilities, and limitations of studying institutional life in Africa, with a particular emphasis on Uganda. Engaging with some of the central issues articulated in the African Studies Association’s theme for the 2017 Annual Meeting – “Institutions: Creativity and Resilience in Africa” – it considers the category of “institution” and how it has been imagined and contested in Africa’s past …
The Archival Afterlives of Prison Officers in Idi Amin’s Uganda
Africans historians have recently paid more attention to postcolonial archives, trying to locate these elusive collections as well as thinking more critically about how to use them. Uganda, in particular, has been an important site for reconsidering the role of postcolonial archives in historical research. Using the archives of Uganda Prisons Service as a case study, this article explores how official records can illuminate the social histories o…
A History of Modern Uganda
"A History of Modern Uganda." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(1), pp. 99–100
"Unsound" minds and broken bodies
From 1954 to 1960, the British detained approximately 8000 women under the Emergency Powers imposed to combat the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya. Kamiti Detention Camp was the main site of women's incarceration, and its importance has been widely acknowledged by scholars. However, new documentary evidence released from the Hanslope Park Archive since 2011 has revealed the existence of a second camp established for women at Gitamayu, created in 1958 e…
"Unsound" minds and broken bodies
From 1954 to 1960, the British detained approximately 8000 women under the Emergency Powers imposed to combat the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya. Kamiti Detention Camp was the main site of women's incarceration, and its importance has been widely acknowledged by scholars. However, new documentary evidence released from the Hanslope Park Archive since 2011 has revealed the existence of a second camp established for women at Gitamayu, created in 1958 e…
The Archival Afterlives of Prison Officers in Idi Amin’s Uganda
Africans historians have recently paid more attention to postcolonial archives, trying to locate these elusive collections as well as thinking more critically about how to use them. Uganda, in particular, has been an important site for reconsidering the role of postcolonial archives in historical research. Using the archives of Uganda Prisons Service as a case study, this article explores how official records can illuminate the social histories o…
Introduction
"Unsound" minds and broken bodies
From 1954 to 1960, the British detained approximately 8000 women under the Emergency Powers imposed to combat the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya. Kamiti Detention Camp was the main site of women's incarceration, and its importance has been widely acknowledged by scholars. However, new documentary evidence released from the Hanslope Park Archive since 2011 has revealed the existence of a second camp established for women at Gitamayu, created in 1958 e…
Researching Institutional Life in Modern Uganda
This introductory article reflects on the trajectories, possibilities, and limitations of studying institutional life in Africa, with a particular emphasis on Uganda. Engaging with some of the central issues articulated in the African Studies Association’s theme for the 2017 Annual Meeting – “Institutions: Creativity and Resilience in Africa” – it considers the category of “institution” and how it has been imagined and contested in Africa’s past …
The Archival Afterlives of Prison Officers in Idi Amin’s Uganda
Africans historians have recently paid more attention to postcolonial archives, trying to locate these elusive collections as well as thinking more critically about how to use them. Uganda, in particular, has been an important site for reconsidering the role of postcolonial archives in historical research. Using the archives of Uganda Prisons Service as a case study, this article explores how official records can illuminate the social histories o…
A History of Modern Uganda
"A History of Modern Uganda." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 52(1), pp. 99–100
Introduction
Archives, prisons and person-centred historical praxis
Bringing together methods and perspectives from critical archive studies, African history, social history and critical prison studies, this article considers the opportunities, challenges and ethical considerations that arise when doing social history research on colonial African prisons using official archives. We argue that while such records can provide valuable information, engagement with these documents needs to be grounded in recognition o…
Political science (6 works) · African history and culture studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works) · History (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works)