Catherine E Bolten
Biographic Data
| ID | 128582 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine E Bolten |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bolten |
| SIGNATURE | BOLTEN C E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Usurious strangers and “a better tomorrow
Rice was historically a “total social phenomenon” in Sierra Leone, molding rural identities through farming. Crop yields are rapidly declining, forcing change among people who once claimed to be “wealthy” from rice and now face severe food insecurity. In response to change, they can take out loans—offered by “strangers”—to continue farming rice, or they can “diversify” and farm alternative crops. Low rice yields largely condemn those who accept a…
Circulating Ebola in the Anthropocene
Childhood Deployed
A Great Scholar is an Overeducated Person
Education was historically valued in Sierra Leone as a possession that conveyed and expressed elite status, with the revered, authoritative teacher being the gatekeeper. The erosion of teachers’ authority through government policies designed to universalize access to education has called into question the once-certain high status of the educated. With the future now ambiguous, students and teachers undertake “practices of uncertainty,” engaging i…
The Memories They Want. Autobiography in the Chaos of Sierra Leone
Les habitants de Makeni en Sierra Leone racontent le chaos, l'incertitude et la terreur de leur vie durant l'occupation par les rebelles, en parlant de la qualité du temps en termes substantiellement différents de ceux qui décrivent celui de la vie ordinaire. Plutôt que de contextualiser leur propos dans le cadre de « ce qui s'est passé » et « quand », les narrateurs ont créé une communauté de mémoire mettant l'accent sur le « qui s'est passé ». …
SobelRumors and Tribal Truths
This article examines a case study from war-torn Sierra Leone in 1994, in which a rumor galvanized violent public action and only dissipated when a seemingly unrelated issue was resolved. I argue that the circulation of rumors can foment the emergence of political narratives focused on topics that are otherwise taboo, and creates the space to act on them without overtly disturbing the status quo. I analyze the content of interview material with r…
A Great Scholar is an Overeducated Person
Education was historically valued in Sierra Leone as a possession that conveyed and expressed elite status, with the revered, authoritative teacher being the gatekeeper. The erosion of teachers’ authority through government policies designed to universalize access to education has called into question the once-certain high status of the educated. With the future now ambiguous, students and teachers undertake “practices of uncertainty,” engaging i…
SobelRumors and Tribal Truths
This article examines a case study from war-torn Sierra Leone in 1994, in which a rumor galvanized violent public action and only dissipated when a seemingly unrelated issue was resolved. I argue that the circulation of rumors can foment the emergence of political narratives focused on topics that are otherwise taboo, and creates the space to act on them without overtly disturbing the status quo. I analyze the content of interview material with r…
Childhood Deployed
Usurious strangers and “a better tomorrow
Rice was historically a “total social phenomenon” in Sierra Leone, molding rural identities through farming. Crop yields are rapidly declining, forcing change among people who once claimed to be “wealthy” from rice and now face severe food insecurity. In response to change, they can take out loans—offered by “strangers”—to continue farming rice, or they can “diversify” and farm alternative crops. Low rice yields largely condemn those who accept a…
Circulating Ebola in the Anthropocene
The Memories They Want. Autobiography in the Chaos of Sierra Leone
Les habitants de Makeni en Sierra Leone racontent le chaos, l'incertitude et la terreur de leur vie durant l'occupation par les rebelles, en parlant de la qualité du temps en termes substantiellement différents de ceux qui décrivent celui de la vie ordinaire. Plutôt que de contextualiser leur propos dans le cadre de « ce qui s'est passé » et « quand », les narrateurs ont créé une communauté de mémoire mettant l'accent sur le « qui s'est passé ». …
SobelRumors and Tribal Truths
This article examines a case study from war-torn Sierra Leone in 1994, in which a rumor galvanized violent public action and only dissipated when a seemingly unrelated issue was resolved. I argue that the circulation of rumors can foment the emergence of political narratives focused on topics that are otherwise taboo, and creates the space to act on them without overtly disturbing the status quo. I analyze the content of interview material with r…
Childhood Deployed
A Great Scholar is an Overeducated Person
Education was historically valued in Sierra Leone as a possession that conveyed and expressed elite status, with the revered, authoritative teacher being the gatekeeper. The erosion of teachers’ authority through government policies designed to universalize access to education has called into question the once-certain high status of the educated. With the future now ambiguous, students and teachers undertake “practices of uncertainty,” engaging i…
Circulating Ebola in the Anthropocene
Usurious strangers and “a better tomorrow
Rice was historically a “total social phenomenon” in Sierra Leone, molding rural identities through farming. Crop yields are rapidly declining, forcing change among people who once claimed to be “wealthy” from rice and now face severe food insecurity. In response to change, they can take out loans—offered by “strangers”—to continue farming rice, or they can “diversify” and farm alternative crops. Low rice yields largely condemn those who accept a…
Sierra leone (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Ethnology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Peacebuilding and International Security (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works)