Siri Lange
Biographic Data
| ID | 263065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Siri Lange |
| GIVEN NAMES | Siri |
| FAMILY NAME | Lange |
| SIGNATURE | LANGE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5906-4485 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The complexities of belonging
Migration studies on women’s empowerment and belonging have largely remained distinct. This article explores how working-class Ghanaian women in Norway negotiate belonging and empowerment. Utilizing in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal conversations with eight mothers living in Bergen, it adopts an intersectional lens to examine how race, gender, class and migrant status intersect to shape their lives, particularly within the…
“I want to help my body”
Patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) are at risk of severe illness and death if infected by malaria, and lifelong prophylaxis is recommended to individuals in malaria endemic regions. Although its efficacy is declining due to parasite resistance, the antimalarial drug Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) is still given to patients with SCA in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa. A clinical trial was performed to compare SP with Dihydroartemisin…
Limbo in Lindi
Investors’ IFC compliance did not secure minimal displacement in Lindi. • Authorities saw the LNG project as a driver for local content and development. • Government-led land acquisition extended to adjacent areas. • Conflicting messages left PAP uncertain about compensation and resettlement. • Investors offered top-up compensation only to site-displaced households. This article examines the interplay between international standards and national …
"Can you bury him before he dies?" Sickle cell disease and social sites of suffering in Malawi and Uganda
In health-related research, experience of illness is commonly characterised by its physical signs and symptoms. However, the experience of illness also extends past the patients' bodily aches and ailments to influence, and possibly impair, their social interactions. Despite its relational ramifications, the field of medicine has not awarded enough attention towards social dimensions of suffering nor the ways in which chronic disease may change an…
Whatever is bad goes back to the woman
Mothers are commonly blamed for the ill-health of their children, and this is well documented in research. However, few studies have considered gendered patterns of blame for hereditary conditions caused by mutations from both parents through dual, shared genetic inheritance. This paper explores the 'gendering' of blame in the context of an inherited blood disorder known as sickle cell disease. The findings are drawn from 18 focus group discussio…
The folk illness kimeo and "traditional" uvulectomy
Background Amputation of the uvula by lay providers, so-called "traditional uvulectomy", is common in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, the procedure is a treatment of persistent cough, and in some areas of the country, one in three children have been cut. Previous research from Sub-Saharan Africa suggest that uvulectomy by lay providers can increase morbidity and mortality in children, but few studies have examined the cultural ideas and…
Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes
BACKGROUND: The success of payment for performance (P4P) schemes relies on their ability to generate sustainable changes in the behaviour of healthcare providers. This paper examines short-term and longer-term effects of P4P in Tanzania and the reasons for these changes. METHODS: We conducted a controlled before and after study and an embedded process evaluation. Three rounds of facility, patient and household survey data (at baseline, after 13 m…
Gender, regulation, and corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector
Multinational corporations have been criticised for their rhetorical support to - as opposed to substantive engagement with - gender equality in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in poor countries. Many host countries have started regularizing CSR in recent years, and there is great variation between countries and different sectors when it comes to the gendered dimensions of social investments. This article focuses on the fac…
Doing global investments the Nordic way
In the Nordic countries, unions are represented in company boards and can influence companies' policies toward labor abroad. This article focuses on the Norwegian national oil company Equinor and its support of unionization of its employees in Tanzania. This was inspired by the Nordic tradition of social dialogue between corporations and strong, independent unions. Corporation managers and union representatives tend to refer to this social dialog…
Bringing the state back in
This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations working abroad. These transnational corporations (TNCs) are expected by the government to act responsibly when "going global." Yet, we have observed that abroad, Norwegian corporations backed by state capital largely operate like any other TNCs. We argue that the driver for the adaptation to gl…
Rethinking access
Resource nationalism and local content in Tanzania
Why don't clinicians adhere more consistently to guidelines for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
Gold and governance
Following advice from the World Bank, and hoping for economic growth and independence from donors, a number of African countries have opened up opportunities for large-scale mining by foreign investors over the last decade and a half. Tanzania, one of the 'new' mining countries, is now among the largest gold producers in Africa, but investor-friendly contracts have resulted in extremely low government revenues from mining, totalling less than 5 p…
African Theatre 7
Profiles theatre companies in Africa working creatively in the context of financial and political constraints. A close scrutiny of how theatre companies operate is an often neglected aspect of theatre life in Africa, yet, as companies profiled here grapple with the issues of 'creativity and collaboration' much is revealed about the way theatre companies across the continent face the challenges of financial constraints, the political complications…
The Depoliticisation of Development and the Democratisation of Politics in Tanzania
Local democracy and the involvement of local communities in the provision of social services are central issues in the local government reforms that are presently being implemented in many developing countries. At the same time, institutions that run parallel to local authorities, such as social funds and various user-committees, are established to improve accountability and participation. By focusing on actual political processes rather than adm…
Bokomtaler
Resource nationalism and local content in Tanzania
Gold and governance
Following advice from the World Bank, and hoping for economic growth and independence from donors, a number of African countries have opened up opportunities for large-scale mining by foreign investors over the last decade and a half. Tanzania, one of the 'new' mining countries, is now among the largest gold producers in Africa, but investor-friendly contracts have resulted in extremely low government revenues from mining, totalling less than 5 p…
Why don't clinicians adhere more consistently to guidelines for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
Rethinking access
Gender, regulation, and corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector
Multinational corporations have been criticised for their rhetorical support to - as opposed to substantive engagement with - gender equality in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in poor countries. Many host countries have started regularizing CSR in recent years, and there is great variation between countries and different sectors when it comes to the gendered dimensions of social investments. This article focuses on the fac…
Bringing the state back in
This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations working abroad. These transnational corporations (TNCs) are expected by the government to act responsibly when "going global." Yet, we have observed that abroad, Norwegian corporations backed by state capital largely operate like any other TNCs. We argue that the driver for the adaptation to gl…
Whatever is bad goes back to the woman
Mothers are commonly blamed for the ill-health of their children, and this is well documented in research. However, few studies have considered gendered patterns of blame for hereditary conditions caused by mutations from both parents through dual, shared genetic inheritance. This paper explores the 'gendering' of blame in the context of an inherited blood disorder known as sickle cell disease. The findings are drawn from 18 focus group discussio…
The folk illness kimeo and "traditional" uvulectomy
Background Amputation of the uvula by lay providers, so-called "traditional uvulectomy", is common in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, the procedure is a treatment of persistent cough, and in some areas of the country, one in three children have been cut. Previous research from Sub-Saharan Africa suggest that uvulectomy by lay providers can increase morbidity and mortality in children, but few studies have examined the cultural ideas and…
Doing global investments the Nordic way
In the Nordic countries, unions are represented in company boards and can influence companies' policies toward labor abroad. This article focuses on the Norwegian national oil company Equinor and its support of unionization of its employees in Tanzania. This was inspired by the Nordic tradition of social dialogue between corporations and strong, independent unions. Corporation managers and union representatives tend to refer to this social dialog…
Bokomtaler
African Theatre 7
Profiles theatre companies in Africa working creatively in the context of financial and political constraints. A close scrutiny of how theatre companies operate is an often neglected aspect of theatre life in Africa, yet, as companies profiled here grapple with the issues of 'creativity and collaboration' much is revealed about the way theatre companies across the continent face the challenges of financial constraints, the political complications…
The Depoliticisation of Development and the Democratisation of Politics in Tanzania
Local democracy and the involvement of local communities in the provision of social services are central issues in the local government reforms that are presently being implemented in many developing countries. At the same time, institutions that run parallel to local authorities, such as social funds and various user-committees, are established to improve accountability and participation. By focusing on actual political processes rather than adm…
Gold and governance
Following advice from the World Bank, and hoping for economic growth and independence from donors, a number of African countries have opened up opportunities for large-scale mining by foreign investors over the last decade and a half. Tanzania, one of the 'new' mining countries, is now among the largest gold producers in Africa, but investor-friendly contracts have resulted in extremely low government revenues from mining, totalling less than 5 p…
Why don't clinicians adhere more consistently to guidelines for the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
Resource nationalism and local content in Tanzania
Rethinking access
Doing global investments the Nordic way
In the Nordic countries, unions are represented in company boards and can influence companies' policies toward labor abroad. This article focuses on the Norwegian national oil company Equinor and its support of unionization of its employees in Tanzania. This was inspired by the Nordic tradition of social dialogue between corporations and strong, independent unions. Corporation managers and union representatives tend to refer to this social dialog…
Bringing the state back in
This theme section brings the state back into anthropological studies of corporate social responsibility through the lens of Norwegian energy corporations working abroad. These transnational corporations (TNCs) are expected by the government to act responsibly when "going global." Yet, we have observed that abroad, Norwegian corporations backed by state capital largely operate like any other TNCs. We argue that the driver for the adaptation to gl…
Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes
BACKGROUND: The success of payment for performance (P4P) schemes relies on their ability to generate sustainable changes in the behaviour of healthcare providers. This paper examines short-term and longer-term effects of P4P in Tanzania and the reasons for these changes. METHODS: We conducted a controlled before and after study and an embedded process evaluation. Three rounds of facility, patient and household survey data (at baseline, after 13 m…
Gender, regulation, and corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector
Multinational corporations have been criticised for their rhetorical support to - as opposed to substantive engagement with - gender equality in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in poor countries. Many host countries have started regularizing CSR in recent years, and there is great variation between countries and different sectors when it comes to the gendered dimensions of social investments. This article focuses on the fac…
The folk illness kimeo and "traditional" uvulectomy
Background Amputation of the uvula by lay providers, so-called "traditional uvulectomy", is common in parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania, the procedure is a treatment of persistent cough, and in some areas of the country, one in three children have been cut. Previous research from Sub-Saharan Africa suggest that uvulectomy by lay providers can increase morbidity and mortality in children, but few studies have examined the cultural ideas and…
Whatever is bad goes back to the woman
Mothers are commonly blamed for the ill-health of their children, and this is well documented in research. However, few studies have considered gendered patterns of blame for hereditary conditions caused by mutations from both parents through dual, shared genetic inheritance. This paper explores the 'gendering' of blame in the context of an inherited blood disorder known as sickle cell disease. The findings are drawn from 18 focus group discussio…
“I want to help my body”
Patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) are at risk of severe illness and death if infected by malaria, and lifelong prophylaxis is recommended to individuals in malaria endemic regions. Although its efficacy is declining due to parasite resistance, the antimalarial drug Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP) is still given to patients with SCA in several countries of sub-Saharan Africa. A clinical trial was performed to compare SP with Dihydroartemisin…
Limbo in Lindi
Investors’ IFC compliance did not secure minimal displacement in Lindi. • Authorities saw the LNG project as a driver for local content and development. • Government-led land acquisition extended to adjacent areas. • Conflicting messages left PAP uncertain about compensation and resettlement. • Investors offered top-up compensation only to site-displaced households. This article examines the interplay between international standards and national …
"Can you bury him before he dies?" Sickle cell disease and social sites of suffering in Malawi and Uganda
In health-related research, experience of illness is commonly characterised by its physical signs and symptoms. However, the experience of illness also extends past the patients' bodily aches and ailments to influence, and possibly impair, their social interactions. Despite its relational ramifications, the field of medicine has not awarded enough attention towards social dimensions of suffering nor the ways in which chronic disease may change an…
The complexities of belonging
Migration studies on women’s empowerment and belonging have largely remained distinct. This article explores how working-class Ghanaian women in Norway negotiate belonging and empowerment. Utilizing in-depth interviews, participant observation and informal conversations with eight mothers living in Bergen, it adopts an intersectional lens to examine how race, gender, class and migrant status intersect to shape their lives, particularly within the…
Tanzania (9 works) · Business (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Mining and Resource Management (6 works) · Socioeconomics (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works)