Mette Bovin
Biographic Data
| ID | 343902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mette Bovin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mette |
| FAMILY NAME | Bovin |
| SIGNATURE | BOVIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nordic Africa Institute |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Nomads Who Cultivate Beauty: Wo'daa'be Dances and Visual Arts in Niger
The importance of being bitter—a qualitative study on cassava cultivar preference in Malawi
We conducted qualitative interviews in Nkhata‐Bay district in Malawi to elucidate why farmers preferentially grow cassava cultivars providing bitter roots. Cassava was mainly grown to produce flour for making the staple food, kondowole. Plants were identified as belonging to one of the 54 mentioned cultivars with local names. All the farmers stated that bitter taste of roots predicted toxicity and necessity for processing. Cultivars were grouped …
Adaptative Strategies in African Arid Lands
Provocation Anthropology: Bartering Performance in Africa
Most anthropologists recognize Sherlock Holmes in themselves. Like Conan Doyle's detective, we surreptitiously creep about in our eagerness to collect information untainted by our intrusion. What happens if we come out from behind bush and meet face-to-face with people we wish to learn about? What happens if we provoke interaction? An adverse shock effect needn't be a concern-the may find stranger just as foreign and no more odd were s/he to aban…
Nomades « sauvages » et paysans « civilisés»: WoDaaBe et Kanuri au Borno
Comment se manifeste la véritable «personnalité ethnique» (selon les terme de M. Dupire) des vrais Peuls nomades WoDaaBe ? Quels éléments ou représentations en sont la clef dans le système de communications, dans le cadre de la société pluri-ethnique du Borno, au Niger et en Nigeria ? L'article décrit les relations interethniques entre les nomades soi-disant «sauvages» et les agriculteurs et citadins «civilisés». Les éléments ethniques woDaaBe et…
Provocation Anthropology: Bartering Performance in Africa
Most anthropologists recognize Sherlock Holmes in themselves. Like Conan Doyle's detective, we surreptitiously creep about in our eagerness to collect information untainted by our intrusion. What happens if we come out from behind bush and meet face-to-face with people we wish to learn about? What happens if we provoke interaction? An adverse shock effect needn't be a concern-the may find stranger just as foreign and no more odd were s/he to aban…
Nomads Who Cultivate Beauty: Wo'daa'be Dances and Visual Arts in Niger
Nomades « sauvages » et paysans « civilisés»: WoDaaBe et Kanuri au Borno
Comment se manifeste la véritable «personnalité ethnique» (selon les terme de M. Dupire) des vrais Peuls nomades WoDaaBe ? Quels éléments ou représentations en sont la clef dans le système de communications, dans le cadre de la société pluri-ethnique du Borno, au Niger et en Nigeria ? L'article décrit les relations interethniques entre les nomades soi-disant «sauvages» et les agriculteurs et citadins «civilisés». Les éléments ethniques woDaaBe et…
Provocation Anthropology: Bartering Performance in Africa
Most anthropologists recognize Sherlock Holmes in themselves. Like Conan Doyle's detective, we surreptitiously creep about in our eagerness to collect information untainted by our intrusion. What happens if we come out from behind bush and meet face-to-face with people we wish to learn about? What happens if we provoke interaction? An adverse shock effect needn't be a concern-the may find stranger just as foreign and no more odd were s/he to aban…
Adaptative Strategies in African Arid Lands
The importance of being bitter—a qualitative study on cassava cultivar preference in Malawi
We conducted qualitative interviews in Nkhata‐Bay district in Malawi to elucidate why farmers preferentially grow cassava cultivars providing bitter roots. Cassava was mainly grown to produce flour for making the staple food, kondowole. Plants were identified as belonging to one of the 54 mentioned cultivars with local names. All the farmers stated that bitter taste of roots predicted toxicity and necessity for processing. Cultivars were grouped …
Nomads Who Cultivate Beauty: Wo'daa'be Dances and Visual Arts in Niger
Art (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (2 works) · Agriculture (1 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 works) · Agroforestry (1 works) · Agronomy (1 works)