Christian Jennings
Biographic Data
| ID | 3586193 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christian Jennings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christian |
| FAMILY NAME | Jennings |
| SIGNATURE | JENNINGS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Africanizing Knowledge
"Nearly four decades ago, Terence Ranger questioned to what extent African history was actually African, and whether methods and concerns derived from Western historiography were really sufficient tools for researching and narrating African history. Despite a blossoming and branching out of Africanist scholarship in the last twenty years, that question is still haunting. The most prestigious locations for production of African studies are outside…
Unexploited Assets
Historical writing about international marine science and the ideology of ‘science for development’ has followed different trajectories and has rarely intersected.1 Studies of marine science have focused on northern and southern oceans, while studies of British colonial science generally have favored agriculture, forestry, medicine, and anthropology. On the one hand, this historiographical division makes sense, because the scale and scope of twen…
Beyond Eponymy
During the early nineteenth century, European travelers and residents in east Africa wrote of an important pastoralist society, called Loikop, that dominated the plains of the Rift Valley, and whose divisions included, among others, the rapidly expanding Maasai. These pastoralists were described in detail by three missionaries: Johann Ludwig Krapf, Johannes Rebmann, and Jakob Erhardt. Their various journals, letters, and published articles, writt…
Africanizing Knowledge
Sources and Methods in African History
An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is…
Africanizing Knowledge
Nearly four decades ago, Terence Ranger questioned to what extent African history was actually African, and whether methods and concerns derived from Western historiography were really sufficient tools for researching and narrating African history. Despite a blossoming and branching out of Africanist scholarship in the last twenty years, that question is still haunting. The most prestigious locations for production for African studies are outside…
Beyond Eponymy
During the early nineteenth century, European travelers and residents in east Africa wrote of an important pastoralist society, called Loikop, that dominated the plains of the Rift Valley, and whose divisions included, among others, the rapidly expanding Maasai. These pastoralists were described in detail by three missionaries: Johann Ludwig Krapf, Johannes Rebmann, and Jakob Erhardt. Their various journals, letters, and published articles, writt…
Africanizing Knowledge
Africanizing Knowledge
Nearly four decades ago, Terence Ranger questioned to what extent African history was actually African, and whether methods and concerns derived from Western historiography were really sufficient tools for researching and narrating African history. Despite a blossoming and branching out of Africanist scholarship in the last twenty years, that question is still haunting. The most prestigious locations for production for African studies are outside…
Sources and Methods in African History
An overview of the ongoing methods used to understand African history. Spurred in part by the ongoing re-evaluation of sources and methods in research, African historiography in the past two decades has been characterized by the continued branching and increasing sophistication of methodologies and areas of specialization. The rate of incorporation of new sources and methods into African historical research shows no signs of slowing. This book is…
Africanizing Knowledge
Beyond Eponymy
During the early nineteenth century, European travelers and residents in east Africa wrote of an important pastoralist society, called Loikop, that dominated the plains of the Rift Valley, and whose divisions included, among others, the rapidly expanding Maasai. These pastoralists were described in detail by three missionaries: Johann Ludwig Krapf, Johannes Rebmann, and Jakob Erhardt. Their various journals, letters, and published articles, writt…
Unexploited Assets
Historical writing about international marine science and the ideology of ‘science for development’ has followed different trajectories and has rarely intersected.1 Studies of marine science have focused on northern and southern oceans, while studies of British colonial science generally have favored agriculture, forestry, medicine, and anthropology. On the one hand, this historiographical division makes sense, because the scale and scope of twen…
Africanizing Knowledge
"Nearly four decades ago, Terence Ranger questioned to what extent African history was actually African, and whether methods and concerns derived from Western historiography were really sufficient tools for researching and narrating African history. Despite a blossoming and branching out of Africanist scholarship in the last twenty years, that question is still haunting. The most prestigious locations for production of African studies are outside…
Geography (4 works) · History (4 works) · Africa (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · African history and culture studies (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Historiography (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)