Andrew Burton
Biographic Data
| ID | 3611636 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Burton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Burton |
| SIGNATURE | BURTON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Institute in Eastern Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7489-8226 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Impact of Violence and Victimization Exposure on Caregivers Living in Urban Poverty
Examining the potential impact of digital game making in curricula based teaching
An evaluation of an adaptive learning system based on multimodal affect recognition for learners with intellectual disabilities
Artificial intelligence tools for education (AIEd) have been used to automate the provision of learning support to mainstream learners. One of the most innovative approaches in this field is the use of data and machine learning for the detection of a student’s affective state, to move them out of negative states that inhibit learning, into positive states such as engagement. In spite of their obvious potential to provide the personalisation that …
Joint allies
In this paper we use a case study, the co-production of a prostate cancer app with, and for, Black British African-Caribbean communities, to discuss benefits and tensions of inclusive practice and allyship. We view our collaborators as joint partners, and joint allies, for the Black British African-Caribbean community. Here, we document the research process and highlight successful aspects of our collaboration such as mentoring, recruitment, idea…
Urbanization in East Africa, circa 900–2010 CE
East Africa’s urban past is broken down into five historical periods. The first ( c . 900–1500 ce ) saw the emergence of an urban Swahili culture on the East African coast that flourished thanks to its role as economic and cultural arbiter between the African interior and the Indian Ocean world. Between 1500 and 1800, as in other parts of the world, the intrusion of Europeans (and other outsiders) appears to have had a detrimental impact on “clas…
Trace Metals in Upland Headwater Lakes in Ireland
Generations Past
Generations Past
Contemporary Africa is demographically characterized above all else by its youthfulness. In East Africa the median age of the population is now a striking 17.5 years, and more than 65 percent of the population is age 24 or under. This situation has attracted growing scholarly attention, resulting in an important and rapidly expanding literature on the position of youth in African societies.While the scholarship examining the contemporary role of …
The Eye of Authority
This article examines taxation in inter-war Tanganyika; an institution of central importance to the colonial state yet one which is relatively neglected in the historiography of colonialism in East Africa. Existing analysis of colonial taxation has emphasised its economic role, notably its effects in forcing African men to engage in waged labour. This account seeks to give greater weight to taxation's important political and administrative roles,…
Dar es Salaam. Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis
From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continent?s most studied urban c…
Raw Youth, School-Leavers and the Emergence of Structural Unemployment in Late-Colonial Urban Tanganyika
This article examines the historical origins of one of urban Africa’s most visible contemporary problems, using Tanzania as a case study. The middle decades of the twentieth century are identified as a time when a pivotal shift occurred as labour scarcity gave way to over-supply, resulting in the emergence of enduring ‘structural’ unemployment. This was influenced by a combination of phenomena arising from the deepening impact of colonialism: inc…
Nation and community in colonial and postcolonial Tanzania
Jamii ya wahalifu. The growth of crime in a colonial African urban centre
This article contains a description of the growth of a ‘modern’ criminal culture in Dar es Salaam under British rule. It provides an analysis of the possible causes of increasing criminality in colonial Tanganyika: including urbanisation, shifting definitions of criminality arising from state intervention, the penetration of the cash nexus and economic differentiation. The growth and changing shape of property crime in the city are outlined, as a…
The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa c. 1750-2000
Andrew Burton(ed.), The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa c.1750–2000. Nairobi: British Institute in Eastern Africa (paperback KSh 1,600, £15.00, US $24.00, ISBN 1 872566 26 X). 2002, 264 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 2
Brothers by day’
The creation of a colonial police force in Tanganyika after the First World War and its elaboration over the next four decades is described, as are its role in the attempted assertion of urban order and its relations with the Dar es Salaam public. The force was a central component in the colonial state's efforts to assert control over the urban arena. Lacking both resources and legitimacy it was only partially effective in this regard, with inter…
The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa, c. 1750-2000
Townsmen in the Making
L'A. examine les repercussions des politiques de stabilisation de l'administration coloniale britannique pour l'administration urbaine et la reconsideration du travail des Africains en milieu urbain, centrant son analyse sur la ville de Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika). Dans le contexte de l'urbanisation des villes africaines et d'un changement dans l'approche de l'administration coloniale - influencee notamment par la notion d'une sorte de citoyennete…
Urchins, Loafers and the Cult of the Cowboy
During the British colonial period a substantial young African population emerged in Dar es Salaam. Both colonial officials and African elders viewed this with dismay. They felt the resulting demoralisation of African youth posed a threat to both (African) authority and (colonial) order. However, measures aimed at addressing the ramifications of this phenomenon were mostly unsuccessful. Ironically, whilst British colonial policy aimed to keep Afr…
Africa's Urban past
David Anderson and Richard Rathbone (eds), Africa's Urban Past. Oxford: James Currey; Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 2000, 320 pp., £40.00, ISBN 0 85255 761 2 (hard covers), £14.95, ISBN 0 85255 760 4 (paperback). - Volume 71 Issue 4
Adjutants, agents, intermediaries
(2001). Adjutants, agents, intermediaries: The Native Administration in Dar es Salaam township, 1919–61. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 36-37, No. 1, pp. 98-118
Urbanisation in Eastern Africa
(2001). Urbanisation in Eastern Africa: An historical overview, c.1750–2000. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 36-37, No. 1, pp. 1-28
Gender differences in the dual‐task effects on autobiographical memory retrieval during social problem solving
A dual‐task paradigm was used to explore the effects of cognitive load on social problem solving and autobiographical memory retrieval. The role that gender may play in mediating the relationship was also examined. Participants performed a secondary task concurrently with two primary tasks: ( a ) a cueing task, and { b ) the Means–End Problem‐Solving (MEPS) Task, during which they were required to attend to the memories retrieved during solution …
Mode of processing and hemisphere differences in the judgement of musical stimuli
The relationship between processing strategy and ear asymmetry was examined in two experiments in which subjects were required to make judgements about monoaurally presented musical chords. In the first experiment, subjects without musical training showed a significant left ear advantage while in those with musical training a significant shift towards a right ear advantage was observed. Performance on the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) suggested a s…
Programming Common Sense
Following recent claims in social psychology, it is suggested that many hypotheses in the discipline do not lend themselves to empirical investigation. Certain studies in attribution theory are particularly vulnerable to this criticism. From this perspective, it is claimed that Heider's naive analysis of action should be taken as an a priori explication of common sense accounting practices, rather than as a basis for experimental study. A compute…
Urchins, Loafers and the Cult of the Cowboy
During the British colonial period a substantial young African population emerged in Dar es Salaam. Both colonial officials and African elders viewed this with dismay. They felt the resulting demoralisation of African youth posed a threat to both (African) authority and (colonial) order. However, measures aimed at addressing the ramifications of this phenomenon were mostly unsuccessful. Ironically, whilst British colonial policy aimed to keep Afr…
The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa, c. 1750-2000
Townsmen in the Making
L'A. examine les repercussions des politiques de stabilisation de l'administration coloniale britannique pour l'administration urbaine et la reconsideration du travail des Africains en milieu urbain, centrant son analyse sur la ville de Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika). Dans le contexte de l'urbanisation des villes africaines et d'un changement dans l'approche de l'administration coloniale - influencee notamment par la notion d'une sorte de citoyennete…
Raw Youth, School-Leavers and the Emergence of Structural Unemployment in Late-Colonial Urban Tanganyika
This article examines the historical origins of one of urban Africa’s most visible contemporary problems, using Tanzania as a case study. The middle decades of the twentieth century are identified as a time when a pivotal shift occurred as labour scarcity gave way to over-supply, resulting in the emergence of enduring ‘structural’ unemployment. This was influenced by a combination of phenomena arising from the deepening impact of colonialism: inc…
Brothers by day’
The creation of a colonial police force in Tanganyika after the First World War and its elaboration over the next four decades is described, as are its role in the attempted assertion of urban order and its relations with the Dar es Salaam public. The force was a central component in the colonial state's efforts to assert control over the urban arena. Lacking both resources and legitimacy it was only partially effective in this regard, with inter…
The Eye of Authority
This article examines taxation in inter-war Tanganyika; an institution of central importance to the colonial state yet one which is relatively neglected in the historiography of colonialism in East Africa. Existing analysis of colonial taxation has emphasised its economic role, notably its effects in forcing African men to engage in waged labour. This account seeks to give greater weight to taxation's important political and administrative roles,…
Urbanisation in Eastern Africa
(2001). Urbanisation in Eastern Africa: An historical overview, c.1750–2000. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 36-37, No. 1, pp. 1-28
Urbanization in East Africa, circa 900–2010 CE
East Africa’s urban past is broken down into five historical periods. The first ( c . 900–1500 ce ) saw the emergence of an urban Swahili culture on the East African coast that flourished thanks to its role as economic and cultural arbiter between the African interior and the Indian Ocean world. Between 1500 and 1800, as in other parts of the world, the intrusion of Europeans (and other outsiders) appears to have had a detrimental impact on “clas…
Jamii ya wahalifu. The growth of crime in a colonial African urban centre
This article contains a description of the growth of a ‘modern’ criminal culture in Dar es Salaam under British rule. It provides an analysis of the possible causes of increasing criminality in colonial Tanganyika: including urbanisation, shifting definitions of criminality arising from state intervention, the penetration of the cash nexus and economic differentiation. The growth and changing shape of property crime in the city are outlined, as a…
The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa c. 1750-2000
Andrew Burton(ed.), The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa c.1750–2000. Nairobi: British Institute in Eastern Africa (paperback KSh 1,600, £15.00, US $24.00, ISBN 1 872566 26 X). 2002, 264 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 2
Programming Common Sense
Following recent claims in social psychology, it is suggested that many hypotheses in the discipline do not lend themselves to empirical investigation. Certain studies in attribution theory are particularly vulnerable to this criticism. From this perspective, it is claimed that Heider's naive analysis of action should be taken as an a priori explication of common sense accounting practices, rather than as a basis for experimental study. A compute…
Mode of processing and hemisphere differences in the judgement of musical stimuli
The relationship between processing strategy and ear asymmetry was examined in two experiments in which subjects were required to make judgements about monoaurally presented musical chords. In the first experiment, subjects without musical training showed a significant left ear advantage while in those with musical training a significant shift towards a right ear advantage was observed. Performance on the Embedded Figures Test (EFT) suggested a s…
Gender differences in the dual‐task effects on autobiographical memory retrieval during social problem solving
A dual‐task paradigm was used to explore the effects of cognitive load on social problem solving and autobiographical memory retrieval. The role that gender may play in mediating the relationship was also examined. Participants performed a secondary task concurrently with two primary tasks: ( a ) a cueing task, and { b ) the Means–End Problem‐Solving (MEPS) Task, during which they were required to attend to the memories retrieved during solution …
Urchins, Loafers and the Cult of the Cowboy
During the British colonial period a substantial young African population emerged in Dar es Salaam. Both colonial officials and African elders viewed this with dismay. They felt the resulting demoralisation of African youth posed a threat to both (African) authority and (colonial) order. However, measures aimed at addressing the ramifications of this phenomenon were mostly unsuccessful. Ironically, whilst British colonial policy aimed to keep Afr…
Africa's Urban past
David Anderson and Richard Rathbone (eds), Africa's Urban Past. Oxford: James Currey; Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 2000, 320 pp., £40.00, ISBN 0 85255 761 2 (hard covers), £14.95, ISBN 0 85255 760 4 (paperback). - Volume 71 Issue 4
Adjutants, agents, intermediaries
(2001). Adjutants, agents, intermediaries: The Native Administration in Dar es Salaam township, 1919–61. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 36-37, No. 1, pp. 98-118
Urbanisation in Eastern Africa
(2001). Urbanisation in Eastern Africa: An historical overview, c.1750–2000. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa: Vol. 36-37, No. 1, pp. 1-28
Brothers by day’
The creation of a colonial police force in Tanganyika after the First World War and its elaboration over the next four decades is described, as are its role in the attempted assertion of urban order and its relations with the Dar es Salaam public. The force was a central component in the colonial state's efforts to assert control over the urban arena. Lacking both resources and legitimacy it was only partially effective in this regard, with inter…
The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa, c. 1750-2000
Townsmen in the Making
L'A. examine les repercussions des politiques de stabilisation de l'administration coloniale britannique pour l'administration urbaine et la reconsideration du travail des Africains en milieu urbain, centrant son analyse sur la ville de Dar es Salaam (Tanganyika). Dans le contexte de l'urbanisation des villes africaines et d'un changement dans l'approche de l'administration coloniale - influencee notamment par la notion d'une sorte de citoyennete…
Jamii ya wahalifu. The growth of crime in a colonial African urban centre
This article contains a description of the growth of a ‘modern’ criminal culture in Dar es Salaam under British rule. It provides an analysis of the possible causes of increasing criminality in colonial Tanganyika: including urbanisation, shifting definitions of criminality arising from state intervention, the penetration of the cash nexus and economic differentiation. The growth and changing shape of property crime in the city are outlined, as a…
The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa c. 1750-2000
Andrew Burton(ed.), The Urban Experience in Eastern Africa c.1750–2000. Nairobi: British Institute in Eastern Africa (paperback KSh 1,600, £15.00, US $24.00, ISBN 1 872566 26 X). 2002, 264 pp. - Volume 74 Issue 2
Raw Youth, School-Leavers and the Emergence of Structural Unemployment in Late-Colonial Urban Tanganyika
This article examines the historical origins of one of urban Africa’s most visible contemporary problems, using Tanzania as a case study. The middle decades of the twentieth century are identified as a time when a pivotal shift occurred as labour scarcity gave way to over-supply, resulting in the emergence of enduring ‘structural’ unemployment. This was influenced by a combination of phenomena arising from the deepening impact of colonialism: inc…
Nation and community in colonial and postcolonial Tanzania
Dar es Salaam. Histories from an Emerging African Metropolis
From its modest beginnings in the mid-19th century, Dar es Salaam has grown to become one of sub-Saharan Africa?s most important urban centres. A major political, economic and cultural hub, the city stood at the cutting edge of trends that transformed twentieth-century East Africa. Dar es Salaam has recently attracted the attention of a diverse, multi-disciplinary, range of scholars, making it currently one of the continent?s most studied urban c…
The Eye of Authority
This article examines taxation in inter-war Tanganyika; an institution of central importance to the colonial state yet one which is relatively neglected in the historiography of colonialism in East Africa. Existing analysis of colonial taxation has emphasised its economic role, notably its effects in forcing African men to engage in waged labour. This account seeks to give greater weight to taxation's important political and administrative roles,…
Generations Past
Generations Past
Contemporary Africa is demographically characterized above all else by its youthfulness. In East Africa the median age of the population is now a striking 17.5 years, and more than 65 percent of the population is age 24 or under. This situation has attracted growing scholarly attention, resulting in an important and rapidly expanding literature on the position of youth in African societies.While the scholarship examining the contemporary role of …
Trace Metals in Upland Headwater Lakes in Ireland
Urbanization in East Africa, circa 900–2010 CE
East Africa’s urban past is broken down into five historical periods. The first ( c . 900–1500 ce ) saw the emergence of an urban Swahili culture on the East African coast that flourished thanks to its role as economic and cultural arbiter between the African interior and the Indian Ocean world. Between 1500 and 1800, as in other parts of the world, the intrusion of Europeans (and other outsiders) appears to have had a detrimental impact on “clas…
Examining the potential impact of digital game making in curricula based teaching
An evaluation of an adaptive learning system based on multimodal affect recognition for learners with intellectual disabilities
Artificial intelligence tools for education (AIEd) have been used to automate the provision of learning support to mainstream learners. One of the most innovative approaches in this field is the use of data and machine learning for the detection of a student’s affective state, to move them out of negative states that inhibit learning, into positive states such as engagement. In spite of their obvious potential to provide the personalisation that …
Joint allies
In this paper we use a case study, the co-production of a prostate cancer app with, and for, Black British African-Caribbean communities, to discuss benefits and tensions of inclusive practice and allyship. We view our collaborators as joint partners, and joint allies, for the Black British African-Caribbean community. Here, we document the research process and highlight successful aspects of our collaboration such as mentoring, recruitment, idea…
The Impact of Violence and Victimization Exposure on Caregivers Living in Urban Poverty
African history and culture studies (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (11 works) · Geography (9 works) · Colonialism (7 works) · Ethnology (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Tanzania (7 works) · Dar es salaam (6 works)