Anneke Newman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3638902 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anneke Newman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anneke |
| FAMILY NAME | Newman |
| SIGNATURE | NEWMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Libre de Bruxelles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3363-6326 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
"Emmanuelle Bouilly, Virginie Dutoya, Marie Saiget, Special Issue "The Production and Circulation of Gender Knowledge: "Feminist Views from the Global South," Journal of International Women's Studies,…
Ce document a t gnr automatiquement le 10 septembre 2025. Le texte seul est utilisable
Knowledge production as feminist resistance: An interview with Dr Stella Nyanzi by Anneke Newman
Stella Nyanzi is trained as a medical anthropologist and has researched youth sexualities, HIV/AIDS, menstrual poverty and queer identities in several West and East African contexts. In this interview, she provides a scholarly and activist perspective on Gender and Development (GAD) theory and practice, including insights into the complexity of “feminist” and “decolonial” approaches, based on experiences in her home country of Uganda and through …
Genre, développement et politique de la connaissance: Perspectives anthropologiques et ethnographiques. Introduction
1 Aux fins de la prsente introduction, nous reprenons la dfinition de Nord global donne par Demeter (labore partir de biais structurels dans la publication universitaire), savoir la
Gender, development and the politics of knowledge: Anthropological and ethnographic perspectives. Introduction
For the purposes of this introduction, we follow Demeter's definition (developed on the basis of structural biases in
Epistemic communities and coloniality in the Gender and Development apparatus: An interview with Dr Romina Istratii by Anneke Newman
Romina Istratii is a multi-disciplinary scholar and activist whose work currently focuses on developing community-grounded research approaches to domestic violence that are embedded in the religious worldviews and values frameworks of communities in the Horn of Africa and the United Kingdom. In this interview she explains how, through ethnographic research and applied work informed by decolonial theory, she has developed a critique of the dominan…
Grandmother-inclusive intergenerational approaches: The missing piece of the puzzle for ending FGM/C by 2030
This brief argues that "grandmother-exclusionary bias" - or the side-lining of female elders as change agents within FGM/C programmes - represents a major obstacle to eradication of these practices. Grandmother-exclusionary bias is prevalent within FGM/C policy and programming. Yet, it goes against evidence of the extensive authority and decision-making roles that grandmothers wield in relation to FGM/C in sub-Saharan Africa, and insights from sy…
Overcoming coloniality in adolescent health programmes: Harnessing cultural values and the indigenous roles of grandmothers to promote girls’ holistic development in Senegal
Decolonial and feminist scholars have long pointed out that theory and praxis in global health and gender and development employ models of gender and social change that are Euro-North-American-centric and fit poorly with cultural realities and community dynamics in the global South. Interventions informed by these biases are often minimally effective and can cause backlash or resistance. In this paper, we unpack how coloniality informs some of th…
Decolonising social norms change: From ‘Grandmother-Exclusionary Bias’ to ‘Grandmother-Inclusive’ Approaches
This paper contributes to decolonising global health and development by exposing how coloniality in knowledge production informs dominant approaches to shifting social norms underpinning female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage. Major organisations in this field demonstrate systemic grandmother-exclusionary bias, namely sidelining grandmothers as change agents compared to adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, men and bo…
Le decolonial turn: Quels échos, résonances et chantiers pour l’Apad
Depuis une quinzaine d’années, la notion controversée de « décolonisation » occupe l’espace médiatique et académique des Nords comme des Suds. Elle donne lieu à des débats parfois paroxystiques et suscite des mobilisations diverses dans des contextes fort différents. Aujourd’hui, cette notion cristallise et galvanise un « renouveau de la révolte » ancré dans un mouvement épistémique, politique, éthique et intellectuel ancien. Les xxe et xxie sièc…
Has Apad lost its passion? Reflections on engaged and applied work in anthropology of development
Introduction The starting point for this reflective piece was an observation we made (“we” being Sarah Fichtner and Anneke Newman, who have been members of the APAD bureau and editorial board since 2015 and 2018 respectively) that there seems to be a certain lack of passion for APAD’s activities among its members. We came to this conclusion because while many “senior” members were keen to contribute to this 30th anniversary issue, only a few “you…
How Descent-Based Hierarchies and Youth Culture Shape Secondary School Engagement in Senegal
Research on the effects of mass schooling on social cleavages in Africa ignores descent-based hierarchies despite their affecting 218 million people on the continent. In contrast, I show how pursuit of social mobility and honor to overcome descent-based discrimination underpinned Haalpulaar parents' and youths' engagement with secondary school in Senegal. This included youth developing a counter-culture oppositional to school values through appro…
Honour, respectability and ‘noble’ work: Descent and gender-based obstacles to the education and employment of young Haalpulaar women in northern Senegal
Descent-based hierarchies shape the lives of members of 20 ethnic groups across West Africa and the Sahel. Yet, except for work on human rights violations against people of slave descent, little research investigates the experiences of other groups within these hierarchies, or the influence of descent-based identities on wider development issues. Hence, this paper examines the intersecting influences of descent-based identity and gender on educat…
Getting the best of both worlds’: Aspirations and agency in relation to marriage and schooling among Haalpulaar women in northern Senegal
The link between marriage and premature school-leaving among females in the Global South is a major preoccupation within the field of international development and education, yet theoretically-grounded qualitative scholarship unpacking this relationship remains scarce. This paper uses models developed to conceptualise female agency in constrained circumstances, combined with theory on youth’s educational aspirations, to analyse several ethnograph…
Constructions of the 'educated person' in the context of mobility, migration and globalisation
This special issue showcases ethnographies with young people in the Global South which draw on the common conceptual umbrella of the 'identity of the educated person' to unpack novel intersections between mobility, migration and education in the context of globalisation. Overarching themes include how definitions of the educated person are shaped by diverse identity constructions and axes of difference, notions of discipline and hardship, and glo…
The influence of migration on the educational aspirations of young men in northern Senegal: Implications for policy
Islamic education in Africa: Writing boards and blackboards
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Troubling Muslim youth identities
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Négocier la réforme des écoles coraniques dans le nord du Sénégal: Idéologie, autorité religieuse et statut socioéconomique
Dans toute l’Afrique de l’Ouest, des pressions croissantes, liées au mouvement de l’Éducation pour tous (EPT), s’exercent sur les maîtres coraniques pour réformer leurs écoles. Elles viennent à la fois du haut (États, ONG et bailleurs de fonds internationaux) et du bas (parents et élèves). Certains maîtres coraniques ont adapté leurs écoles tandis que d’autres opposent une forte résistance. Pourtant, la raison de cette dualité reste obscure. À pa…
Getting the best of both worlds’: Aspirations and agency in relation to marriage and schooling among Haalpulaar women in northern Senegal
The link between marriage and premature school-leaving among females in the Global South is a major preoccupation within the field of international development and education, yet theoretically-grounded qualitative scholarship unpacking this relationship remains scarce. This paper uses models developed to conceptualise female agency in constrained circumstances, combined with theory on youth’s educational aspirations, to analyse several ethnograph…
Constructions of the 'educated person' in the context of mobility, migration and globalisation
This special issue showcases ethnographies with young people in the Global South which draw on the common conceptual umbrella of the 'identity of the educated person' to unpack novel intersections between mobility, migration and education in the context of globalisation. Overarching themes include how definitions of the educated person are shaped by diverse identity constructions and axes of difference, notions of discipline and hardship, and glo…
The influence of migration on the educational aspirations of young men in northern Senegal: Implications for policy
Decolonising social norms change: From ‘Grandmother-Exclusionary Bias’ to ‘Grandmother-Inclusive’ Approaches
This paper contributes to decolonising global health and development by exposing how coloniality in knowledge production informs dominant approaches to shifting social norms underpinning female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage. Major organisations in this field demonstrate systemic grandmother-exclusionary bias, namely sidelining grandmothers as change agents compared to adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, men and bo…
Honour, respectability and ‘noble’ work: Descent and gender-based obstacles to the education and employment of young Haalpulaar women in northern Senegal
Descent-based hierarchies shape the lives of members of 20 ethnic groups across West Africa and the Sahel. Yet, except for work on human rights violations against people of slave descent, little research investigates the experiences of other groups within these hierarchies, or the influence of descent-based identities on wider development issues. Hence, this paper examines the intersecting influences of descent-based identity and gender on educat…
How Descent-Based Hierarchies and Youth Culture Shape Secondary School Engagement in Senegal
Research on the effects of mass schooling on social cleavages in Africa ignores descent-based hierarchies despite their affecting 218 million people on the continent. In contrast, I show how pursuit of social mobility and honor to overcome descent-based discrimination underpinned Haalpulaar parents' and youths' engagement with secondary school in Senegal. This included youth developing a counter-culture oppositional to school values through appro…
Islamic education in Africa: Writing boards and blackboards
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Négocier la réforme des écoles coraniques dans le nord du Sénégal: Idéologie, autorité religieuse et statut socioéconomique
Dans toute l’Afrique de l’Ouest, des pressions croissantes, liées au mouvement de l’Éducation pour tous (EPT), s’exercent sur les maîtres coraniques pour réformer leurs écoles. Elles viennent à la fois du haut (États, ONG et bailleurs de fonds internationaux) et du bas (parents et élèves). Certains maîtres coraniques ont adapté leurs écoles tandis que d’autres opposent une forte résistance. Pourtant, la raison de cette dualité reste obscure. À pa…
The influence of migration on the educational aspirations of young men in northern Senegal: Implications for policy
Islamic education in Africa: Writing boards and blackboards
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Troubling Muslim youth identities
info:eu-repo/semantics/published
Constructions of the 'educated person' in the context of mobility, migration and globalisation
This special issue showcases ethnographies with young people in the Global South which draw on the common conceptual umbrella of the 'identity of the educated person' to unpack novel intersections between mobility, migration and education in the context of globalisation. Overarching themes include how definitions of the educated person are shaped by diverse identity constructions and axes of difference, notions of discipline and hardship, and glo…
Honour, respectability and ‘noble’ work: Descent and gender-based obstacles to the education and employment of young Haalpulaar women in northern Senegal
Descent-based hierarchies shape the lives of members of 20 ethnic groups across West Africa and the Sahel. Yet, except for work on human rights violations against people of slave descent, little research investigates the experiences of other groups within these hierarchies, or the influence of descent-based identities on wider development issues. Hence, this paper examines the intersecting influences of descent-based identity and gender on educat…
Getting the best of both worlds’: Aspirations and agency in relation to marriage and schooling among Haalpulaar women in northern Senegal
The link between marriage and premature school-leaving among females in the Global South is a major preoccupation within the field of international development and education, yet theoretically-grounded qualitative scholarship unpacking this relationship remains scarce. This paper uses models developed to conceptualise female agency in constrained circumstances, combined with theory on youth’s educational aspirations, to analyse several ethnograph…
Le decolonial turn: Quels échos, résonances et chantiers pour l’Apad
Depuis une quinzaine d’années, la notion controversée de « décolonisation » occupe l’espace médiatique et académique des Nords comme des Suds. Elle donne lieu à des débats parfois paroxystiques et suscite des mobilisations diverses dans des contextes fort différents. Aujourd’hui, cette notion cristallise et galvanise un « renouveau de la révolte » ancré dans un mouvement épistémique, politique, éthique et intellectuel ancien. Les xxe et xxie sièc…
Has Apad lost its passion? Reflections on engaged and applied work in anthropology of development
Introduction The starting point for this reflective piece was an observation we made (“we” being Sarah Fichtner and Anneke Newman, who have been members of the APAD bureau and editorial board since 2015 and 2018 respectively) that there seems to be a certain lack of passion for APAD’s activities among its members. We came to this conclusion because while many “senior” members were keen to contribute to this 30th anniversary issue, only a few “you…
How Descent-Based Hierarchies and Youth Culture Shape Secondary School Engagement in Senegal
Research on the effects of mass schooling on social cleavages in Africa ignores descent-based hierarchies despite their affecting 218 million people on the continent. In contrast, I show how pursuit of social mobility and honor to overcome descent-based discrimination underpinned Haalpulaar parents' and youths' engagement with secondary school in Senegal. This included youth developing a counter-culture oppositional to school values through appro…
Grandmother-inclusive intergenerational approaches: The missing piece of the puzzle for ending FGM/C by 2030
This brief argues that "grandmother-exclusionary bias" - or the side-lining of female elders as change agents within FGM/C programmes - represents a major obstacle to eradication of these practices. Grandmother-exclusionary bias is prevalent within FGM/C policy and programming. Yet, it goes against evidence of the extensive authority and decision-making roles that grandmothers wield in relation to FGM/C in sub-Saharan Africa, and insights from sy…
Overcoming coloniality in adolescent health programmes: Harnessing cultural values and the indigenous roles of grandmothers to promote girls’ holistic development in Senegal
Decolonial and feminist scholars have long pointed out that theory and praxis in global health and gender and development employ models of gender and social change that are Euro-North-American-centric and fit poorly with cultural realities and community dynamics in the global South. Interventions informed by these biases are often minimally effective and can cause backlash or resistance. In this paper, we unpack how coloniality informs some of th…
Decolonising social norms change: From ‘Grandmother-Exclusionary Bias’ to ‘Grandmother-Inclusive’ Approaches
This paper contributes to decolonising global health and development by exposing how coloniality in knowledge production informs dominant approaches to shifting social norms underpinning female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage. Major organisations in this field demonstrate systemic grandmother-exclusionary bias, namely sidelining grandmothers as change agents compared to adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, men and bo…
Knowledge production as feminist resistance: An interview with Dr Stella Nyanzi by Anneke Newman
Stella Nyanzi is trained as a medical anthropologist and has researched youth sexualities, HIV/AIDS, menstrual poverty and queer identities in several West and East African contexts. In this interview, she provides a scholarly and activist perspective on Gender and Development (GAD) theory and practice, including insights into the complexity of “feminist” and “decolonial” approaches, based on experiences in her home country of Uganda and through …
Genre, développement et politique de la connaissance: Perspectives anthropologiques et ethnographiques. Introduction
1 Aux fins de la prsente introduction, nous reprenons la dfinition de Nord global donne par Demeter (labore partir de biais structurels dans la publication universitaire), savoir la
Gender, development and the politics of knowledge: Anthropological and ethnographic perspectives. Introduction
For the purposes of this introduction, we follow Demeter's definition (developed on the basis of structural biases in
Epistemic communities and coloniality in the Gender and Development apparatus: An interview with Dr Romina Istratii by Anneke Newman
Romina Istratii is a multi-disciplinary scholar and activist whose work currently focuses on developing community-grounded research approaches to domestic violence that are embedded in the religious worldviews and values frameworks of communities in the Horn of Africa and the United Kingdom. In this interview she explains how, through ethnographic research and applied work informed by decolonial theory, she has developed a critique of the dominan…
"Emmanuelle Bouilly, Virginie Dutoya, Marie Saiget, Special Issue "The Production and Circulation of Gender Knowledge: "Feminist Views from the Global South," Journal of International Women's Studies,…
Ce document a t gnr automatiquement le 10 septembre 2025. Le texte seul est utilisable
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