Jauquelyne Kosgei
Biographic Data
| ID | 5663022 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jauquelyne Kosgei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jauquelyne |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosgei |
| SIGNATURE | KOSGEI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0359-556X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
‘ Bahari Imekufa, The Sea is Dead’
Using narratives that I recorded in June/July 2021 on Kenya’s south coast with fishers belonging to three different generations, this paper provides insights into local articulations of changes that have happened in the sea over time. These changes — which call to mind ocean wealth and ocean health — have culminated in the increasing unproductivity of the ocean, which has led some shore folk to imagine that ‘the sea is dead’, as one of my interlo…
Swahili Seafarers’ Musings and Sensuous Seascapes in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
This paper provides an analysis of Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea (2019) with a focus on local knowledges of the sea that shore folk and seafarers from Pate Island on the Kenyan coast possess. Attention is paid to how these indigenous knowledges create local, personal, and intimate cartographies of the sea. An examination of this unique, material and intimate seascape reveals the sophisticated forms of knowledge of place that exist outside scie…
Swahili Seafarers' Musings and Sensuous Seascapes in Yvonne Owuor's The Dragonfly Sea
Ngomeni, Fort Jesus
Indigenous Knowledge and Marine Conservation in Oral Poems from the Kenyan Coast
This paper presents a study of selected oral poems from the Digo community on the Kenyan coast, with the view of interrogating the role such poetry plays in the conservation of the ocean. Owing to the long history and popularity of poetry in the region, the worldview of communities on the Kenyan coast is carried in oral poetry, which is used to address pertinent issues in the society, like ecological violence. For this reason, the discussion of t…
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Indigenous Knowledge and Marine Conservation in Oral Poems from the Kenyan Coast
This paper presents a study of selected oral poems from the Digo community on the Kenyan coast, with the view of interrogating the role such poetry plays in the conservation of the ocean. Owing to the long history and popularity of poetry in the region, the worldview of communities on the Kenyan coast is carried in oral poetry, which is used to address pertinent issues in the society, like ecological violence. For this reason, the discussion of t…
Swahili Seafarers’ Musings and Sensuous Seascapes in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
This paper provides an analysis of Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea (2019) with a focus on local knowledges of the sea that shore folk and seafarers from Pate Island on the Kenyan coast possess. Attention is paid to how these indigenous knowledges create local, personal, and intimate cartographies of the sea. An examination of this unique, material and intimate seascape reveals the sophisticated forms of knowledge of place that exist outside scie…
Swahili Seafarers' Musings and Sensuous Seascapes in Yvonne Owuor's The Dragonfly Sea
Ngomeni, Fort Jesus
‘ Bahari Imekufa, The Sea is Dead’
Using narratives that I recorded in June/July 2021 on Kenya’s south coast with fishers belonging to three different generations, this paper provides insights into local articulations of changes that have happened in the sea over time. These changes — which call to mind ocean wealth and ocean health — have culminated in the increasing unproductivity of the ocean, which has led some shore folk to imagine that ‘the sea is dead’, as one of my interlo…
Ecology (4 works) · Fishery (4 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Kenya (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (2 works) · Coastal and Marine Management (2 works)