Nereida Ripero-Muñiz
Biographic Data
| ID | 91442 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nereida Ripero-Muñiz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nereida |
| FAMILY NAME | Ripero-Muñiz |
| SIGNATURE | RIPERO-MUÑIZ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5083-5087 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cosmopolitan Refugees: Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg
Exploring the dynamics of identity formation processes in diasporic spaces, this book analyses how gender, cultural and religious practices are renegotiated in a situation of displacement. The author presents the comparative case study of Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: two cosmopolitan urban hubs in the global South. The book is based on and includes ethnographic observations in Nairobi and Johannesburg, first-person accounts o…
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: Introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
This is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the difficult moment and the challenges experienced, the course became an extraordinary opportunity for the decolonisation and Africanisation of the Spanish Studies curriculum. The fa…
Agency of Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces
An ethnographic analysis of two interconnected cities for the Somali diaspora-Nairobi and Johannesburg-helps to uncover alternative narratives about the lives of Somali women and the ways they renegotiate their cultural and religious identities in diasporic contexts, moving beyond the widespread representation of Somali women in the global imagination as helpless victims. Using the domains of marriage and female circumcision, Ripero-Muñiz analyze…
The Port and the Island: Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Identity Constructions among Somali Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg
Metropolitan nomads: "A journey through Jo'burg's "little Mogadishu
Mayfair, a Johannesburg suburb, is a place where the lives of hundreds of Somalis intersect: a space of opportunity for some, a place of refuge for others, and a home away from home for the Somali diaspora in the city. This is a multi-layered site where Somali migrants, as urban refugees, renegotiate their cultural and religious practices in a foreign, metropolitan context; where spaces and customs that were left behind are recreated in the daily…
Agency of Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces
An ethnographic analysis of two interconnected cities for the Somali diaspora-Nairobi and Johannesburg-helps to uncover alternative narratives about the lives of Somali women and the ways they renegotiate their cultural and religious identities in diasporic contexts, moving beyond the widespread representation of Somali women in the global imagination as helpless victims. Using the domains of marriage and female circumcision, Ripero-Muñiz analyze…
Metropolitan nomads: "A journey through Jo'burg's "little Mogadishu
Mayfair, a Johannesburg suburb, is a place where the lives of hundreds of Somalis intersect: a space of opportunity for some, a place of refuge for others, and a home away from home for the Somali diaspora in the city. This is a multi-layered site where Somali migrants, as urban refugees, renegotiate their cultural and religious practices in a foreign, metropolitan context; where spaces and customs that were left behind are recreated in the daily…
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: Introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
This is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the difficult moment and the challenges experienced, the course became an extraordinary opportunity for the decolonisation and Africanisation of the Spanish Studies curriculum. The fa…
Metropolitan nomads: "A journey through Jo'burg's "little Mogadishu
Mayfair, a Johannesburg suburb, is a place where the lives of hundreds of Somalis intersect: a space of opportunity for some, a place of refuge for others, and a home away from home for the Somali diaspora in the city. This is a multi-layered site where Somali migrants, as urban refugees, renegotiate their cultural and religious practices in a foreign, metropolitan context; where spaces and customs that were left behind are recreated in the daily…
The Port and the Island: Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Identity Constructions among Somali Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg
Agency of Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces
An ethnographic analysis of two interconnected cities for the Somali diaspora-Nairobi and Johannesburg-helps to uncover alternative narratives about the lives of Somali women and the ways they renegotiate their cultural and religious identities in diasporic contexts, moving beyond the widespread representation of Somali women in the global imagination as helpless victims. Using the domains of marriage and female circumcision, Ripero-Muñiz analyze…
Decolonising and Africanising the Spanish studies curriculum under emergency online teaching: Introducing Equatorial Guinean literature in South African higher education
This is a reflective piece that explores the process of creating and implementing a new course at the University of the Witwatersrand on the literature of Equatorial Guinea under emergency online teaching that took place in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the difficult moment and the challenges experienced, the course became an extraordinary opportunity for the decolonisation and Africanisation of the Spanish Studies curriculum. The fa…
Cosmopolitan Refugees: Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg
Exploring the dynamics of identity formation processes in diasporic spaces, this book analyses how gender, cultural and religious practices are renegotiated in a situation of displacement. The author presents the comparative case study of Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: two cosmopolitan urban hubs in the global South. The book is based on and includes ethnographic observations in Nairobi and Johannesburg, first-person accounts o…
Anthropology (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Refugee (3 works)