Lena L Kroeker
Biographic Data
| ID | 9450081 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lena L Kroeker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lena L |
| FAMILY NAME | Kroeker |
| SIGNATURE | KROEKER L L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bayreuth |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Making a Home together
This ethnographic article focuses on a Kenyan upper-middle-class neighbourhood to draw conclusions about the practices of social boundaries. The city of Kisumu appears geographically segregated along several class divides. In the upper-middle-class quarter this study examines, I describe the neighbourhood committee’s emphasis on class distinction and separating this upper-middle-class neighbourhood from an adjacent lower-class one. While the sepa…
My life has been a roller coaster.” The ups and downs, back-and-forths of the Kenyan middle classes
This article shows the dynamics of social class mobilities and the middle classes’ strategic investments in social networks in Kenya. Taking a biographical view, I observe long-term dynamics on household, community, and regional levels, and argue that not only upward social mobility, but also continuance requires everyday practices of watchfulness. I argue that those who have accumulated decent financial, social, and cultural capital can navigate…
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Making a Home together
This ethnographic article focuses on a Kenyan upper-middle-class neighbourhood to draw conclusions about the practices of social boundaries. The city of Kisumu appears geographically segregated along several class divides. In the upper-middle-class quarter this study examines, I describe the neighbourhood committee’s emphasis on class distinction and separating this upper-middle-class neighbourhood from an adjacent lower-class one. While the sepa…
My life has been a roller coaster.” The ups and downs, back-and-forths of the Kenyan middle classes
This article shows the dynamics of social class mobilities and the middle classes’ strategic investments in social networks in Kenya. Taking a biographical view, I observe long-term dynamics on household, community, and regional levels, and argue that not only upward social mobility, but also continuance requires everyday practices of watchfulness. I argue that those who have accumulated decent financial, social, and cultural capital can navigate…
Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Business (1 work) · China's Global Influence and Migration (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Continuance (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Everyday life (1 work) · Face (sociological concept (1 work) · Falling (accident (1 work) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (1 work)