Grants per year
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Research Interests
Urban anthropology, political economy, economic anthropology, consumption and material culture, dress and fashion, gender relations, southern Africa, and development issues.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Washington
… → 1979
Research interests
- Domesticity
- Dress and fashion
- Economic anthropology
- Gender relations
- Material culture
- Political economy
- Southern Africa
- Urban anthropology
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Grants
- 2 Finished
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Doctoral Dissertation Research: Variant Identity, Stigma, and Economy
9/1/10 → 2/29/12
Project: Research project
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Festive Currencies of Value: Culture, Commodification, and Performative Action in Ghana
7/1/10 → 12/31/11
Project: Research project
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Changing Secondhand Economies
Hansen, K. T. & Le Zotte, J., Jan 2 2019, In: Business History. 61, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
6 Scopus citations -
Women on the Front Line: Development Issues in Southern Africa
Hansen, K. T. & Ashbaugh, L., Jan 1 2019, The Women and International Development Annual, Volume 2. Taylor and Francis, p. 205-240 36 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Washing dirty laundry in public: Local courts, custom, and gender relations in postcolonial Lusaka
Hansen, K. T., Jan 1 2018, Courtyards, Markets, City Streets: Urban Women in Africa. Taylor and Francis, p. 105-127 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
1 Scopus citations -
The city, clothing consumption, and the search for ‘the latest’ in colonial and postcolonial zambia
Hansen, K. T., Dec 5 2016, The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times. Taylor and Francis, p. 215-234 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Cities of youth: Post-millennial cases of mobility and sociality
Hansen, K. T., Apr 10 2015, African Youth and the Persistence of Marginalization: Employment, Politics, and Prospects for Change. Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 67-84 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
2 Scopus citations