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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Response to Marzia Milazzo's review of Conspicuous Consumption in Africa
Posel, D., Brenner, J., Chevalier, S., Gastrow, C., Gupta, P., Masquelier, A., Orock, R., Posel, D., Rink, B., Sparks, S., Sylvanus, N., Hansen, K. T. & van Wyk, I., 2021, In: Ethnic and Racial Studies. 44, 13, p. 2414-2419 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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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
11 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