Ana Santos
Leach-RAI Research Fellow
Social Anthropology
Brunel University
Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
Biography
Qualifications
- DPhil in Social Anthropology (Oxon)
- MPhil in Social Anthropology (Oxon)
- MA in African Studies (Lisbon)
- BA in Anthropology (Lisbon)
Personal Biography
I finished my DPhil in Social Anthropology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Oxford in 2010. While finishing my doctorate I was appointed Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS. In January 2012 I started a Leach-RAI Fellowship at Brunel.
Research
Research Overview
My current research focuses on issues of conflict and identity, as well as memory and history in northern Mozambique. It provides the first ethnographic account investigating the relationship between Makonde and Mwani. During my current fellowship I am at the moment preparing a monograph for publication. My next project will focus on the memories and role of the veterans of the Portuguese colonial wars.
Current Projects
Past and present violence: history and memory in northern Mozambique
2012 –
Ana Santos (PI)
External Activity
- Member of EASA
Publications
Edited book:
Acosta, R., Rizvi, S. and Santos, A. (eds.) (2010). Making sense of the global: anthropological perspectives on interconnections and processes, Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapters in books:
Santos, A. (2010). Analysing riots: going beyond immediate causes, in Making sense of the global: anthropological perspectives on interconnections and processes, Acosta, R., Rizvi, S. and Santos, A. (eds.), Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 162-178
Santos, A. (2005). Mozambique and S. Tomé e Principe, in Political parties of the world, B. Szajkowski (ed.), John Harper Publishing, London
Santos, A. (2005). Poder e identidade – o caso de Moçambique, in Africa: género, educação e poder, O.S. Barata and S. I. G. F. Piepoli (eds.), Centro de Estudos Africanos, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Politicas, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Journal articles:
Santos, A. (2010). Performing the past: celebrating women's day in Northern Mozambique, Cahiers d'Études Africaines, Special issue on Politics and Memory in Africa, 2010/1, n. 197, pp. 217- 234
In preparation:
“I came here, because I preferred to stay at home”: post-war resettlement in Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique
“It’s not my story to tell”: violence, memory and story-telling in Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique
Monograph: Past and present violence: history and memory in northern Mozambique (working title)
