On Birth/ing–with Stephen Okumu Ombere

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Ethnographic Imagination Basel

Basel Social Anthropology

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Ethnographic Imagination Basel (EIB) – a series on reimagining the world from the mundane – is produced by the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel. It is a research, educational, and public engagement initiative exploring innovative forms of political imagination through ethnographic practice. The podcast promotes ethnography not only as a tool of scholarly research but also as a mode of imagination available to all, a means for pursuing deeper intercultural, contextual understanding and more ethical ways of being in the world.

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On Birth/ing–with Stephen Okumu Ombere

Ethnographic Imagination Basel

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2 years ago

On Birth/ing–with Stephen Okumu Ombere

This episode "On Birth/ing" features Stephen Okumu Ombere, Professor of Anthropology at Maseno University in Kisumu, Kenya. Ombere has researched birth in relation to medicalization, social assistance programs, and various cultural practices related to giving birth and motherhood. He is author of two monographs: Socio-cultural Context of Circumcised Men's Sexual Behaviour in Kenya (2015) and Local Perceptions of Social Protection Schemes in Maternal Health in Kenya: Ethnography in Coastal Kenya (PhD dissertation at the University of Bern, 2018). Stephen has also authored and co-authored articles applying a medical anthropology perspective to a wide variety of topics, including circumcision, HIV/AIDS, maternal health, and children’s vulnerability to sexual abuse.

Host: George Paul Meiu is Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Institute of Social Anthropology at the University of Basel.
Production: Ethnographic Imagination Basel: Zainabu Jallo, Ann Karimi Kern (Ethnologisches Seminar Universität Basel)
in collaboration with the New Media Center