Research output per year
Research output per year
MA
Universitetsvej 1, 26.0
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Research activity per year
My broad teaching and research area is the interface between culture and politics in East and Southern Africa. I research the localization of media and global popular culture in East and Southern Africa, consumption and representation and the role they play for identities and social and livelihood practices for social groupings, particularly young women and men. I am interested in the political and cultural articulations of disadvantaged groups, how they often happen through mobilization in ‘uncivil’ social movements – they may be ethnic or religious - and may, in spite of their unregulated character, contribute to processes of democratic transformation. In this connection I study diasporic groups who are often extremely dynamic but also exposed to abuse and persecution. I highlight the work of local intellectuals, writers and artists and their contributions to the political and social atmosphere in specific places and periods. I have a side interest in popular culture in India and am committed to the study of development from below. Finally I research the history of sexuality in Africa.
Recent Publications:
‘Mungiki, Vernacular Organization and Political Society in Kenya’, ‘Development and Change’ 41(6), 2010
‘Print, Newspapers and Audiences in Colonial Kenya: African and Indian Improvement, Protest and Connections’ , ‘Africa’ 81(1), 2011
Writing for Kenya: The Life and Works of Henry Muoria, Leiden, Boston: Brill, 2009 (with W. Muoria-Sal, J. Lonsdale, D. Peterson))
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
Boje, T. P., Kaarsholm, P., Ejrnæs, A., Warming, H., Mørck, Y., Christiansen, C. C., Willig, R., Frederiksen, B. F., Agger, A., Jæger, B., Rezaei, S., Olsson, Y., Casse, T., Søborg, H., Larsen, M. K., Hahonou, E. K. & Rasmussen, E. K.
11/08/2010 → 31/12/2011
Project: Research
Rasmussen, E. K., Boje, T. P., Ejrnæs, A., Mørck, Y., Agger, A., Frederiksen, B. F., Kaarsholm, P., Löfgren, K., Richey, L. A., Rezaei, S. & Dahl, H. M.
01/09/2005 → 30/11/2009
Project: Research
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Preben Kaarsholm (Secretary), Peter Kragelund (Member), Jacob Rasmussen (Member), Thorkil Casse (Member), Eric Komlavi Hahonou (Member), Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Member), Line Engbo Gissel (Member), Paul Austin Stacey (Member), Lone Riisgaard (Member), Lars Buur (Member), Nina Torm (Member), Gorm Rye Olsen (Member), Olivier Rubin (Member), Signe Arnfred (Member), Sacha Zurcher (Member), Laurids Sandager Lauridsen (Member), Laura Horn (Member), Lindsay Whitfield (Member), Kirstine Strøh Varming (Member), Lene Bull Christiansen (Member), Eileen Dyer Jarnholt (Member), Kristine Juul (Member), Keld Buciek (Member), Ilse Maria Renkens (Member), Søren Lund (Member), Tobias Hagmann (Member), Tobias Wuttke (Member), Michael Friederich Kluth (Member), Christian Groes (Member), Mogens Buch-Hansen (Member), Henrik Secher Marcussen (Member), Philip Lumwamu (Member), Victoria Awiti (Member), M. Azhar Hussain (Member), Henning Salling Olesen (Member), Henrik Julius Nielsen (Member), Lotte Pelckmans (Member) & Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen (Member)
Activity: Membership › Membership in research network
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Speaker)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
25/10/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Bodil Folke Frederiksen & Jacob Rasmussen
07/05/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Lisa Ann Richey & Bodil Folke Frederiksen
25/02/2010
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
08/02/2008
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media