Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research
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))
Keywords
- Industrial development, Development economics and planning, Developing countries
- Political culture in Kenya
- Communication, Journalism, Media
- Media and popular culture in Africa
- Gender studies, Ethnicity, Equal rights
- Gender and sexuality in Africa
- Literature, Art, Music, Aestheticism
- African literature
Research Output
Amaoti and Pumwani: Studying urban informality in South Africa and Kenya
Kaarsholm, P. & Frederiksen, B. F., 2019, In : African Studies. 78, 1, p. 51-73 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
An Encounter in Paris: Conversations on Clitoridectomy across Borders
Frederiksen, B. F., Apr 2018, In : Gender Forum. 67, p. 92-103 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Ethnicity and/or Issues? The 2013 General Elections in Western Kenya
Kaarsholm, P., Frederiksen, B. F., Wanyama, F. & Elklit, J., Oct 2014, In : Journal of African Elections. 13, 2, p. 169-195 37 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Women, Gender and Research: Gender, conflict and violence
Christiansen, C. C. (ed.), Frederiksen, B. F. (ed.) & Stockmarr, L. (ed.), 25 Sep 2013, Koordinationen for Kønsforskning, Københavns Universitet: Koordinationen for kønsforskning. 87 p. (Kvinder, Køn & Forskning; No. 2, Vol. 2013).Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
Anmeldelse: Vore mænd (og kvinder) i Afrika' af Klaus Winkel
Frederiksen, B. F., Jan 2012, In : Udvikling. 1, 39, p. 42 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research
Projects
- 2 Finished
CIPACI: Centre for International Studies in Citizenship, Democratic Participation and Civil Society
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
CINEFOGO - Civil Society and New Forms of Governance in Europe
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
Activities
Examiner of PhD thesis (Event)
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Member)
27 Jan 2017
Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
ECAS2015
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Participant)
8 Jul 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Magaart seminar on 'Stability, democracy and rights'
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Participant)
7 Dec 2015 → 8 Dec 2015
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Forum for Africa Research (External organisation)
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)
2015
Activity: Membership › Membership in research network
Member of the Independent Review Coimmittee for the NORHED Programme (External organisation)
Bodil Folke Frederiksen (Member)
Jan 2013 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership in review committee
Press / Media
Afrikanere ser mildere på homoseksuelle end deres regeringer
25/10/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Ny afrikansk litteratur gør op med gamle stereotyper
Bodil Folke Frederiksen & Jacob Rasmussen
07/05/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Kronik: Er der ingen mænd i Afrika?
Lisa Ann Richey & Bodil Folke Frederiksen
25/02/2010
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Hovedløst. Magtsygen får Kenya til at bløde
08/02/2008
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media