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Catherine Bolten

Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies

University of Notre Dame

Affiliations

College of Arts and Letters

Africana Studies

Anthropology

Keough School of Global Affairs

Catherine Bolten is currently serving as an Africana Studies Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame.

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Catherine Bolten

University of Notre Dame

Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies

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anthropology social sciences political science sociology cultural anthropology social anthropology sociocultural anthropology ethnography anthropological theory african studies sierra leone northern sierra leone social history conflict biological anthropology peace research conflict resolution african identity sustainable development social conflict african diaspora rural economies rural development adolescent health emotions american studies crisis management death studies political behavior political analysis democracy narrative long range planning african development civil conflict diaspora studies international conflict intergroup conflict voting rule political process regime analysis sociological research rumor spreading indigenous peoples historical sociology narrative and identity agricultural systems uneven development regional research rural education primate systematics black politics political conflict peacemaking postwar sierra leone child rights productive work agricultural impasse post-war development overeducated person great scholar durable morality creative development student activists political intent political consciousness tribal truths unresolvable uncertainty international development structural violence violent behavior global health hunger

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Mobility, Mobilization, and Counter/Insurgency: The Routes of Terror in an African Context. by Daniel E.Agbiboa. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022. Paper, $29.95. Peace &amp Change (2023)

Catherine E. Bolten

community engagementpeacemakingconflictafrican american studiessociologysocial conflictsocial movementsmobilityafrican studiespolitical conflictpolitical scienceprotestafrican contextblack politicspeace researchsecurity studiesafrican identityconflict resolutionafrican diaspora

Usurious Strangers and “a Better Tomorrow”: Agricultural Loans, Education, and the “Poverty Trap” in Rural Sierra Leone. Economic Anthropology (2022)

Catherine E. BoltenRichard “Drew” Marcantonio

economic developmenteducationrural developmentpovertyrural sierra leoneagricultural economicsdevelopment economicssustainable developmentpoverty traprural economiesrural educationeconomicsagricultural loans

Asr Volume 64 Issue 2 Cover and Front Matter. African Studies Review (2021)

Yohann RipertDecolonizing Diplomacy: SenghorKennedy KennedyMichael MadisonWalker MichaelMadison WalkerRoger GockingRoger Gocking Ghana's Bui DamContestation Over Ghana's BuiCatherine BoltenRichard CatherineE BoltenRichard Marcantonio MarcantonioKristien GeenenKristin DoughtyDieudonné UwizeyeElyseé UwimanaJohn HeilbrunnCajetan IhekaAnnie BuntingAyo Coly

african studiesneuroimagingafrican american studiesfront matter

The Paradox of Planning: Agriculture, Schooling, and the Unresolvable Uncertainty of Ideal Family Size in Rural Sierra Leone. African Studies Review (2021)

Catherine E. BoltenRichard Marcantonio

unresolvable uncertaintylivelihoodsrural developmentagricultural economicsafrican economyafrican american studiesrural economiesuneven developmentlong range planningagricultural systemseconomic developmentafrican developmentsustainable agriculturedevelopment economicsafrican studiesideal family sizeregional researchfamily planningrural sierra leoneeducationsustainable development

Ebola Through a Glass, Darkly: Ways of Knowing the State and Each Other. Anthropological Quarterly (2017)

Adam GoguenCatherine Bolten

ethnographyanthropologyanthropological theorysociocultural anthropologycommunicationepistemologycultural anthropologysocial anthropologysociologybiological anthropology

Productive Work and Subjected Labor: Children's Pursuits and Child Rights in Northern Sierra Leone. Journal of Human Rights (2017)

Catherine E. Bolten

child rightsproductive worknorthern sierra leonesocial sciencesjournalism

“I Will Vote What is in My Heart”: Sierra Leone’s 2012 Elections and the Pliability of “Normative” Democracy. Anthropological Quarterly (2016)

Catherine Bolten

political analysispolitical psychologyanthropologyregime analysisdemocracypolitical processsociocultural anthropologypolitical behaviorelectionsgovernancevoting rulecultural anthropologypolitical sciencesociologysocial anthropologyanthropological theory

“a Great Scholar is an Overeducated Person”. Journal of Anthropological Research (2015)

Catherine E. Bolten

great scholarethnographyanthropologyeducationovereducated personsociological researchjournalism

Gottlieb, Alma Philipgraham. Braided Worlds. XIII, 162 Pp., Maps, Figs, Bibliogr. Chicago: Univ. Press, 2012. £13.00 (Paper). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2013)

Catherine E. Bolten

ethnographyanthropologyanthropological archaeologyevolutionary anthropologyanthropological theorysocial sciencesgeographyarchaeologyprimate systematicscultural anthropologysocial anthropologybiological anthropologyenvironmental anthropology

Sobel Rumors and Tribal Truths: Narrative and Politics in Sierra Leone, 1994. Comparative Studies in Society and History (2013)

Catherine E. Bolten

social historypolitical historycultural historyrumor spreadinghistorynarrativenarrative and identityhistorical sociologysierra leonecultural studiessocial sciencespolitical sciencepolitical sociologyindigenous peoplestribal truths

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Catherine Bolten

Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies

University of Notre Dame

Affiliations

College of Arts and Letters

Africana Studies

Anthropology

Keough School of Global Affairs

Catherine Bolten is currently serving as an Africana Studies Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame.

Honors

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Catherine Bolten

University of Notre Dame

Professor of Anthropology and Peace Studies

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Catherine E. Bolten

Usurious Strangers and “a Better Tomorrow”: Agricultural Loans, Education, and the “Poverty Trap” in Rural Sierra Leone. Economic Anthropology (2022)

Catherine E. BoltenRichard “Drew” Marcantonio

Asr Volume 64 Issue 2 Cover and Front Matter. African Studies Review (2021)

african studiesneuroimagingafrican american studiesfront matter

The Paradox of Planning: Agriculture, Schooling, and the Unresolvable Uncertainty of Ideal Family Size in Rural Sierra Leone. African Studies Review (2021)

Catherine E. BoltenRichard Marcantonio

Ebola Through a Glass, Darkly: Ways of Knowing the State and Each Other. Anthropological Quarterly (2017)

Adam GoguenCatherine Bolten

ethnographyanthropologyanthropological theorysociocultural anthropologycommunicationepistemologycultural anthropologysocial anthropologysociologybiological anthropology

Productive Work and Subjected Labor: Children's Pursuits and Child Rights in Northern Sierra Leone. Journal of Human Rights (2017)

Catherine E. Bolten

child rightsproductive worknorthern sierra leonesocial sciencesjournalism

“I Will Vote What is in My Heart”: Sierra Leone’s 2012 Elections and the Pliability of “Normative” Democracy. Anthropological Quarterly (2016)

Catherine Bolten

“a Great Scholar is an Overeducated Person”. Journal of Anthropological Research (2015)

Catherine E. Bolten

great scholarethnographyanthropologyeducationovereducated personsociological researchjournalism

Gottlieb, Alma Philipgraham. Braided Worlds. XIII, 162 Pp., Maps, Figs, Bibliogr. Chicago: Univ. Press, 2012. £13.00 (Paper). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (2013)

Catherine E. Bolten

Sobel Rumors and Tribal Truths: Narrative and Politics in Sierra Leone, 1994. Comparative Studies in Society and History (2013)

Catherine E. Bolten

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