Goldsmiths - University of London

Dr Nici Nelson MA PhD

I have published on urban anthropology; gender and development; approaches to development such as participatory methodologies and policy issues; gender and sexuality; urban livelihoods in the informal sector; child fostering; HIV/AIDS; and marriage and households with specific reference to East Africa. In addition to my academic work, I have done regular consultancies for aid and development organisations such as ACORD, the Eritrean Consortium, UNICEF and UNFPA, in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Teaching

Dr Nici Nelson teaches on the following courses:

• Gender Theory in Practice
• Research Methods in Anthropology

Areas of supervision

Current PhD Students:

Sarah O'Neill, Defying the law, negotiating change. The Futanke's opposition to the national ban on FGM in Senegal

Completed PhD Students:

Nandera Mhando, Meaning, Gender and Kinship Making Aming the Kuria of Tanzania: Male and Female Agency

Selected publications

'Genderizing Nairobi's Urban Space', in L'Afrique Orientale. pp 269-323. F Grignon & H Maupeu (eds) L'Harmattan: Paris. 2000

'Urban Poverty in Africa: A Historical Perspective', in Urban Poverty in Africa: From Understanding to Alleviation. pp 1-8. Sue Jones (eds). Intermediate Technology Publications: London. 1999

'Representations of Men and Women, City and Town in Kenyan Novels of the 1970s and 1980s', in African Languages and Cultures 9(2): 145-165. 1996.

'A Discourse of Anger in a Situation of Gender-Power Asymmetry: The Negotiation of Safer Sexual Practices Between Young Women and Men in Nairobi', in Images of African Women: The Gender Problematic. S Newell (ed) Center for Commonwealth Studies: University of Stirling. 1995

'The Kambu Group: A Successful Women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley (1971-1990)', in Money Go Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women. S Ardener & S Burman (eds). Berg: Oxford. 1995

Power and Participatory Development: Theory and Practice. (with Sue Wright. London. 1995