Participant Info
- First Name
- Sara
- Last Name
- de Wit
- Country
- Netherlands
- State
- s.de.wit@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- Affiliation
- Institute for History, African Studies Center, Leiden University
- Website URL
- https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/sara-de-wit#tab-1
- Keywords
- Climate change, global health, Africa (Madagascar, Cameroon, Tanzania)
- Availability
- Media Contact
- Additional Contact Information
- PhD
- PhD
Personal Info
- Photo
- About Me
Trained in cultural anthropology and African Studies, I have carried out research in southeast Madagascar, the Bamenda Grassfields in Cameroon and Maasailand in northern Tanzania. By carrying out multi-sited ethnographic research, I have explored how globally circulating development ideas and technologies – such as climate change and weather forecasts – ‘travel’ to different African contexts, and what happens when different worlds of knowledge and expertise meet. I have studied these broad themes at the intersection of environmental anthropology, history and Science and Technology Studies (STS).
In 2023, together with two colleagues, Miriam Waltz and Sheila Varadan, we launched the LUNHA Hub (Leiden University Network for Health in Africa). LUNHA wants to create a broader space for social sciences and humanities in discussions about global health in Africa. By collaborating with various partners, including civil society, policymakers, and academia in Africa, LUNHA seeks to lead critical discussions and change the direction of global health research beyond biomedical epistemologies, towards more inclusive approaches that include planetary health and issues of (climate) justice and rights.
- Recent Publications
- Media Coverage
- Social Media
- Country Focus
- Expertise by Geography
- Africa
- Expertise by Chronology
- 20th century, 21st century
- Expertise by Topic
- Colonialism, Environment, Gender, Human Rights, Indigenous Peoples, Religion, Science, Women
