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Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous

Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous

April 13, 2011 00:31:22

Guests: Hodgson, Dorothy

Host: Alegi, Peter
Limb, Peter

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Episode 051

Maasai Women, Culture, and the Indigenous Rights Movement

Dorothy Hodgson (Anthropology, Rutgers) on Maasai pastoralists in Tanzania, with a focus on the experiences and perspectives of women. She discusses the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and Christianity, and then turns to the subject of her new book, Being Maasai, Becoming Indigenous, which explores local activists engagement with the transnational indigenous rights movement.

00:00:00 - 00:01:49 Introduction
00:01:50 - 00:07:24 Idealizing Maasai Identity
00:07:25 - 00:15:07 Maasai Women and Religion
00:15:08 - 00:19:22 Pastoralist Women's Council
00:19:22 - 00:25:13 Process of Maasai Indigenization
00:25:13 - 00:30:12 Process of Maasai Indigenization
00:30:12 - 00:31:22 Outro