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Girish Daswani is an associate professor and past director at the Centre for Ethnography, specializing in social-cultural anthropology with a focus on Ghana. He has conducted extensive multi-sited research among members of the Ghanaian Pentecostal church, examining how Pentecostal Christianity serves as an ethical framework for understanding social change. His research investigates how Pentecostalism influences church members' perceptions of religious transformation, identity, and overseas travel. Currently, he is studying various segments of Ghanaian society's responses to rising accusations of political and moral corruption, engaging with activists, artists, prophets, street traders, and traditional priests. His teaching interests include Culture, Politics, Globalization, and Transnationalism in Anthropology, as well as the conceptualization of religion.
Department of Sociology