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Mariane C. Ferme is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research primarily focuses on the political imagination and the impact of violence and conflict in West Africa, particularly in Sierra Leone. She received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and has also studied Political Science in Italy, majoring in anthropology at Wellesley College. Ferme's work has been supported by various funding bodies, including the National Science Foundation and the Hellman Family Faculty Fund. With extensive teaching experience at institutions such as the University of Cambridge and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, she has made significant contributions to anthropological discourse. Her research examines the effects of the civil war in Sierra Leone, exploring themes like humanitarian intervention, gendered approaches to understanding rural livelihoods, and the sociocultural implications of the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak. Through her empirical analyses, she investigates how international legal institutions impact the collective imaginaries of victimhood and the mechanisms of criminality in post-conflict settings. Additionally, her publications include critical works on the intersections of violence, trauma, and political imagination in Sierra Leone, contributing to a nuanced understanding of the dynamics within agrarian West African societies.
University of California, Berkeley • Berkeley, CA
Teaching and conducting research in the Department of Anthropology, focusing on sociocultural aspects of West Africa, particularly Sierra Leone.
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