PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi
Associate Fellow
k.opande@gmail.com
I am currently a PhD in Anthropology candidate at the Department of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies – University of Nairobi. I’m interested in the philosophies of socio-nature, human-nonhuman connections and theories of life. My research focuses on the cosmologies of life in indigenous non-Western societies, expressions of life across elements, and their intersection with science and technology. I also examine neo-colonial influence on science and technology studies in indigenous landscapes. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow, Situated Neurology (SSHRC IG project, PI: Dr. Denielle Elliott). I’m also a member of the ‘Anthropology of Life’ team directed by Dr. Perig Pitrou at College de France.