Overloaded Faculty in East Africa
The latest Journal of International and Intercultural Communication is out with an interesting article that looks at the factors that contribute to a lack of research and publication activities by… Continue Reading
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November Roundup/Linkup
What’s that? There was a November? I hadn’t really noticed. It’s been a wild month or so, but here are some of the things that have keep me busy the… Continue Reading
Things You Should Know About Kibera
As part of my research, Genesis Njeru and I conducted a bunch of interviews with Kibera residents (you can read more about the process here). These interviews covered a lot… Continue Reading
Playing the Numbers Game to Discredit the Numbers Game
Rasna Warah has an opinion piece in today’s Daily Nation on the new census figures for Kibera–something I blogged about last week. A regular critic of development projects, Warah argues… Continue Reading
What’s in a Name (and a Number)?
Friday the Daily Nation published an article titled “Myth shattered: Kibera numbers fail to add up.” Looking at the newly released 2009 Kenya census, Muchiri Karanja writes: It has been… Continue Reading
Just a Little Different
Keen observers may notice a few changes to this site. For one, I retired the liminal-state.com domain and migrated everything over to the brianekdale.com domain. In the process, the URLs… Continue Reading
In Defense of Poster Sessions
I recently returned from the AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) conference in Denver. This was my fourth year at AEJ, and I have to say it… Continue Reading
Overhead Compartments, Haircuts, and Reverse Culture Shock
Before returning to the U.S., Melissa and I talked about whether or not life in America would feel strange to us. Since Nairobi is a very cosmopolitan city, I didn’t… Continue Reading
Slum Tourism in Kibera: Education or Exploitation?
Recently I was contacted by the author of a popular Kenya guidebook. This author wondered if I knew of any responsible, community-oriented groups that do Kibera slum tours. I wrote… Continue Reading
New Blog Shout Outs!!
I have some friends who are new to the blogging world, so I wanted to give some quick shout outs to them. joskey – Josphat is the Film School Coordinator… Continue Reading