A Passport Home: The significance of belonging in the Comoros, Zanzibar, the UK and France
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Social & Cultural Anthropology
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Iain Walker (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Charsley, Katherine
(2012)
Transnational Marriage: New Perspectives from Europe and Beyond
Iain Walker (Author)
(2012)
Citizenship and belonging in Hadrami East Africa
Iain Walker (Author)
(2012)
Social space in a Comorian world
Iain Walker (Author)
(2012)
Manger, Leif : the Hadrami diaspora : community-building on the Indian Ocean rim
in Anthropos
Iain Walker (Author)
(2011)
The Comorians of Zanzibar : strategies of belonging and mobility
Iain Walker (Author)
(2011)
Strategies of citizenship and belonging in the Comoro Islands and in Tanzania
Iain Walker (Author)
(2012)
Les Comoriens de Zanzibar pendant la période coloniale
Iain Walker (Author)
(2011)
To Zanzibar and back : Comorian mobilities in colonial and post-colonial Zanzibar
Iain Walker (Author)
(2012)
One diaspora, two homelands? : Comorians and Hadramis in the western Indian Ocean
Pavkovic, Aleksandar
(2011)
The Ashgate Research Companion to Secession
| Description | Yes, publications have been widely circulated among the groups who provided data for the research, particularly in Zanzibar. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2010 |
| Sector | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | Digitisation of Comorian national sound archives |
| Amount | £51,658 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Library |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Digitisation of Comorian national sound archives |
| Amount | £51,658 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The British Library |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2011 |
| End | 03/2013 |
| Description | Visiting fellow at CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute) |
| Organisation | Chartered Management Institute (CMI) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Two weeks visiting fellowship to CMI, Bergen, Norway, to collaborate with research partners |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Briefing to FCO |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I was part of a panel that provided a background briefing to the incoming British High Commissioner to Mauritius (with responsibility for Comoros and Madagascar). I provided advice and background information on several of the countries to which he is accredited. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Comorian current affairs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview broadcasted by BBC World Service - Network Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Comorian current affairs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview broadcasted by BBC World Service - Network Africa |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Current events in the Comoros |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | I was interviewed on RFI's English language service for my comments on current events in the Comoros (the banning of alcohol sales and the role of a religious leader in allegedly attempting to bribe a minister to overturn the ban) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Expert advice to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I provided expert advice to the UN Peacebuilding Commission on the Comoro Islands following a request from assistance from the Comorian president that the UNPBC intervene in the Comoros. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Hadrami diasporas : the Indian Ocean glue? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Part of COMPAS seminar series |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | Migration and development in commonwealth countries of the Indian Ocean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Ramphal Centre's First Commissioner's Meeting on Migration and Development Commission University of Oxford Special Research Presentations Queen Elizabeth House Friday 14 May 2010 I gave a oresentation on "Migration and Development in Commonwealth Countries of the Indian Ocean" Ramphal Centre's First Commissioner's Meeting on Migration and Development Commission University of Oxford Special Research Presentations Queen Elizabeth House Friday 14 May 2010 I gave a oresentation on "Migration and Development in Commo |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Recipe for a diaspora: take one millionaire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | blog |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Strategies of identity construction among the Comorian community of Zanzibar, 1890-1963 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Seminar paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |
| Description | The feasibilty of continued operations in Yemen in the light of current social conditions and political unrest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I provided expert advice at a meeting in London to representatives of Canadian oil company Nexen Petroleum to enable them to judge the feasibilty of their continued operations in Yemen in the light of current social conditions and political unrest. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The imagined and the real : Hadrami mobilities in the western Indian Ocean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Primary Audience | |
| Results and Impact | Seminar paper |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | |