M. Kraan, M.A.
PhD Student
Centre for Maritime Research (MARE)
Name: Marloes Kraan
Work address: Nieuwe Prinsengracht 130, 1018 VZ Amsterdam
Telephone: 020-5254143
E-mail:
Homepage: http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.l.kraan/
Education
2001 Masters in Cultural Anthropology / Sociology of Non-Western Societies at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1997-1998 Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, Lissabon, Portugal (Erasmus program)
Current research/employement
2003-2004 Research Affiliate to the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon
2002-2007 Start of PhD-project ‘Anlo-Ewe Beach Seine Fishermen and their negotiation of livelihood space within multiple governance systems in Ghana’ at the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt)
2001-2007 Junior Researcher at MARE - Centre for Maritime Research in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Other activities
2008 Lecturer of the People and the Sea lecture series, an interdisciplinary course of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, the UvA and MARE
2001-2006 Editorial Coordinator of MAST - Maritime Studies (MARE Journal)
2000-present Member of the Ghana Study Group in Africa Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
Publications
2007, July – MARE Conference People and the Sea IV ‘Who owns the Coast?’. Panel Convener of ‘Fisheries in West Africa’, Paper: ‘God’s time is the Best’: The Role of Religion in Fisheries Management of Anlo-Ewe Beach Seine Fishermen in Ghana’. In: Proceedings of the MARE Conference (cd-rom). Access: homepage Marloes Kraan
2007 Book review of Nachituti's Gift: Economy, Society, and Environment in Central Africa. David M. Gordon. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. 304 pp. In: The American Anthropologist, Vol. 109, No. 2: pp 382-383.
2006 Marloes Kraan ‘One Man No Chop’. Beach seine fishing in Ghana (West Africa). MAST, Volume 5(1):pp 117-128.
2006 Marloes Kraan and Maaike Cotterink. Duurzame tonijn voor wie? Trouw 6-2-2006
2006 Marloes Kraan. Film: If you do good. [10’11]. Access: homepage Marloes Kraan.
2001 MA Thesis 'Blijven of teruggaan? Een sociologische analyse van potenties en problemen van Ghanezen in Amsterdam Zuidoost' ('Shall we stay or go back? A sociological analysis of the capacities and problems of Ghanaians in Amsterdam Southeast') De Wetenschapswinkel, Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
Languages
Dutch (mother tongue), English (good), French (basic), German (basic), Portuguese (basic), Ewe (basic).
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