Frederick Mulder (£1,000)
- Paula Hiemer
- Zia Britton
- Danilo Gago Hidalgo
Mohd Ali Noh Legacy Fund (£250)
- Humairaa Moosa
What specific fieldwork will the grants enable?
The Grant will enable Paula to support three months of fieldwork in Indonesia where she will conduct participant observation, interviews and focus groups with garment factory workers. She says;
“I am incredibly grateful and glad to see that the unequal effects of economic and ecological crises are recognised as important by the selection committee.”
Danilo’s research aims to contribute to the understanding and transformation of indigenous politics in the Andean countries. He explores how Peruvian indigenous organisations chart paths to navigate contemporary state institutions and find gaps to fit their historical justice agenda. The Award will enable him to interview representatives of the seven national-level indigenous organisations in Peru. He says;
“It is an honour to receive the recognition and economic support of the Frederick Mulder Prize. I am pleased to secure funding that supports research with a critical approach, particularly when efforts to decolonise Western academia face significant setbacks.”
Humairaa’s research explores the structural, financial, and institutional barriers in the development and scaling of enterprises in South Africa and the adaptation of these enterprises to address socio-economic inequalities and local environmental risks.
Whilst studying at Linacre, Zia has been exploring the resurgence of precolonial African Spirituality practices amongst Afrodiasporic communities of women residing in New Orleans and how these practices must be understood as a pursuit of belonging. She will be using the grant to travel and research how their rituals, festivals and spiritual leadership practices become tools to understand their histories and cultural identities more deeply. She says;
“Through focusing on their creative and unconventional methods to facilitate a connection to ‘lost’ ancestors and ancestral practices, I hope to enhance anthropological understanding of what it means to belong in contemporary America as part of a diaspora.”
Congratulations to all of our winners, we can’t wait to see the results of your fieldwork!
