Tag: global development studies

Leif Brottem, Grinnell College – The Geographical Life of West African Villages

Apr 9, 2019

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Academic Minute

in Anthropology, International Studies

On Grinnell College Week: What constituents a village in rural Africa? Leif Brottem, assistant professor of global development studies, explains why it’s not an easy answer. I teach courses in Global Development Studies and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). My research focuses on the intersection of democratic decentralization and climate change adaptation in agrarian West Africa.…