lena.kroeker[at]uni-bayreuth.de<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lena Kroeker holds an M.A. in Historical Anthropology from Goethe-University, Frankfurt\/M., Germany, and earned a PhD in Social Anthropology at the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS) in 2012. She completed her PhD thesis on the household-decision making of women who tested HIVpositive in antenatal care which was entitled \u2018In between Life and Death: HIV-Positive Women in Lesotho and their obstetric Choices\u2019. Currently, Lena Kroeker is a post-doc-fellow at the Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies (BAAAS) and teaches in Social Anthropology at the university of Bayreuth, Germany. Besides her academic career she is also experienced in the field of development cooperation. Kroeker has been working as a consultant with Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ, now Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ), Centrum f\u00fcr Internationale Migration und Entwicklung (CIM) and within the Karabong-HIVCENTER clinical partnership of Frankfurt\/M University hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Interests<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

HIV\/AIDS; Pregnancy; Uncertainty; Future; Authoritative Knowledge, Architecture<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Area(s)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Southern and Eastern Africa<\/span><\/p>\n

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Publications <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monographs and Edited Volumes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(in print) “In between Life and Death – Decision-making of HIV+ mothers in Lesotho”, Dissertation in Social Anthropology, Beitr\u00e4ge zur Afrikaforschung, M\u00fcnster [u.a.]: LIT-Verlag.
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2011. (with Daniel, A., Fink, K. und J. Sch\u00fctze): “Women\u2019s Life Worlds \u2018In-Between\u2019”. BIGSAS works!-Working Papers of doctoral Students, Institute of African Studies\/Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, Bayreuth, Bayreuth.
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Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

2014. “Meidung als Alltagshandlung in langfristigen Abh\u00e4ngigkeitsbeziehungen – Schwangere Frauen mit HIV\/AIDS und ihre Kommunikation in asymmetrischen Machtverh\u00e4ltnissen”, In: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Ethnologie 139 (2014), S. 179\u2013198.
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2012. “From Global Policies to Local Practices: Behavioural Advice for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission of HIV”. In: Sociologus. Journal for Empirical Social Anthropology 1 (62), 47-71.
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2011. (with Alyx Beckwith): “Safe Infant Feeding in Lesotho in the Era of HIV\/AIDS”. In: Annals of Anthropological Practice, Special Issue: HIV\/AIDS and Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Challenges and Solutions, 35 (1): 50-66.
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2011. “Lesotho’s Performance in the Global Gender Gap Index 2010: Conflicts over Resources and Roles of the Female Breadwinner”. In: Daniel, A., Fink, K., Kroeker, L., Sch\u00fctze, J. (Eds): Women’s life worlds In between: BIGSAS works!-Working Papers of doctoral Students, Institute of African Studies\/Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, Bayreuth: 80-100.
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Chapters in Edited Books<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

(accepted) “Low Fertility and Secret Family Planning in Lesotho”. In: Bochow, A., Kraeger, P. (Eds.): Fertility in Subpopulation, Oxford: Berghahn.
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2013. “Warum sind eigentlich die HIV\/AIDS-Raten im s\u00fcdlichen Afrika so hoch? – Ein Vergleich der Weltregionen”. In: M\u00fcller-Mahn, D.; Obermaier, G. (Eds.): Afrika. Bayreuther Kontaktstudium Geographie, Band 7. Bayreuth: Verlag Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Bayreuth e.V.: 129-145.
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2008. “\u201cIch war wie eine Schlafwandlerin\u201c \u2013 Sonderbehandlung von HIV\/AIDS-Betroffenen in ihrer Familie”. In: Diawara, M.; R\u00f6schenthaler, U. (Eds.): Im Blick der Anderen – Auf ethnologischer Forschung in Mali, Brandes & Apsel, Frankfurt\/M., p. 70-89.
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2015. (with Carola Lentz): “Report on the International workshop “The Making of Middle Classes: Social Mobility and Boundary Work in Global Perspective””, 15. Januar 2015, HSozKult. Online Source.
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2014. “Kenya’s emerging middle class(es)”, Conference Paper, European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), Bonn. Online Source.
\n(accepted) Recension of E. Voss’ “Mediales Heilen in Deutschland”, Sociologus. Journal for Empirical Social Anthropology.
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2013. “Middle classes in Kenya and their visions: A report from Nairobi about the future of middle classes”, Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth Vol. XIII 2013: 23-24.
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2013. (with Clarissa Vierke): “1959-2013 Naomi Luchera Shitemi”, Newsletter of African Studies at the University of Bayreuth Vol. XIII 2013, S. 89.
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2008. “Milky Way III: sub-study on socio-cultural factors influencing decisions on mother and child care (MK-III)”. In: Prof. R. Brodt, Dr. T. Lennemann, Prof. Dr. S. Staszewski (Eds.): HIVCENTER Report R 02\u2013 The global fight is local, HIVCENTER am Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt\/Main: 25.
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2008. “Culture, Communication and HIV treatment in Lesotho”. In: Prof. R. Brodt, Dr. T. Lennemann, Prof. Dr. S. Staszewski (Eds.): HIVCENTER Report R 02\u2013 The global fight is local, HIVCENTER am Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt\/Main: 34-36.
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2008. (with Tessa Lennemann): “Interdisciplinary research \u2013 bridging gaps and joining approaches”. In: Prof. R. Brodt, Dr. T. Lennemann, Prof. Dr. S. Staszewski (Hrsg.): HIVCENTER Report R 02\u2013 The global fight is local, HIVCENTER am Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt\/Main: 56-57.
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2008. (with Lennemann, T., Staszewski, S., Brodt, R. und Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Technische Zusammenarbeit (Hrsg.): “Assessment of availability of HIV Workplace programs in the Health Care Sector in Lesotho”, Eschborn.
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2006. (with Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Technische Zusammenarbeit): “Good Practice: Die \u00dcberwindung von FGM im Kontext eines Grundbildungsprojekts in Mali”, Eschborn.
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2006. (with Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Technische Zusammenarbei): “Weibliche Genitalverst\u00fcmmelung in Mali”, L\u00e4nderfactsheet der Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Technische Zusammenarbeit, Eschborn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Conference Presentations (since 2017)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Kenya’s Emerging Middle Class”, 25\/06\/2014, 14th General Conference of the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), “Responsible Development in a Polycentric World: Inequality, Citizenship and the Middle Classes”, Bonn.
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“Zukunftsvisionen der Mittelschichten in Nairobi, Kenia”, 06\/02\/2014, Junges Kolleg der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, M\u00fcnchen.
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(with E. Alber und T.H\u00e4berlein) “Alltag in Afrika”, 16\/01\/2014,Volkshochschule M\u00fcnchen.
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(with F. Stoll) “Middle Classes in Kenya\u201c, 22\/10\/2013, German Academic exchange Service (DAAD) Kenya, Nairobi.
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“Preventing HIV-transmission from mother to child: emergency or chance?”, 29\/06\/2013, 5th European Conference on African Studies, Lisbon.
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(with F. Stoll) “Middle Classes on the Rise in Kenyav, 29\/05\/2013, Workshop on “Middle Classes on the Rise”, Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies, Bayreuth University.
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“Uncertainty und Gesundheit”, 24\/05\/2013, Workshop of the Research Area Medical Anthropology, Free University Berlin.
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“Pregnant women with HIV narrating past, present and future”, 14\/12\/2012, Biographies in Times of Crisis: Exploring Religious Narratives of AIDS in Africa and the African Diaspora, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
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“AIDS in Afrika”, 05\/07\/2012, Kontaktstudium Geographie: Afrika, Bayreuth University.
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\u201cThe Impact of urban dwellings on gender and generation in Lesotho”, 31\/05\/2012, Vereinigung der Afrikawissenschaften Deutschlands (VAD) -Conference, University of Cologne.
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“Konfliktvermeidung: Entscheidungsfindungen HIV-infizierter M\u00fctter in Lesotho”, 19\/05\/2012, Afrika-Kolloquium, Johann Wolfgang v. Goethe-Universit\u00e4t, Frankfurt\/M.
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“In between Life and Death \u2013HIV-infizierte Schwangere in Lesotho und ihre Entscheidungen”, 15\/02\/2012, Kolloquium of the Institut f\u00fcr Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Ulm University.
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“Pregnant women with HIV in Lesotho”, 02\/12\/2011, Social Aspects of HIV\/AIDS Research Alliance, 6th Conference, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
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“Junge M\u00fctter mit HIV in Lesotho \u2013 praktikable L\u00f6sungen zwischen famili\u00e4ren und biomedizinischen Anforderungen zur sicheren Babyern\u00e4hrung”, 19\/06\/2010, AG Medical Anthropology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin.
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“This thing of HIV makes child-bearing difficult \u2013 \u201cHidden transcripts\u201d in health communication\u201d, 04\/05\/2010, Ethnographic Colloquium, Bayreuth University.
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“Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Lesotho”, 05\/11\/2009, Colloquium of the Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), Bayreuth University.
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“Mediating Conflicting Demands: Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV in Lesotho”, 26\/09\/2009 in Society of Medical Anthropology, Panel: Women Facing Modern Health Challenges: Households, Health, and Healing, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
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“Mediating conflicting demands \u2013 Preliminary findings”, 05\/02\/2009 in Mothers2Mothers, Mafeteng Government Hospital, Mafeteng, Lesotho.
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“Anthropological Assessment on Prevention of Mother-to-Child-Transmission of HIV\/AIDS in Lesotho”. 29\/08\/2008, European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA), 10th Biennial Conference 2008, Panel: Anthropological perspectives on the establishment of new medical technologies Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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“Anthropological assessment on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Lesotho”, 25\/07\/2007, International and interdisciplinary Summer School “Point Sud Annual Institute\u201d (PSAI) on “Entangled medical fields: transformation of meaning, knowledge and practice”, Libreville, Gabon.
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“Therapieschulung und Compliance-Training in Afrika – Erfahrungsberichte aus Mali und Lesotho”, 28\/06\/2007, Deutsch-\u00d6sterreichischer AIDS-Kongress (D\u00d6AK) Frankfurt M.
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“Ich war wie eine Schlafwandlerin”\u2013Sonderbehandlung von HIV\/AIDS Betroffenen in ihren Familien in Mali\u201c, 01\/02\/2007, Afrika-Colloquium, J.W.-Goethe Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt\/M.
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