Christina Woolner
Assistant Professor Faculty of Arts Anthropology Waterloo, Ontario cwoolner@wlu.ca
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Bio/Research
I received my PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge. I also hold an MPhil in social anthropology from Cambridge, an MA in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a BA in Global Studies and Religion & Culture from WLU.
Prior to joining Laur...
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Bio/Research
I received my PhD in social anthropology from the University of Cambridge. I also hold an MPhil in social anthropology from Cambridge, an MA in International Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and a BA in Global Studies and Religion & Culture from WLU.
Prior to joining Laurier, I held postdoctoral positions at Cambridge and Northumbria in the UK. I have also worked domestically and internationally with several peace-building and arts organisations, including Project Ploughshares (Waterloo), Kayd Somali Arts and Culture (London, UK), the Hargeysa Cultural Centre (Somaliland), and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Hargeysa (Somaliland).
I am an ethnographic researcher and writer interested in how popular forms of art and practices of voicing are entangled in processes of sociopolitical transformation, especially in the wake of violence. Put another way, I am interested in the ways that stories, poetry and song – as language and sound – shape how people relate to themselves and others, with a focus on the political and affective affordances of “the voice” as a sonic-social phenomenon.
Since 2013, my research focus has been Somaliland, where I have worked with poets, musicians, singers and cultural activists to understand the power of oral poetry and song to shape both everyday intimate relationships and state-level processes of social and political change. More recently, I have been working with diaspora Somali artists based in the UK.
My research builds on my interdisciplinary training in social anthropology and peace studies, and a longstanding practice-informed interest in the role of storytelling in war and peace-building processes.
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Prior to joining Laurier, I held postdoctoral positions at Cambridge and Northumbria in the UK. I have also worked domestically and internationally with several peace-building and arts organisations, including Project Ploughshares (Waterloo), Kayd Somali Arts and Culture (London, UK), the Hargeysa Cultural Centre (Somaliland), and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Hargeysa (Somaliland).
I am an ethnographic researcher and writer interested in how popular forms of art and practices of voicing are entangled in processes of sociopolitical transformation, especially in the wake of violence. Put another way, I am interested in the ways that stories, poetry and song – as language and sound – shape how people relate to themselves and others, with a focus on the political and affective affordances of “the voice” as a sonic-social phenomenon.
Since 2013, my research focus has been Somaliland, where I have worked with poets, musicians, singers and cultural activists to understand the power of oral poetry and song to shape both everyday intimate relationships and state-level processes of social and political change. More recently, I have been working with diaspora Somali artists based in the UK.
My research builds on my interdisciplinary training in social anthropology and peace studies, and a longstanding practice-informed interest in the role of storytelling in war and peace-building processes.
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
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Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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