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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Northeastern University

Nina Sylvanus is an associate professor of anthropology at Northeastern University.
She is the author of 'Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender and Materiality in West Africa' (University of Chicago Press). The book tells the rich story of Dutch wax cloth, its global circuits of production and design while highlighting the important role of West African women as agents of taste and history in this global story. More recently, Prof. Sylvanus has studied the maritime infrastructure of West African ports and the operations of global corporations, in particular those caught up in the complex, techno-driven relations involved in the Africa-China-Europe triangle.

Experience

  • –present
    Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northeastern University