Jeffrey C. Kaufman (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

Submitted: Mon, 13 May 2002 08:18:39 -0500


Dr. Jeffrey C. Kaufmann
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Southern Mississippi

Mail address:
P.O. Box 5074
Hattiesburg, Mississippi  39406  USA

phone:   601-266-6810
fax:     601-266-6373
e-mail:  jeffrey.kaufmann@usm.edu



RESEARCH INTERESTS

Madagascar ethnology and ethnohistory; Mahafale and Vezo ethnic groups; cactus
pastoralism; historical ecology


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

"The Informant as Resolute Overseer," History in Africa 29: 231-55, 2002.

"On Finding Madagascar Materials," History in Africa 29: 485-94, 2002.

"On the Origin and Growth of Cactus Pastoralism on Madagascar," Michigan
Discussions In Anthropology [Madagascar: Trajectories Between Past and
Present], 2002.

"Emerging Histories in Madagascar," guest editor, Ethnohistory 48(1/2): 
3-322, 2001.

"Introduction: Recoloring the Red Island," guest editor's introduction,
Ethnohistory 48(1/2): 3-11, 2001.

"La question des raketa: Colonial Struggles in Madagascar with Prickly 
Pear Cactus, 1900-1923," Ethnohistory 48(1/2): 87-121, 2001.

English translations for: 
(1) Dina, Jeanne. "Le hazomanga chez les Masikoro du sud-ouest de 
Madagascar: identié et histoire," Ethnohistory, 48(1/2): 13-30, 2001.
(2) Esoavelomandroso, Manasé. "Identié et histoire," 
Ethnohistory, 48(1/2): 319-22, 2001.
(3) Marikandia, Mansaré. "Les Vezo de l'espace littorale du 
Fiheréa sud-ouest de Madagascar: hier et aujourd'hui," 
Ethnohistory, 48(1/2): 157-70, 2001.

"Forget the Numbers: the Case of a Madagascar Famine," History in Africa
27: 143-57, 2000.

"The Long Walk: Anthropology and Pastoral Nomads,"  Nomadic Peoples (n.s.) 
4(1): 1-22, 2000.