Dr Jacob Doherty
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Lecturer in Anthropology of Development
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jacob.doherty@ed.ac.uk
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Jacob Doherty specializes in urban and environmental anthropology. Jacob's research grapples with how African cities are responding to the entwined issues of economic inequality and environmental justice. Jacob has conducted ethnographic research in Uganda, the Ivory Coast, and the United States, examining the everyday infrastructures through which urban residents construct and provision their lives, focusing particularly on waste and mobility.
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