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Rebekah Ciribassi is a Research Fellow at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Her work focuses on medical anthropology and science and technology studies, particularly in postcolonial Tanzania. She investigates biomedical science, bodily inheritance, and the politics of temporality through interdisciplinary methods including filmmaking and experimental visual art.
Education:
- PhD in Anthropology, Cornell University (2022)
- MPH in Community Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago (Joint Degree Program)
- MA in Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests:
Her current project, Living Traces of Containment, explores carceral disease containment in Rufiji, Tanzania, examining how medical regimes shape intergenerational experiences. A parallel book project analyzes the shift in African biomedicine from communicable diseases to intergenerational chronic illnesses like sickle cell disease, interrogating how genetic and cultural heritability interact.
Awards & Grants:
- Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (2018-2019)
- National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (2019-2020)
- Mellon Graduate Fellow, Cornell Society for Humanities (2020-2021)
Professional Activities:
She contributes to the Epidemic Traces project (2023-2027) and teaches courses like SOSANT2120: Regional Ethnography: Africa. Her work bridges ethnographic practice with abolitionist theory and multimodal research methods.
