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‘I want to start transforming so they see that Karamoja can develop.’
Considering ethnographic fieldwork as an agent of decolonisation
The final interviews were the most poignant. During the last weeks of my ethnogaphy in Karamoja, Uganda, young women were more critical and demanding than ever before. ‘I want to start transforming so they see that Karamoja can develop,’ one young woman said as she describe her plans to improve the quality of girls’ lives in her village.
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Selected Publications List
Grow to Serve: How culture, education, and faith converge and influence young women’s capability development as they prepare to transition out of secondary school in Karamoja, Uganda. [Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository]. 2024.
Multi-dimensional Approaches to Well-Being: A Call to Afford Individuals the Dignity They Deserve. FERSA Cambridge. 2019.
Being an ethnographer: Are we becoming friends or is this research?. Editage Insights. 2019.
Considering ethnographic research as an agent of decolonisation. Vision Magazine. Cambridge University International Development Society. Michaelmas 2018 edition, 10-12. 2018.
On Being an Ethnographer. FERSA Cambridge. 2017.
Glocalization as it Affects East African Female Youth Transitioning out of a Catholic Boarding School in Uganda. CORERJ: Cambridge Open-Review Educational Research E-Journal, 3(2016), 116 – 122. 2016.
Moral Education Betwixt Africa and America: Negotiating Moral Values in One Kenyan Children’s Home for Girls. University of Oxford, United Kingdom. 2015.
Interviews & Referenced Newspaper/Magazine Articles
Mukisa, A. (2025). Dr. Ayub Mukisa: To Break Karamoja’s Stereotypes, We Must Publicize the Truth. WatchDogUganda.com https://www.watchdoguganda.com/news/20250929/184611/dr-ayub-mukisa-to-break-karamojas-stereotypes-we-must-publicize-the-truth.html
Pembroke College, Cambridge. (2019). Kit Smart Blog. PhD to Professor: In Conversation with Jacqueline Gallo. https://www.pem.cam.ac.uk/kit-smarts-blog/phd-professor-conversation-jacqueline-gallo
Kosewic, C. (2017). Sacred Heart school faces food shortage crisis. The Broadview. https://broadview.sacredsf.org/12294/news/sacred-heart-school-faces-food-shortage-crisis/.