CMI Staff
Dr Siri Lange
Thematic research group:
Rights, Democracy and Development
Keywords:
Health, decentralisation, culture
Geographic keywords:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania
Senior Researcher
E-mail: siri.lange@cmi.no
Phone: +47 47938046 Mob: +47 95147687
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Anthropologist with broad experience from research and consultancy in East Africa, Tanzania in particular. Lange is currently working on a two year post-doctoral which is part of the project Health Worker Motivation, Availability and Performance (MAP), funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2006-2011). Other research interests include accountability, governance, decentralization, and political processes at the local level. Lange has also worked extensively on cultural issues, including both independent, urban entertainment forms like Swahili soap operas, and donor funded music and theatre projects in Africa and Asia.
| Projects | Project search: Siri Lange |
Current and recently completed projects:
Social responsibility and partnership
Start: Jan. 2002 (Initiation)
Poverty Reduction and Gender Justice in Contexts of Complex Legal Pluralism
Start: Jan. 2009 (Current)
Mid-term review of cultural cooperation with Nepal
Start: Oct. 2008 (Current)
Review of the Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education (ACE)
Start: Apr. 2008 (Current)
Geography: Tanzania (field visit), Uganda, Mali, South Africa (desk study)
Land and Law in Latin America and Africa
Start: Jan. 2008 (Current)
Keywords: land, law, rights, legal plurality
Geography: Tanzania, Malawi, Bolivia, Guatemala
Gender and decentralisation in Tanzania
Start: Aug. 2007 (Current)
Geography: Tanzania
Decentralisation and gender in Tanzania
Start: Mar. 2007 (Current)
Keywords: Tanzania
Gender
Decentralisation
Geography: Tanzania
Decentralisation and gender in Tanzania - using maternal health as an entry point.
Start: Feb. 2007 (Current)
Keywords: Health
Geography: Tanzania
Managing benefit streams from mining in Tanzania: Capacity building for local authorities and other stakeholders
Start: Nov. 2006 (Current)
Keywords: Mining
CSR
Geography: Tanzania
Global Health and Development
Start: Jan. 2006 (Current)
Geography: Tanzania, Nepal
Benefit Streams of Mining in Tanzania
Start: May. 2004 (Current)
Geography: Africa: Tanzania.
Evaluation of Norwegian Support to Protection of Cultural Heritage
Start: Sep. 2008 (Completed)
Keywords: Culture, Cultural Heritage
| Publications | Publication search: Siri Lange |
Publications by category:
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Muungano Cultural Troupe: Entertaining the Urban Masses of Dar es Salaam
Lange, Siri (2008)
in Martin Banham, James Gibb and Femi Osofisan (Eds.): African Theatre Companies. Oxford: James Currey
The Depoliticisation of Development and the Democratisation of Politics in Tanzania: Parallel Structures as Obstacles to Delivering Services to the Poor
Lange, Siri (2008)
in Journal of Development Studies vol.44 no.8 pp. 1122-1144
Tanzania
Lange, Siri (2007)
in Suad Joseph, Seteney Shami, Jane I. Smith: Encyclopedia of women & Islamic cultures. Practices, interpretations and representations. . Leiden and Boston: Brill vol. V pp. 108-110
'The shame of money' - Criticism of modernity in Swahili popular drama
Lange, Siri (2001)
in M.E. Baaz and M. Palmberg (eds.): Same and other. Negotiating African identity in cultural production. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute
Tanzania
Lange, Siri (2000)
in Fellesrådets Afrika-årbok 2000-2001. Oslo: Solidaritet Forlag pp. 325-327
Muungano and TOT: Rivals on the urban cultural scene
Lange, Siri (2000)
in Gregory Barz and Frank Gunderson (eds.): Mashindano! Competitive music performance in Tanzania and East Africa. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers 0 p.
How the national became popular in Tanzania
Lange, Siri (1999)
in Mai Palmberg (ed.): National identity and democracy in Africa. Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute pp. 40-58
Reports
Benefit streams from mining in Botswana, Namibia, Mali and Tanzania. Lessons from studies conducted in 2005
Lange, Siri (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 15 p. (Commissioned by the World Bank. Limited circulation.)
Land tenure and mining in Tanzania.
Lange, Siri (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 36 p. (Commissioned by the World Bank. Limited circulation.)
Decentralisation and gender. A study on coordination and cooperation in LGA for maternal health.
Lange, Siri and Liss Schanke (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 77 p. (Commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam and the Local Government reform Team)
Kjønns- og likestillingsrettet utviklingssamarbeid. Kartlegging av kompetansemiljø i Norge
Ask, Karin og Siri Lange (2007)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 45 p. (Commissioned by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry)
Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania. Revised Inception Report
Dietche, Evelyn, Tim Kelsall, Siri Lange, Andrew Lawson, Donald Mmari, Lise Rakner and Vibeke Wang (2005)
Bergen/Oxford/Dar es Salaam: Chr. Michelsen Institute/Oxford Policy Management/REPOA - Research on Poverty Alleviation 65 p.
Understanding Patterns of Accountability in Tanzania. Component 2: The Bottom-up Perspective. Final Report
Lange, Siri, Tim Kelsall, Simeon Mesaki and Max Mmuya (2005)
Bergen/Oxford/Dar es Salaam: Chr. Michelsen Institute/Oxford Policy Management/REPOA - Research on Poverty Alleviation 119 p.
Primary education since the introduction of the primary education development plan
Lange, Siri (2004)
Dar es Salaam: REPOA/NIBR/Chr.Michelsen Institute (Formative process research on the local government reform in Tanzania. Project Brief no. 8) 3 p.
Councillors and community leaders - partnership or conflict of interest? Lessons from the Sustainable Mwanza Project
Lange, Siri (2003)
Dar es Salaam: Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) (Project Brief no. 3) 2 p.
Formative process research on the local government reform programme in Tanzania. Summary of findings
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge, Einar Braathen, Amon Chaligha, Siri Lange, Deo Mushi and Erasto Ngalewa (2003)
Bergen: Tanzania. Presidents Office. Regional Administration and Local Government (Fieldreport no. 2) 11 p.
Councillors and community leaders - partnership or conflict of interest? Lessons from the sustainable Mwanza project
Lange, Siri (2003)
Dar es Salaam/ Oslo/ Bergen: REPOA/NIBR/CMI (Formative progress research on the local government reform in Tanzania Project brief no. 3) 2 p.
Formative process research on the local government reform programme in Tanzania. Summary of findings
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge, Einar Braathen, Amon Chaliga, Siri Lange, Deo Mushi and Erasto Ngalewa (2003)
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania. Presidents Office. Regional Administration and Local Government (Fieldreport no. 1) 15 p.
CMI Reports
Cultural cooperation with Nepal. A mid-term review commissioned by Norad and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu
Lange, Siri, Era Shrestha and Tordis Korvald (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2009: 7) 32 p.
Decentralisation and Gender. Coordination and Cooperation on Maternal Health Issues in Selected District Councils in Tanzania
Schanke, Liss, Siri Lange (editors) In cooperation with PMO-RALG and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Dar es Salaam (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 9) 55 p.
The Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education. A Mid-Term Review of the Programme Period 2006-2008/9
Lange, Siri with Elias M. Songoyi (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 5) 44 p.
Land Tenure and Mining in Tanzania
Lange, Siri (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2008: 2) 34 p.
Review of Right to Play
Lange, Siri and Sigmund Haugsjå (2006)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2006: 12) 67 p.
Benefit Streams from Mining in Tanzania: Case Studies from Geita and Mererani
Lange, Siri (2006)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2006: 11) 54 p.
Socio-economic Effects of Gold Mining in Mali. A Study of the Sadiola and Morila Mining Operations
Jul-Larsen, Eyolf, Bréhima Kassibo, Siri Lange and Ingrid Samset (2006)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2006: 4) 71 p.
Review of Norwegian Support to Tanzania Culture Trust Fund
Lange, Siri and Marianne Rønnevig (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2005: 6) 24 p.
The Norad Programme in Arts and Cultural Education. A Review of the First Phase 2002-2004
Lange, Siri (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2005: 5) 33 p.
Autonomy, incentives and patronage: a study of corruption in the Tanzania and Uganda Revenue Authorities
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge, Ivar Kolstad, Siri Lange (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2003:9) 84 p.
When women grow wings: Gender relations in the informal economy of Kampala
Lange, Siri (2003)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2003: 8) 34 p.
Fra motstander til medspiller: Partnerskap mellom norske frivillige organisasjoner og norsk næringsliv
Lange, Siri, Arild Spissøy and Marie Brudvik (2002)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2002:18)
Civil society in Tanzania
Lange, Siri, Hege Wallevik, Andrew Kiondo (2000)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 2000:6) 40 p.
From nation-building to popular culture: The modernization of performance in Tanzania
Lange, Siri (1995)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Report R 1995:1) 182 p.
CMI Working Papers
Kjønns- og likestillingsrettet utviklingssamarbeid
Ask, Karin, Siri Lange (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2008: 4) 39 p.
Other External Publications
Ingjerd Hoëm: Theatre and Political Process. Staging Identities in Tokelau and New Zealand
Lange, Siri (2006)
in Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift vol. 17 no. 3-4 pp. 304-305
