Department of Anthropology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2
(204) 474-8999
E-mail: schwimm@ccu.umanitoba.ca
| BRIAN SCHWIMMER Department of Anthropology University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2 (204) 474-8999 E-mail: schwimm@ccu.umanitoba.ca |
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Economic Anthropology
Economic Development
Urban Studies
African Studies
History of Anthropological Theory
Computer Mediated Communications
| 1963 | B.A. | St. John's College, Annapolis, MD. |
| 1968 | M.A. | SUNY Binghamton |
| 1975 | Ph.D. | Stanford University |
| 1973-1985 | Assistant Professor | University of Manitoba |
| 1985-Present | Associate Professor | University of Manitoba |
| 1993-1996 | Dean of Studies | St. Paul's College (UofM) |
Summer 1979 The Spatial and Economic Organization of Agricultural Marketing in the Northwest Province Cameroon. (Consultancy, USAID)
1981-82 Capital Investment and Accumulation within the Small Business Community in Bamenda, Cameroon. (SSHRC Faculty Research Grant)
Summer 1985 Credit Needs and Availabilities within the Small Business Community in Three Cameroon Towns. (Consultancy, World Council of Credit Unions)
Summer 1991 Social Impact Assessment of Export Diversification in Ghana. Employment Creation and Opportunities for Small Businesses. (Consultancy, USAID)
1976 The Social Organization of Marketing in a Southern Ghanaian Town. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University.
1976 Periodic Markets and Urban Development in Southern Ghana. In: C. Smith, ed., Regional Analysis, Vol. I. Economic Systems. N.Y.: Academic Press.
1979 Review of People of the Zongo, by Enid Schildkrout. American Anthropologist 81:672-673.
1979 Market Structure and Social Organization in a Ghanaian Marketing System. American Ethnologist 6:682-702.
1980 The Organization of Migrant-Farmer Communities in Southern Ghana. Canadian Journal of African Studies 14:221-238.
1980 The Structure and Performance of Agricultural Marketing in the Northwest Province, Cameroons.(Report). Washington D.C.: Office of Development and Development Assistance, USAID.
1985 Review of Cocoa and Kinship in Ghana; The Matrilineal Akan of Ghana, by Christine Okali. International Journal of African Historical Studies 18:163-164.
1986 Credit Union Lending for Small Business Development in Cameroon: Current Trends and Future Prospects. (Consultancy Report). World Council of Credit Unions, Madison WI. 70 pp.
1987 Productive Credit Spurs Small Business. Credit Union World Reporter: 2:31-32.
1988 Agricultural Marketing and Marketplaces in the Northwest Province, Cameroon. Proceedings: Development in Cameroon: The Role of Food and Agriculture, Center for African Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville.
1990 The Articulation of Capitalism and Traditional Modes of Production in Africa. Reviews in Anthropology 15:111-124.
1991 Social Soundness Analysis. Non-traditional Export Promotion in Ghana. Annex B. Arlington, VA: Nathan Associates.
1993 With D.M. Warren, eds., Anthropology and the Peace Corps: Case Studies in Career Preparation. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press.
1993 With D.M. Warren, Anthropology and the Peace Corps, an Analytical Perspective, Introduction to Anthropology and the Peace Corps: Case Studies in Career Preparation.
1993 Survival in the Sixties. In B.E. Schwimmer and D.M. Warren, eds., Anthropology and the Peace Corps.
1996 Anthropology on the Internet: A Review of Networked Resources. Current Anthropology 37:561-568.
Rationale and Romance in the Anthropology of Cyberspace, Presented at the CASCA/AES Annual Conference. University of Toronto May 7-10 1998