Alison Kuah

Doctoral Research Fellow: African Intellectual Biographies | Future hospitals: 4IR and ethics of care in Africa

Alison Kuah is a doctoral student in Social Anthropology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her PhD research at HUMA examines the intergeneration transmission of artisanal skills within the context of artificial intelligence and rapid technological transformations in Mthatha in South Africa and Akita in Japan. She holds a BA degree in Anthropology from Tufts University, United States and an MA degree in Practical Anthropology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her MA research at UCT focused on African immigrant youth and civic participation in Cape Town. Alison has worked and conducted research in Singapore, Argentina, the United States and South Africa.

Focus:

African Intellectual Biographies · Andrew W. Mellon Foundation + HUMA

Future hospitals: 4IR and ethics of care in Africa · Carnegie Corporation of New York + HUMA