Home Institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publication Date
Fall 2014
Abstract
This research project explores the life stages of infancy and early childhood in the village of Ndiane in the Thies region of Senegal. I will discuss how biology meets culture to influence children, parenting styles, and expectations of the life stage. How does ecology, the interaction of physical, biological and cultural landscapes, characterize childhood and the intertwined belief systems that influence parenting? The information was gathered using a combination of participant observation and free list interviews.
Disciplines
Biology | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Family, Life Course, and Society | Health Policy | Social and Cultural Anthropology
Recommended Citation
Mills, Heather, "The Ecology of Infancy and Early Childhood in Rural Senegal; A Five Year Old Can Boot but not Foot, an Exploration of Where Biology Meets Culture" (2014). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 1912.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/1912
Included in
Biology Commons, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Health Policy Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons
Program Name
Senegal: National Identity and the Arts