Person

Naomi Samake-Bäckert

Disciplines

Profile

With an interdisciplinary background, Naomi has aspired to center the experiences of marginalized communities and honor their memories in policy-making and planning processes. Her work includes re-imagining land reform practices, archival research and oral history, as well as conducting impact and gaps analysis of policies and initiatives that aim to be harm reductive. 

Naomi is passionate about applied and collaborative research methods and enjoys pushing the creative boundaries for mixed-method research approaches. She bridges her research with community building practices and community engagement initiatives that strive for racial justice, equity, and inclusion

Areas of expertise

  • Urban questions
  • Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies
  • Decolonial imaginaries and activisms
  • The social and political construction of race and ethnicity
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Civil society, social movements and NGOs
  • Oral History

Personal Information

Countries:

Switzerland

Themes:

Disciplines:

Research labels:

City – urban planning
Colonialism – postcolonialism – decolonialism
Representations – figurations
Struggles – social movements – activism
Race – racialization – racism
Sexuality
Health – medicine
Law – human rights – women's rights – minority rights
NGOs

Subjects:

Gender Studies, History