David D. Gow

Baker Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
Director of the MA program in International Development Studies, Elliott School of International Affairs.
E-mail ddgow@gwu.edu
Office: 1957 E St., 501-E / (202) 994-4318

Dr. Gow is a sociocultural anthropologist who studies processes of local development, the evolution of local politics, and the relationships among participation, democracy, and citizenship.

Research

Dr. Gow has studied processes of local development in Colombia in the context of resettlement, political violence, and the cultivation of illegal crops.

Current Research

1. He is researching local politics at the provincial level in Colombia, focusing on the role of social organizations, social movements, and coalitions in the creation and sustainability of alternative public spaces and alternative governments.
   
2. He is also conducting research on anthropological and artistic approaches to violent death in Colombia.

Selected Publications

Books

2008	Gow, D.D. Countering Development: Indigenous Modernity and the Moral Imagination. Durham: Duke University Press.
1985	Gow, D.D., and E.R. Morss, eds. Implementing Rural Development Projects: Lessons from AID and World Bank Experience. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Articles & Book Chapters

2005	Gow, D.D. "Desde afuera y desde adentro: Planificación indígena como contra-desarrollo. In J. Rappaport, ed., Retornando la mirada: Una investigación interétnica colaborativa sobre el Cauca a la entrada al Milenio, pp. 65-96. Popayán: Editorial Universidad del Cauca.
2002	Gow, D.D. "Anthropology and development: Evil twin or moral narrative?," Human Organization 61: 299-313.
2002	Gow, D.D., and J. Rappaport. "The indigenous public voice: The multiple idioms of modernity in native Cauca." In J. Jackson and K. Warren, eds., Indigenous Movements, Self-Representation, and the State in Latin America, pp. 47-80. Austin: University of Texas Press.

Courses Taught

Anth 220: The Anthropology of Development
Anth 222: Social Capital, Civil Society, and Anthropology
Anth 223: Research Methods in Development Anthropology
IAff 221: Cornerstone Seminar: IDS
IAff 222: Capstone Seminar: IDS

Education

Ph.D. 1976, University of Wisconsin at Madison
M.A. 1971, University of Wisconsin at Madison
M.A. 1964, University of Aberdeen (Scotland)