Crystal Morgan's "Tabula Rasa?"
Title of Project: “Tabula Rasa? Conceptions of Microfinance in Juba, Sudan”
Region of research: Juba, Sudan
Project Summary: This proposal studies microfinance in the post-conflict context. It involves fieldwork including interviews and participant observation with microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Juba, the newly established capital of semi-autonomous South Sudan. This is a timely project about a pressing problem: the lack of well-implemented solutions for repatriating refugees’ access financial services. The pressing financial and political conditions especially relating to extreme inflation, mass in-migration, and peace between previously warring factions make this research site important for timely knowledge production about the issue. This project will ask participants how they make sense of microcredit.
Researcher: Crystal Murphy Morgan is currently a PhD student at the University of California, Irvine in the Department of Planning, Policy and Design. She has a BA in Spanish and Anthropology from Vanguard University, and a master’s degree in Urban Planning from the University of California, Irvine. She worked for a community-based organization in Lira, Uganda and is a research affiliate for the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs and the Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies.
