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  • Name: Dr. Tebaber Chanie Workneh
  • Department:  Social Anthropology 
  • Position: Assistant Professor
  • Personal E-mail: tebaberworkneh@gmail.com
  •  Institutional Email: Tebaber.Chanie@bdu.edu.et
  • Address:            0911- 417536(cell phone) 
  • P.O. Box 79 (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia)

  • Biography: 

    Tebaber Chanie Workneh (PhD) is an assistant professor at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia. He was born on 04 June, 1979 at DebreMarkos, Ethiopia. He has been a notable scholar and department head in the field of social anthropology at Bahir Dar University's faculty of social sciences. He earned MA in social anthropology in July 2006 and a PhD in Social Anthropology in February 2015 from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. He also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Museum and Heritage Studies from the University of the Western Cape in South Africa in October 2008. From April 3, 2017, until April 18, 2017, he was a visiting fellow at Brown University. In addition, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan African Presidential Scholars (UMAPS) from August 2018 to February 2019. He also got funding from a 2019–2020 Civil Society award.

    Educational Awards:

  • 2010 – 2015          PhD. in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa   University, Ethiopia
  • 2004 – 2006            M.A. in Social Anthropology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  • 2015 – 2016            Diploma in Higher Diploma Program (HDP) in Pedagogy from University of    Gondar, Ethiopia 
  • 2008 - 2009              Post Graduate Diplomas (PGD) in Museum and Heritage Studies  from the                                      University of the Western Cape, South Africa
  • 1997 – 2001             B.A. in Linguistics from Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Teaching Experience: 

(a). July 30, 2022 to Current at Bahir Dar University as an assistant Professor

  •    Course chair from March 12, 2022 to December 7, 2023
  •     Head of Department from January 11, 2024 to current
  •     Teaching and supervising both post graduate and undergraduate students
  •     Carrying out various research activities
  •     Carrying out various community service activities

  • Reviewing Research Papers and Teaching Modules

    (b). March 30, 2007 to July 30, 2022 at University of Gondar 

  •   Postgraduate Coordinator of the College of Social Sciences and the Humanities
  •   Head of Department from March, 2016 to October, 2018                                         
  •   Teaching and supervising both post graduate and undergraduate students
  •    Carrying out various research activities
  •    Carrying out various community service activities
  •   Reviewing Research Papers and Teaching Module

Research Interest: 

Indigenous medicine, Indigenous Knowledge systems, the sick role and health seeking behavior, social and behavioral health care,  Gender and health, climate change and health, cultural and natural heritage conservations, culture change and multiculturalism, Gender, youth, childhood and development, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Resilience and Peace building

Research Projects: 

  •  Indigenous Medicine and Sustainable Primary Healthcare Development in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia

  • Cultural and Socio-Economic Values of Moringa Stenopetala among the Konso in Southwestern Ethiopia, A Paper presented on: the 25th Annual Conference of  Research, Community Service, and Technology transfer at GCMC Hall, University of  Gondar, and June 20-23, 2015

    Conferences Attended: 

  • Towards the Effects of Climate Change on Human Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Document Analysis, a Paper presented on: The International Conference on “Social Anthropology in Ethiopia: Celebrating Decades of Contribution in Education, Research and Partnership” at Desalegn Hotel, Addis Ababa, September 29-30 2016.
  • An Exploration of  Cultural Heritage conservation in Debre Mariam Island in the Lake Tana Region, Ethiopia, presented on the 26th Annual Conference of Research, Community Service, and Technology transfer at GCMC Hall, University of Gondar, and June 24-25, 2016
  • Perceptions of Health and Illness among the Konso People of Southwestern Ethiopia, A Paper presented on: the 6th African Unity for Renaissance International Conference and Africa Day Expo at the University of South Africa from 22nd to 25th May 2016
  • Cultural and Socio-Economic Values of Moringa Stenopetala among the Konso in Southwestern Ethiopia, A Paper presented on: the 25th Annual Conference of Research, Community Service, and Technology transfer at GCMC Hall, University of Gondar, June 20-23, 2015

  • An Assessment of the bio-cultural and Ecological Aspects of Malaria in the Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia.  Presented and  published on the Proceeding of the 9th  Annual  Conference of the Ethiopian  Biological Society, on January 8 and 9, 2008

    Monograph:

  • Workneh,T. 2009. Indigenous Medical Knowledge of Malaria in Ethiopia: An Anthropological Perspective. A Monograph Published in VDM Velag Publishing House Ltd., Germany.(https://www.amazon.com/Indigenous-medical-system-malaria-Ethiopia/dp/3639218973)

     Article Publications:

  • Tebaber Chanie Workneh. 2023.  Rethinking Cultural and Spiritual Values in Biodiversity

  • Conservation among the Konso People of South-Western, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Renaissances Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (RJSSH) 10(1).

    https://www.ajol.info/index.php/erjssh/article/view/252062

  • Workneh, T Kloos, H., K., Elizabet, K.2020. Exploring the contribution of indigenous medicine to primary healthcare in West Belesa District in northwestern Ethiopia: A qualitative analysis, Ethiop. J. Health Dev.2020; 34(3) (https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejhd/article/view/201336)
  • Workneh, T., Emirie, G., Kaba, M., Mekonen, Y., Kloos, H., 2018. Perceptions of health and illness among the Konso people of southwestern Ethiopia: persistence and change. Journal of Ethno Biology and Ethno Medicine 14, 18, 1-9.( https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29482630/)

  • Kloos, H., Workneh, T., Temesgen, M., Ashenif, T., Yared, D., Abiy, A., Kdist, Z., Getene, T., Mubark M; and Asfaw D. 2014. “Dynamics of Traditional Medicines Sold by Vendors in the Merkato, Addis Ababa: Inventory and Aspects of their Utilization”. Ethiop. Journal of Health Development. 28(2).

    (https://www.academia.edu/19045358/Traditional_medicines_sold_by_vendors_in_Merkato_Addis_Ababa_Aspects_of_their_utilization_trade_and_changes_between_1973_and_2014)

  • Niguse Y., Tewodros H., Mekides M., Ashenafi D., Haymanot E., Tebaber C., Goshu N., Moges T., Simegn S., Seblewongel T. 2023. Comprehensive mental health and psychosocial support for war survivors at Chenna Kebele, Dabat woreda, North Gondar, Ethiopia. BMC Psychiatry (2023) 23:172, https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-04653-8
  • Shambel D, Eyayu K, Endeshaw A, Getachew G., Tebaber Chanie Workneh (2024) “The six-month bullet fence”: the voice of armed conflict survivors in Kobo and Agamsa districts, Amhara region of Ethiopia, Cogent Arts & Humanities,11:1 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311983.2024.2335794
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Social Anthropology