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Fairhead, James, Leach, Melissa and Millimouno, Dominique (2021) [Commentary] Spillover or endemic? Reconsidering the origins of Ebola virus disease outbreaks by revisiting local accounts in light of new evidence from Guinea. BMJ Global Health, 6. a005783 1-3. ISSN 2059-7908

Zaman, Shahaduz, Nahar, Papreen, MacGregor, Hayley, Barker, Tom, Bayisenge, Jeannette, Callow, Clare, Fairhead, James, Fahal, Ahmed, Hounsome, Natalia, Roemer-Mahler, Anne, Mugume, Peter, Tadele, Getnet and Davey, Gail (2020) Severely stigmatised skin neglected tropical diseases: a protocol for social science engagement. Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 114 (12). pp. 1013-1020. ISSN 0035-9203

Middleton, Jo, Abdad, Mohammad Yazid, Beauchamp, Emilie, Colthart, Gavin, Cooper, Maxwell J F, Dem, Francesca, Fairhead, James, Grundy, Caroline L, Head, Michael G, Inacio, Joao, Jones, Christopher Iain, Macgregor, Hayley, Peck, Mika, Stewart, Alan J, Cassell, Jackie A and others, (2020) Health service needs and perspectives of remote forest communities in Papua New Guinea: study protocol for combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessments with parallel treatment of urgent cases. BMJ Open, 10 (10). a041784 1-11. ISSN 2044-6055

Jansen, Jan and Fairhead, James R (2020) The Mande creation myth, by Germaine Dieterlen – a story of Marcel Griaule’s laboratory boat and Kangaba’s intellectual elite. Journal of West African History, 6 (2). pp. 93-114. ISSN 2327-1868

Fairhead, James (2018) Technology, inclusivity and the rogue: bats and the war against the ‘invisible enemy’. Conservation and Society, 16 (2). pp. 170-180. ISSN 0972-4923

Blythe, Jennifer and Fairhead, James (2017) The spirit and the gifts: Dako, Benjamin Morrell and cargo in the Vitiaz trading area, New Guinea. Oceania, 87 (1). pp. 21-37. ISSN 0029-8077

Fairhead, James R (2017) Termites, mud daubers and their earths: a multispecies approach to fertility and power in West Africa. Conservation and Society, 14 (4). pp. 359-367. ISSN 0972-4923

Fairhead, James (2016) Understanding social resistance to Ebola response in the forest region of the Republic of Guinea: an anthropological perspective. African Studies Review, 59 (3). pp. 7-31. ISSN 0002-0206

Wilkinson, Annie and Fairhead, James (2016) Comparison of social resistance to Ebola response in Sierra Leone and Guinea suggests explanations lie in political configurations not culture. Critical Public Health, 27 (1). pp. 14-27. ISSN 0958-1596

Solomon, Dawit, Lehmann, Johannes, Fraser, James A, Leach, Melissa, Amanor, Kojo, Frausin, Victoria, Kristianson, Soren M, Millimouno, Dominique and Fairhead, James (2016) Indigenous African soil enrichment as a climate-smart sustainable agriculture alternative. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14 (2). pp. 71-76. ISSN 1540-9309

Fraser, James Angus, Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2014) Anthropogenic dark earths in the Landscapes of Upper Guinea, West Africa: intentional or inevitable? Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 104 (6). pp. 1222-1238. ISSN 0004-5608

Frausin, Victoria, Fraser, James Angus, Narmah, Woulay, Lahai, Morrison K, Winnebah, Thomas R A, Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2014) “God made the soil, but we made it fertile”: gender, knowledge, and practice in the formation and use of African dark earths in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Human Ecology, 42 (5). pp. 695-710. ISSN 0300-7839

Fairhead, James, Frausin, V, Fraser, J A, Narmah, W, Lahai, M K, Winnebah, T R A and Leach, M (2014) "God made the soil, but we made it fertile”: Gender, knowledge and practice in the formation and use of African Dark Earths in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Human Ecology, 42 (5). pp. 695-710. ISSN 0300-7839

Fairhead, James, Leach, Melissa and Scoones, Ian (2012) Green grabbing: a new appropriation of nature? Journal of Peasant Studies, 39 (2). pp. 237-261. ISSN 0306-6150

Fairhead, James, Leach, Melissa and Fraser, James (2012) Green grabs and biochar: revaluing African soils and farming in the new carbon economy. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 39 (2). pp. 285-307. ISSN 0306-6150

Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2008) Understandings of immunization: Some west African perspectives. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86 (6). p. 418. ISSN 00429686

Leach, Melissa A, Fairhead, James R, Millimouno, Dominique and Diallo, Alpha Ahmadou (2008) New therapeutic landscapes in Africa: parental categories and practices in seeking infant health in the Republic of Guinea. Social Science and Medicine, 66 (10). pp. 2157-2167. ISSN 0277-9536

Cassell, Jackie, Leach, M., Poltorak, M. S., Mercer, C. H., Iversen, A. and Fairhead, James (2006) Is the cultural context of MMR rejection a key to an effective public health discourse? Public Health, 120 (9). pp. 783-794. ISSN 0033-3506

Fairhead, James, Leach, Melissa and Small, M (2006) Where techno-science meets poverty: medical research and the economy of blood in the Gambia, West Africa. Social Science and Medicine, 63 (4). pp. 1109-1120. ISSN 0277-9536

Fairhead, James and Scoones, Ian (2005) Local knowledge and the social shaping of soil investments: critical perspectives on the assessment of soil degradation in Africa. Land Use Policy, 22 (1). pp. 33-41. ISSN 0264-8377

Poltorak, M., Leach, Melissa, Fairhead, James and Cassell, Jackie (2005) 'MMR talk'and vaccination choices: an ethnographic study in Brighton. Social Science and Medicine, 61 (3). pp. 709-719. ISSN 0277-9536

Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2002) Introduction: Changing perspectives on Forests: Science/Policy processes in wider society. IDS Bulletin, 33 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 0265-5012

Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2002) Manners of contestation: `Citizen Science' and Indigenous Knowledge in West Africa and the Caribbean. International Social Science Journal, 173. p. 14.

Unset (2002) Forest Science and Forest Policy. IDS Bulletin.

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2002) Practising 'biodiversity': the articulation of international, national and local science/policy in Guinea. IDS Bulletin. p. 10.

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2002) 'Sustainable' timber production and science/policy processes in Trinidad. IDS Bulletin. p. 9.

Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2001) Plural perspectives and institutional dynamics: challenges for local forest management. International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 1 (3-4). pp. 223-242.

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2000) Practising 'biodiversity': the articulation of international, national and local science/policy in Guinea. Oxford Development Studies, 31 (4). p. 14.

Book Section

Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2011) Being 'with Medical Research Council': infant care and the social meanings of cohort membership in Gambia's plural therapeutic landscapes. In: Geissler, P Wenzel and Molyneux, Catherine (eds.) Evidence, ethos and experiment : the anthropology and history of medical research in Africa. Berghahn Series . Berghahn Books, New York; Oxford, pp. 77-98. ISBN 9780857450920

Fairhead, James (2010) Historical dimensions to the militatisation of refugee camps on the Guinea-Liberian border: Kouankan and mandinka ethnogenisis. In: Knorr, Jacqueline and Filho, Wilson Trajano (eds.) The Powerful Presence of the Past: Integration and Conflict Along the Upper Guinea Coast. African Social Studies Series (24). Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9789004190009

Fairhead, James (2010) Kuankan and the Guinea-Liberian border. In: The Powerful Presence of the Past: Integration and Conflict Along the Upper Guinea Coast. Brill. ISBN 9789004190009

Fairhead, J and Leach, M (2009) Amazonian Dark Earths in Africa? In: Woods, William I, Teixeira, Wenceslau G, Lehmann, Johannes, Steiner, Christopher, WinklerPrins, Antionette M G A and Rebellato, Lilian (eds.) Amazonian Dark Earths: Wim Sombroek's vision. Springer, Dordrecht; London, pp. 265-278. ISBN 978-1-4020-9030-1

Fairhead, James (2005) Transnational dimensions to environmental resource dynamics: modes of governance and local resource management in Eastern DRC. In: Gausset, Quentin, Whyte, Michael A and Birch-Thomsen, Torben (eds.) Beyond Territory and Scarcity: Exploring Conflicts Over Natural Resource Management. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Sweden, pp. 195-215. ISBN 9789171065407

Fairhead, James (2004) Achieving sustainability in Africa. In: Black, Richard and White, Howard (eds.) Targeting Development: critical perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals. Routledge Studies in Development Economics . Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 292-306. ISBN 9780415303767

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2003) Termites, society and ecology: perspectives from West Africa. In: Motte-Florac, Elisabeth and Thomas, Jacqueline (eds.) Insects in oral literature and traditions. Peeters: Leuven. ISBN 2-87723-721-4

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2002) Practising 'Patrimony' and 'Biodiversity': The Articulation of Diverse Local, National and International Perspectives in Guinea, West Africa. In: Cormier-Salem, Marie-Christine, Juhé-Beaulaton, Dominique, Boutrais, Jean and et al, (eds.) Patrimonialiser la nature tropicale: dynamiques locales, enjeux internationaux. Colloques et séminaires . Institut de recherche pour le développement (France). ISBN 2709914964

Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2002) Anthropology, culture and environment. In: MacClancy, Jeremy (ed.) Exotic no more: anthropology on the front lines. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226500126

Fairhead, J, Leach, M and Schroeder, R (2001) Reproducing locality: a critical exploration of the relationship between natural science, social science and policy in West African ecological problems. In: Broche-Due, V and Unset (eds.) Poverty and the politics of environmental sustainability. Nordiska Afrricaininstitutet.

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2001) Shaping socio-ecological and historical knowledge of deforestation in Sierra Leone and Togo. In: Cline-Cole, Reginald and Madge, Clare (eds.) Contesting forestry in West Africa. Unset.

Fairhead, James (2001) International Dimensions of Conflict Over Natural and Environmental Resources. In: Peluso, Nancy Lee and Watts, Michael (eds.) Violent environments. Cornell University Press, pp. 213-236. ISBN 9780801438714

Reports and working papers

Poltorak, Mike, Leach, Melissa and Fairhead, James (2004) MMR 'Choices' in Brighton: Understanding public engagement with vaccination science and delivery. Working Paper. IDS.

Conference or Workshop Item

Middleton, Jo, Hazell, Richard, Kalema-Zikusoka, Gladys, Jennings, Jonathan, Cassell, Jackie A, Colthart, Gavin, Fairhead, James, Head, Michael G, Inacio, Jaoa, Laman, Moses, Macgregor, Hayley, Novotny, Vojtech, Peck, Mika, Stewart, Alan and others, (2022) Integration of medical service provision and nature conservation worldwide 1980–2022: collaborative evidence mapping of 43 projects across 22 countries. In: Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting, 31 Oct 2022 - 2 Nov 2022, Harvard Medical School.

Middleton, Jo, Cassell, Jackie, Novotny, Vojtech, Colthart, Gavin, Peck, Mika, Fairhead, James, Walker, Stephen L., Head, Michael G., Macgregor, Hayley, Inacio, Joao and Stewart, Alan (2017) Surfaces: An interdisciplinary project to understand and enhance health in the vulnerable rainforests of Papua New Guinea. In: Inaugural Planetary Health / GeoHealth Annual Meeting, 28-30 April 2017, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

Fairhead, James (2003) Transnational dimensions to environmental resource dynamics: modes of governance and local resource management in Eastern DRC. In: Globalising Scarcity. Resource Scarcity, food Security, and State policy failure: long-run perspectives in Africa and India, 2003, Brighton, England.

Book

Fairhead, James (2015) The captain and "the cannibal": an epic story of exploration, kidnapping, and the Broadway stage. Yale University Press, New Haven. ISBN 9780300198775

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2007) Vaccine Anxieties: Global Science, Child Health and Society. Science in Society . Taylor & Francis, London. ISBN 9781844073702

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (2003) Science, Society and Power: Environmental Knowledge and Policy in West Africa and the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521535663

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa, eds. (1998) Reframing Deforestation: Global Analyses and Local Realities: Studies in West Africa. Global Environmental Change Series . Routledge. ISBN 9780415185912

Fairhead, James and Leach, Melissa (1996) Misreading the African Landscape: Society and Ecology in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic. African Studies . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521564991

Edited Book

Fairhead, James, Geysbeek, Tim, Holsoe, Svend E and Leach, Melissa, eds. (2003) African-American exploration in West Africa: four nineteenth-century diaries. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253341945