tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431562207747250402.post7370633748435292299..comments2023-11-29T20:22:22.543+00:00Comments on East African Notes and Records: GOODBYE TO ALISON REDMAYNE, MUNG'ANZAGALA SEMUGONGOLWAMartin Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12861269342303762201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431562207747250402.post-13351833884492706892013-11-27T10:31:46.607+00:002013-11-27T10:31:46.607+00:00Nice to hear from you John. I had a quick look aro...Nice to hear from you John. I had a quick look around Ahamdu Bello in 2005, presumably not quite what it was in the early '70s. If Alison ever told me the same anecdote about Margaret aka Elizabeth Anscombe, I've forgotten it too. The ankle-socks were a constant: she was wearing dark-coloured ones in the photos I took in 1981...<br /><br />My academic obituary has now been published in *Martin Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861269342303762201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431562207747250402.post-61211131166863144522013-11-25T22:22:13.613+00:002013-11-25T22:22:13.613+00:00I met Alison Redmayne when I taught at Ahmadu Bell...I met Alison Redmayne when I taught at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria (1972-3). She told me a very funny story about the philosopher Margaret Anscombe's cat having kittens on the dining-room table, but I can't remember the details. She was wearing white ankle-socks. She was a formidable lady with a good sense of humour.John Butlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431562207747250402.post-28572835524358196632013-05-03T10:20:08.741+01:002013-05-03T10:20:08.741+01:00Thanks Pat, for that recollection, and very charac...Thanks Pat, for that recollection, and very characteristic anecdote (I'm sure I've heard her make similar remarks about suitable attire in the field!).<br /><br />Meanwhile I've drafted an academic obituary for Alison and others based on this have begun to appear:<br /><br />*Oxford Mail* (Thursday 18 April 2013):<br />http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/community/obituaries/obits/Martin Walshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861269342303762201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-431562207747250402.post-37602506461392168082013-03-22T08:40:25.682+00:002013-03-22T08:40:25.682+00:00I met Alison on arrival in Tanzania to start my Ph...I met Alison on arrival in Tanzania to start my Ph.D. fieldwork in 1965. I asked her for her advice on fieldwork: 'You'd better get some more suitable clothes' she said, looking disapprovingly at my (fairly short) dress. 'Get a full long skirt, that way you can sit on the ground decently'. I did so. Although I subsequently bumped into her a few times at the University in Dar, Pat Caplanhttp://www.gold.ac.uk/anthropology/pat.-caplan/noreply@blogger.com