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D.Phil. Social Anthropology University of Sussex 1977
M.Phil. Social Anthropology University of Sussex 1968
Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology
Associate Fellow of the Institute for the Study of the Americas
Research Interests
- The anthropology of the body, gender and sexuality
- Cultural dimensions of biotechnology
- The politics of knowledge, history, and identity in Latin America (particularly Mexico)
Previous Research
The cultural meaning of genetic knowledge: The research analyses the significance of new forms of biological knowledge for cultural conceptions of the person, the individual and the citizen.
Imagining the past the future in the contemporary 'Maya World': The project explores the re-interpretation of the past in South-Eastern Mexico, particularly the Yucatan Peninsula. It examines struggles for the control of new forms of knowledge and the ways in which local and regional identities are being visualised, expressed and repositioned.
Households and public goods in low-income countries (UNU/WIDER) 1997-1998
Changing concepts of the body and reproduction 1990-present
Community and State in Catalunya (with University of Barcelona , British Council) 1988-90
Gender, work and the household 1980-92
Migration and gender relations in Mexico 1978-80
Transformation and change in marginal areas of Europe 1968-77
Present and previous teaching
Critical Issues in Anthropological Theory
Current Issues in the Study of Gender and Sexuality
Anthropological Research Methods
Latin American Ethnography
Kinship and Social Organisation
Gender and Development
Introduction to Social Anthropology
Urban Anthropology