Public Scholarship

Be the anthropology you want to see in the world.

I believe any scholar has a duty to share their research and participate in public discourse. But especially the anthropologist. This can take many forms. (I’ve tried lots.)

Genres of public communication

Michael Warner describes a “public” as an imagined community that is also a relationship among strangers. With nothing else in common except our shared language, ideas, and images, public discourse is where we overcome that estrangement. Where we come to know ourselves collectively. In other words, this is a job for anthropology.

Below are links to a few different forms of public communication where I have tried to share my research, including media coverage, interviews, op-eds, and original videos and podcasts I have co-produced.

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