PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Theoretical Interests  --  I have a broad interest in cultural and social theory and the history of anthropology, split between studies in political economy and critical theory on the one hand, and symbolic and interpretive approaches on the other.  My primary focus is on critical cultural hermeneutics, the relation of meaning and value formation, and the relation of language, practice, and embodiment.  For my doctoral candidacy I was examined on contemporary cultural theory.

Topical Interests  --  My topical interests center on anthropological political economy; political ecology; language and culture (the ethnography of speaking); the anthropology of work and labor; the anthropology of actually existing capitalism and socialism; systems of difference: race, gender, sexuality, and class; and economic anthropology.  for my doctoral candidacy I was examined on anthropological political economy.

Geographic Areas of Interest  --  My primary area of interest is North America, focusing on the American West, western Canada, and northern Mexico.  I also have peripheral interests in the anthropology of Europe (my doctoral candidacy exams were on the anthropology of Europe) and the anthropology of Africa.

 

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