swap_horiz Jean Briggs Alternatives

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James C. Scott

James C. Scott was an American political anthropologist and Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University....

American Resistance Political Anthropology

8.9 Great

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Audra Simpson

Audra Simpson is a Kahnawake Mohawk anthropologist and a leading scholar in Indigenous political anthropology. She is wi...

Canadian Indigenous Political Anthropology

8.1 Great

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Sally Engle Merry

Sally Engle Merry was an American anthropologist and a professor at New York University. Her research focused on legal a...

American Human Rights Legal Anthropology

8.0 Great

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Marc Auge

Marc Augé was a prominent French anthropologist and ethnologist who served as the director of the École des Hautes Étude...

France Urban Anthropology Modernity

7.8 Good

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Kim TallBear

Kim TallBear is a prominent Indigenous scholar and a professor at the University of Alberta, where she holds the Canada...

Canadian Science Indigenous Anthropology

7.8 Good

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Eduardo Kohn

Eduardo Kohn is a Canadian anthropologist and an associate professor at McGill University in Montreal. His ethnographic...

Amazon Canadian Anthropology Current

7.8 Good

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Tania Murray Li

Tania Murray Li is a prominent Canadian geographer and anthropologist who currently serves as a professor at the Univers...

Canadian Development Indonesia Anthropology

7.7 Good

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G. S. Ghurye

Govind Sadashiv Ghurye was a pioneering Indian academic recognized as a foundational figure in the fields of Indian soci...

India Sociology Anthropology Past

7.6 Good

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Wade Davis

Wade Davis is a Canadian cultural anthropologist and ethnobotanist whose work focuses on indigenous cultures, particular...

Canadian Public Ethnobotany Anthropology

7.4 Good

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Frances Densmore

Frances Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist dedicated to documenting and preserving Native Ame...

American Native American Anthropology Past

7.3 Good

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Irawati Karve

Irawati Karve was a prominent Indian anthropologist and sociologist who taught at Deccan College in Pune. She is recogni...

India Kinship Sociology Anthropology

7.3 Good

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Jane Ellen Harrison

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928) was a prominent British classical scholar and linguist who played a foundational role in...

British Ritual Anthropology Past

7.3 Good

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Robert Hertz

Robert Hertz was a French sociologist and anthropologist, closely associated with Émile Durkheim and the Année Sociologi...

France Anthropology Religion Past

7.2 Good

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Gladys Reichard

Gladys Reichard (1893-1955) was an American anthropologist and linguist who made significant contributions to the study...

American Anthropology Past Linguistic

7.2 Good

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Jesse Walter Fewkes

Jesse Walter Fewkes was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, and ethnologist whose research focused on Indigenous...

American Archaeology Southwest Anthropology

7.1 Good

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Beatrice Medicine

Beatrice Medicine was a Lakota anthropologist, educator, and author who specialized in Native American studies. Born at...

American Native American Anthropology Past

7.1 Good

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N. K. Bose

Nirmal Kumar Bose was an Indian anthropologist, sociologist, and Gandhian scholar whose work examined caste, tribal comm...

India Anthropology Tribal Past

7.0 Good

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S. C. Dube

S. C. Dube, or Shyama Charan Dube (1922-1996), was an Indian anthropologist and sociologist whose work examined rural an...

India Development Anthropology Past

6.9 Fair

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Ruth Underhill

Ruth Underhill was an American anthropologist known for research and writing on the Tohono O’odham, formerly called the...

American Applied Native American Anthropology

6.9 Fair

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Verrier Elwin

Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was a British-born anthropologist and ethnologist who studied the cultures and religious life...

India British Anthropology Tribal

6.8 Fair