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E. E. Evans-Pritchard

E. E. Evans-Pritchard was a prominent British social anthropologist recognized for his extensive ethnographic studies of...

Social British Africa Religion

9.2 Excellent

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Eduardo Viveiros de Castro

Eduardo Viveiros de Castro is a Brazilian anthropologist and a leading figure in contemporary Amazonian ethnology. He is...

Contemporary Amazonia Brazil Ontology

8.9 Great

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Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer (1959–2022) was an American medical anthropologist and physician who dedicated his career to providing healt...

Contemporary Applied Medical Poverty

8.8 Great

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Anna Tsing

Anna Tsing is an American anthropologist whose research explores the intersections of globalization, ecology, and capita...

Contemporary Ecology Globalization Fungus

8.8 Great

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Lila Abu-Lughod

Lila Abu-Lughod (born 1952) is an American anthropologist known for ethnographic research on Bedouin communities in Egyp...

Contemporary Emotion Media Middle East

8.6 Great

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James Ferguson

James Ferguson was an American anthropologist whose work analyzed development institutions, globalization, and inequalit...

Contemporary Development Political Africa

8.5 Great

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Saba Mahmood

Saba Mahmood (1962–2018) was a Pakistani-born anthropologist whose work examined secular governance, religious practice,...

Contemporary Feminist Egypt Islam

8.5 Great

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Stanley Tambiah

Stanley Tambiah (1929–2014) was a Sri Lankan-born anthropologist who taught at the University of Chicago. His work on Th...

Southeast Asia Buddhism Ritual Late 20TH

8.4 Great

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Timothy Ingold

Timothy Ingold is a British anthropologist, born in 1948, who taught at the University of Aberdeen where he established...

Contemporary Theory Environment British

8.4 Great

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Didier Fassin

Didier Fassin is a French social anthropologist and physician currently serving at the Institute for Advanced Study in P...

Contemporary Humanitarianism Medical Africa

8.4 Great

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Daniel Miller

Daniel Miller is a British anthropologist who taught at University College London and helped establish material culture...

Contemporary Theory Material Culture Consumption

8.2 Great

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Richard Wrangham

Richard Wrangham is a British primatologist and biological anthropologist who serves as the Ruth B. Moore Professor of B...

Contemporary North America Primatology Chimpanzee

8.2 Great

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Frans de Waal

Frans de Waal (1948–2024) was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist who served as C. H. Candler Professor of Pri...

Contemporary Evolutionary Empathy Primatology

8.2 Great

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Ann Stoler

Ann Stoler is an American anthropologist who has served as a professor at The New School for Social Research and the Uni...

Contemporary Southeast Asia Colonial North America

8.2 Great

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James George Frazer

James George Frazer (1854–1941) was a Scottish social anthropologist and classical scholar best known for The Golden Bou...

Social Comparative British Religion

8.2 Great

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Elinor Ochs

Elinor Ochs is an American linguistic anthropologist and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, recogni...

Contemporary Academic North America Linguistic

8.1 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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Webb Keane

Webb Keane is an American anthropologist who currently serves as a professor at the University of Michigan. He is widely...

Contemporary Theory Religion Semiotics

7.8 Good

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Birgit Meyer

Birgit Meyer is a German professor of religious studies at Utrecht University, known for her extensive anthropological r...

Contemporary Media Africa Sensory

7.8 Good

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Joel Robbins

Joel Robbins is an American anthropologist who holds the Social Anthropology chair at the University of Cambridge. He is...

Contemporary Theory Religion Christianity

7.7 Good