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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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Peter Bellwood

Peter Bellwood is an Australian archaeologist and anthropologist known for research on the prehistory of Island Southeas...

Contemporary Migration Southeast Asia Archaeology

8.7 Great

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Philippe Descola

Philippe Descola is a prominent French anthropologist who succeeded Claude Lévi-Strauss at the Collège de France. He is...

Amazon France Anthropology Current

8.5 Great

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Sarah Hrdy

Sarah Hrdy is an American anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, and primatologist whose research revolutionized the...

American Primatology Biological Current

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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Arturo Escobar

Arturo Escobar is a Colombian-American anthropologist and a foundational figure in postdevelopment theory. He is best kn...

Development Political Anthropology Colombia

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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Bruce Albert

Bruce Albert is a French anthropologist and research director at the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) a...

France Brazil Anthropology Current

7.9 Good

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Katherine Verdery

Katherine Verdery is an American anthropologist recognized for her extensive ethnographic and historical research on Rom...

American Romania Cultural Current

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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Elizabeth Povinelli

Elizabeth Povinelli is an American anthropologist and academic who has served as a professor at Columbia University. Her...

American Australia Indigenous Anthropology

7.8 Good

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Marisol de la Cadena

Marisol de la Cadena is a Peruvian anthropologist and academic whose work focuses on Andean ethnography. She is known fo...

Indigenous Peru Anthropology Andes

7.7 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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Ruth Behar

Ruth Behar is a Cuban American cultural anthropologist, poet, and writer who currently serves as a professor at the Univ...

American Cultural Cuba Current

7.6 Good

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Michael M. J. Fischer

Michael M. J. Fischer is an American anthropologist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is be...

American Science Cultural Iran

7.6 Good

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Patricia L. Crown

Patricia L. Crown is an American archaeologist and distinguished professor at the University of New Mexico, specializing...

American Archaeology Southwest Anthropology

7.4 Good

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Kirin Narayan

Kirin Narayan is an anthropologist and author whose academic work integrates ethnography with the literary study of stor...

Narrative American India Anthropology

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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Peggy Sanday

Peggy Reeves Sanday is an American anthropologist whose work examines gender, power, violence, and the organization of s...

American Anthropology Current Minangkabau

7.0 Good