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Frederick Errington is an American cultural anthropologist known especially for collaborative ethnographic work with Deborah Gewertz. Their research examined social organization, exchange, class formation, economic change, and ideas of modernity in Papua New Guinea, including the effects of colonial and postcolonial institutions. His scholarship emphasizes how large political and economic transformations are interpreted and negotiated in everyday social life.
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Who did Frederick Errington collaborate with in Papua New Guinea research?
Frederick Errington collaborated with anthropologist Deborah Gewertz. Their work examined social stratification, modernization, and changing class relations in Papua New Guinea from the 1970s onward.
What part of Papua New Guinea did Frederick Errington study?
Errington and Deborah Gewertz are associated with research on the Chambri people of the East Sepik region. Their studies used that setting to analyze broader changes caused by colonialism, markets, and modernization.
What does Frederick Errington mean by studying social stratification?
Social stratification refers to how wealth, status, power, and access to opportunities become divided within a society. In his Papua New Guinea research, the subject was linked to the emergence of new social classes and modern institutions.
Is Frederick Errington a historian or an anthropologist?
Frederick Errington is an American cultural anthropologist. His work with Deborah Gewertz used long-term ethnographic research to interpret social and economic change in Papua New Guinea.
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