Author Description

This anthology provides fresh and original insights into the lives and work of some of the world's leading anthropologists today. The work looks at theoretical reflections over what public anthropology in our time may be, the audiences it may address, and how to put a program of public anthropology into actual practice. It features conversations with anthropologists such as Didier Fassin, John L. and Jean Comaroff, Claudio Lomnitz, David Price, Magnus Marsden, Richard Ashby Wilson, John R. Bowen and Matti Bunzl.