Areas of postgraduate supervision

 

Postgraduate research supervision can be offered in most areas of social anthropology, but we have particular expertise in the areas listed below. Our research pages contain more details. A number of our postgraduates also have a supervisor in another Department in Aberdeen, such as History, Religious Studies, Geography, Linguistics or Archaeology.

Anthropology of the North

Colonial Histories and Indigenous Rights: Rob Wishart, Nancy Wachowich, Tanya Argounova-Low

 

Paths, Roads and Mobility: Tanya Argounova-Low,  Tim Ingold, Arnar Árnason

Nomadism and Reindeer Herding: Tanya Argounova-Low, Tim Ingold

 

Beauty from the North: Arnar Árnason, Tanya Argounova-Low, Tim Ingold, Alex King, Nancy Wachowich, Rob Wishart

 

Home, Hearth and Household in the Circumpolar North: Rob Wishart, Tim Ingold

 

Narrative, Knowledge, Time and Memory: Arnar Árnason  Alex King, Nancy Wachowich, Tanya Argounova-Low

 

Environment

Environmental Anthropology and Nature Conservation: Rob Wishart, Andrew Whitehouse, Jo Vergunst, Arnar Árnason

 

Human-Animal Relations: Maggie Bolton, Andrew Whitehouse, Tim Ingold

 

Anthropological Perspectives on Energy: Rob Wishart, James Leach, Maggie Bolton, Tim Ingold

 

The Perception of the Environment: Andrew Whitehouse, Tim Ingold, Jo Vergunst

 

Creativity and Knowledge

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture: Tim Ingold, Jo Vergunst, Alison Brown

 

Craft, Skill, Improvisation and Performance: Tim Ingold, James Leach, Tania Argounova-Low, Jo Vergunst  

 

Indigenous Media, Oral Traditions and the Making of Culture: Nancy Wachowich, Alex King, Alison Brown

 

Knowledge Production, Creativity and Intellectual Property: James Leach, Tim Ingold

 

Museums, Collections and Material Histories: Alison Brown, Neil Curtis, Nancy Wachowich

 

Design Anthropology: Tim Ingold, James Leach, Maggie Bolton

Science, Technology and Medicine: Maggie Bolton, James Leach, Arnar Árnason

 

Lines, Drawing and Inscription: Tim Ingold, Jo Vergunst

 

Anthropology and Dance: James Leach, Alex King, Tim Ingold

 

Religion, Politics and Practice

Ritual and Politics in the Contemporary World: Johan Rasanayagam, Martin Mills, Alex King, Arnar Árnason

Religion, Belief and Practice in Islam: Johan Rasanagayam

Religion, State and Landscape in Tibet: Martin Mills

Ritual Communication and Shamanic Cosmologies: Alex King

 

Death, Monuments and Memorials: Arnar Árnason

 

Social and Cultural Processes

Politics and the State: Martin Mills, Arnar Árnason

Post-Socialist Societies: Johan Rasanagayam, Alex King

Morality: Johan Rasanayagam, Martin Mills

 

Language, Society and Identity: Alex King, Nancy Wachowich

 

Evolutionary Theory: Martin Mills, Tim Ingold

 

Phenomenological Perspectives on Place and Landscape: Tim Ingold, Jo Vergunst, Andrew Whitehouse

 

Memory and Forgetting: Arnar Árnason  

 

Regional Anthropology

The North: Rob Wishart, Nancy Wachowich, Alex King, Tim Ingold, Alison Brown, Tanya Argounova-Low, Arnar Árnason

The Andes: Maggie Bolton

Central Asia: Johan Rasanagayam

Tibet: Martin Mills

Scotland: Jo Vergunst, Andrew Whitehouse, Rob Wishart, Alison Brown

Melanesia: James Leach