Royal Anthropological Institute Fellowship in Urgent Anthropology

Further details on the publications by these fellows may be found at our Urgent Anthropology Funds page.

Past and continuing Fellows

2007: Dr Dario Novellino; topic ‘Enabling the “indigenous voice”: beyond technocratic solutions to forest conservation on Palawan Island (the Philippines)’

2005: Dr Mark Jamieson; topic 'Language and identity among the Sumu people of the Rio Siquia, eastern Nicaragua'

2004: Dr Emma Gilberthorpe; topic 'Living with Oil: the impact of resource development in Papau New Guinea'

2003: Dr Rogaia Abusharaf; topic 'The impact of Arabization and Islamization on identity and self-hood among the Southern Sudan's indigenous peoples'

2002: Dr Ananda Rajah; topic 'Karen refugees in Thailand'

2001: Dr. Noriko Sato; topic 'Syrian Orthodox Christians'

2000 and ongoing: Professor Alan MacFarlane; topic 'Digital processing of anthropological information'

2000: Dr. Christopher Duncan; topic 'The Halmahera of Indonesia'

1999: Dr. Veronica Strang; topic 'Aboriginality in North Queensland'

1999: Dr Bartholomew Dean: the Urarina in the Peruvian Amazon

1998: Dr. Cai Hua produced a video Daba/Na Shaman on the revival of religion among the southwest China. This is now available in the RAI Film and Video Lending Library and for sale in the International Video Lending Library. The Study Guide is available on-line here.

1996: Dr. Stuart Kirsch; topic 'Resisting the Mind: the Yonggom and the World  System'

1995: Dr. Roxanne P. Hakim; topic 'The resettlement experiences of a Vasava Bhil community affected by the Sardar Saroval (Narmada) Dam Project in western India'