will be given by
Professor Bruce Kapferer, University of Bergen
Friday 16 December 2011, 5.30pm, in the Stevenson Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
The event is free, but places must be booked. Please email Amanda Vinson on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to book your place.
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Abstract:
A discussion of the history and contemporary place of the exotic in anthropology. The lecture addresses the question of the centrality of the exotic in anthropological analysis and its role in the distinctive contributions of the discipline.

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