The ethnology of Amazonian Indians, especially of their use and perception of the environment; the comparative anthropology of the relations between nature and society
Emma Tarlo's research interests are anthropology of material culture with reference to the politics of dress in India, the emergence of Islamic fashion in Britain and Europe and the global trade in human hair; and anthropological non-fiction writing and exhibition curation.
Archaeology and heritage of Africa and the Indian Ocean; archaeology, material culture, anthropological notions of value and identity, medieval empires and trade
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