Professor Daniel Miller FBA

Anthropology of Social Media and Digital Anthropology. Anthropological approaches to material culture including clothing and homes; the role of objects in relationships; the process of consumption and the study of commerce and value

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2008
Subjects: Anthropology
Sections: Culture, Media and Performance , Anthropology and Geography
Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropology/people/academic_staff/d_miller

Summary

Appointments: Professor of Material Culture, Department of Anthropology, University College London University College London (1995-) Principal publications: How the World Changed Social Media 2016. Social Media in an English Village 2016,. Stuff 2010 The Comfort of Things, 2008 A Theory of Shopping, 1998 Material Culture and Mass Consumption, 1987

Current post

Professor of Anthropology, University College London

Past appointments

University College London Professor of Anthropology

2017 -

University College London Professor of Material Culture, Department of Anthropology

1995 - 2017

Publications

The Comfort of Things

Published in 2008

A Theory of Shopping

Published in 1998

Material Culture and Mass Consumption

Published in 1987

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Robert J. Mayhew FBA

The interface of historical geography and intellectual history, in particular the intellectual history of British geography books, demography and migration, c 1660-1900

Professor Kirsten Hastrup FBA

The entanglement of natural & social histories in Iceland & Greenland; the anthropological contribution to climate change research; the history of Artic anthropology; the foundations of anthropological knowledge

Professor Katy Gardner FBA

Bangladeshi global migration; ageing, childhood, place and transnational migration amongst British Bangladeshis; anthropological approaches to development; gas extraction and CSR in Bangladesh; divorce and marriage mediation in Dhaka

Sign up to our email newsletters