Professor Philippe Descola FBA
The ethnology of Amazonian Indians, especially of their use and perception of the environment; the comparative anthropology of the relations between nature and society
- Fellow type
- International Fellow
- Year elected
- 2010
- Subjects
- Anthropology
- Sections
- Anthropology and Geography
Current post
Professor, Collège de France; Director of Studies, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Francis B Nyamnjoh FBA
Francis Nyamnjoh is a scholar of African Studies and Social Anthropology, specialising in media and communication, mobility, identity, citizenship and the politics of belonging, through the lens of incompleteness and conviviality.
Professor Laura Bear FBA
Anthropology of the economy, bureaucracy, infrastructures and time; effects of the COVID-19 pandemic; community co-produced policy with government organisations
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
