Paul Manning
Keywords : Landscape Linguistic anthropology anthropology and history semiotics (the study of signs) cartoons urban anthropology anthropology of romance anthropology of politics liberalism and neo-liberalism colonialism anthropology of technology nature mining and anthropology of the preternatural (fairies pixies monsters occultism theosophy).
Country : Canada
Organization : Trent University
Department : Department of Anthropology
Academia edu : http://trentu.academia.edu/PaulManning
Biography :
Paul Manning
Associate Professor
Office: CC E1.3
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 x 7271
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Education
Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Chicago, 2001
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Research Interests
Linguistic anthropology, anthropology and history, semiotics (the study of signs), cartoons, urban anthropology, anthropology of romance, anthropology of politics, liberalism and neo-liberalism, colonialism, anthropology of technology, nature, mining, landscape, and anthropology of the preternatural (fairies, pixies, monsters, occultism, theosophy).
Profile
Professor Paul Manning received his PhD in linguistics from the University of Chicago in 2001. He has taught anthropology at Northern Illinois University, Reed College, and Bard College. His research focuses on linguistic and semiotic anthropology in Europe (Wales) and Eurasia (Georgia). He has done fieldwork on Welsh speaking populations in Wales, Argentina and on Georgian speaking populations in Georgia and Russia.
About the picture. Khevsur (mountain Georgian) children in the village of Khakhmati, Khevsureti, one of the highest villages in Europe. (Fieldwork, 2002)