Fredrik Barth

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human social anthropologist

Fredrik Barth was a prominent Norwegian social anthropologist known for his influential work on ethnicity, social organization, and the dynamics of cultural boundaries.

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Fredrik Barth canonical 1
Maurice Bloch 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
social anthropologist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in anthropology ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-12-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-01-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Emory University NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
University of Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Barth NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology of South Asia ⓘ
anthropology of the Middle East ⓘ
economic anthropology ⓘ
ethnicity studies ⓘ
political anthropology ⓘ
social anthropology ⓘ
givenName Fredrik NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor analysis of cultural boundaries ⓘ
processual approaches in anthropology ⓘ
studies of social organization ⓘ
theory of ethnic groups and boundaries ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Norwegian NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Fredrik Barth NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality Norwegian ⓘ
notableWork Balinese Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ethnic Groups and Boundaries NERFINISHED ⓘ
Models of Social Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nomads of South Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Political Leadership among Swat Pathans NERFINISHED ⓘ
Process and Form in Social Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld founding professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen ⓘ
professor of social anthropology ⓘ
researchFocus boundary maintenance between groups ⓘ
ecological relationships in social systems ⓘ
ethnic identity as a social process ⓘ
micro-level social interaction ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied Balinese society ⓘ
Basseri nomads in Iran ⓘ
Kurds in the Middle East ⓘ
Pathans in Swat, Pakistan ⓘ

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Huxley Memorial Medal → notableRecipient → Fredrik Barth ⓘ
Huxley Memorial Medal → notableRecipient → Fredrik Barth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maurice Bloch