Election statement: The value of EASA speaking across borders and against nationalist and separatist forces has probably never been so important as it is now. I hope to make a more inclusive, creatively diverse, and socially relevant agenda for anthropology. I have conducted research in India and Britain on popular religion, visual and digital anthropology, gender, race/ethnicity, migration, censorship, nuclear power, environment and health, social movements, and sustainable cultures. I was formerly Treasurer for the Association of Social Anthropologists (2007-2012), and co-organised the annual anthropology conference with Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. I was Chair of the World Council of Anthropological Associations Ethics Taskforce (2013-2016) and continue to play a part in promoting and collaborating with scholars in the global south. I seek to make anthropology more visible to those in other disciplines and outside the academy, having produced ethnographic films based on my research interests that combine my work in culturally diverse theatre.
Nominating member: Paolo Favero (University of Antwerp). Supporting member: Jon Mitchell (University of Sussex).