RICHARD WILK, Indiana University
Richard Wilk is Provost Professor of anthropology at Indiana University, where he runs the Food Studies program. He has also taught at the University of California and New Mexico State, and has held visiting positions at University College London, Gothenburg University, the University of Marseille and Birkbeck College. His initial research on the cultural ecology of indigenous Mayan rainforest farming and family organization in Belize was followed by work on consumer culture and sustainable consumption, energy consumption, globalization, television, and food. Much of his recent work has turned towards the history of food, the linkages between tourism and sustainable development, and the origin of modern consumer culture. His publications include more than 150 papers and book chapters, a textbook in Economic Anthropology, two monographs and several edited volumes, His most recent books are Time, Consumption, and Everyday Life (with Elizabeth Shove and Frank Trentmann) and “Rice and Beans,” (with Livia Barbosa).
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