Beyond nature and culture

Tim Ingold in Uruguay, 17-19 October 2011

Tim Ingold, an anthropologist from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, will be visiting Uruguay from October 17 to the 19th. The visit is part of an academic tour of the Southern Cone with the purpose of sharing his research and ideas in ecological anthropology with representatives of the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. His visit is possible thanks to the collaboration between the University of the Republic, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Federal University of Minas Gerais.

Program of activities open to the public *

Monday, October 17 at 5:00 pm. Open Conference and Discussions. Title: DESIGNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR LIFE, CURE. Maldonado

Tuesday, October 18 – 10:00 am Open class for undergraduate and graduate students. Theme: THEORETICAL TRENDS IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. Interdisciplinary Space, Udelar.

Open class for undergraduate and graduate students. Theme: THE PERCEPTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: MOVEMENT, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, Espacio Interdisciplinario, Udelar.

Wednesday, October 19 at 7:00 pm Open Conference and debate. Title: ANTHROPOLOGY: THE STUDY OF HUMAN BECOMINGS. Auditorium, Facultad de Humanidades, Udelar

Information about Tim Ingold

Tim Ingold (1948) earned his university degrees in anthropology at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. For his doctoral thesis he studied the Saami reindeer breeders in Lapland, Finland. He taught at the universities of Helsinki, Cambridge and Manchester and he is a Max Gluckman Professor. Early 2000, he moved to Scotland, where he founded the Department of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen in 2002.

He was editor of “Man,” the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, from 1990 to 1992. He has written and edited more than a dozen books, the most recent titled “Being Alive: Essays on Movement, Knowledge and Description” (London; Routledge , 2011); “Lines: a Brief History” (London: Routledge, 2007); With E. Hallam, “Creativity and Cultural Improvisation” (Oxford: Berg, 2007); “The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill” (London: Routledge, 2000 – second edition 2010). He has lectured in Sweden, Iceland, the United States, Japan, Spain and Brazil, among other countries.

He is an expert in the culture of the Arctic Circle, and his theoretical interests are ecological anthropology and psychology, a comparative study between hunters and pastoralists, human-animal relations, theories of evolution in anthropology, biology and history; the relations between biological, psychological and anthropological approaches to cultural and social life; the perception of the environment; language, technology and practical skills; connections between anthropology, archeology, art and architecture; anthropology of the line and movement.