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J. Lorand Matory

Lawrence Richardson Distinguished Professor of Cultural Anthropology

Cultural Anthropology

jm217@duke.edu

Box 90091, Durham, NC 27708-0091

201C Friedl Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Office hours Thursdays: 1PM-3PM (20-minute intervals)

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Transforming Anthropology Podcast

Audio Recording January 1, 2018 https://soundcloud.com/transformanthro/j-lorand-matory-interview

"Stigma and Culture: Last-Place Anxiety in Black America"

Audio Recording May 16, 2016

Zombies Are Real: The Haitian and American Realities Behind the Myth

Film March 23, 2016 https://sacredart.caaar.duke.edu/content/zombies-are-real-haitian-and-american-realities-behind-myth

Lucumi Music: Dancing, Singing, and Drumming Black Divinity

Film March 5, 2015 Watch on YouTube

Zombies Are Real

Film January 1, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur7GYOHrW6g

A conversation with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Film January 14, 2014 Watch on YouTube

Global Affirmative Action in a Neoliberal Age

Film October 7, 2013 Watch on YouTube

Global Affirmative Action in a Neoliberal Age

Film January 1, 2013

Global Affrimation Action

Film January 1, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GiE-1rxiP8

Human Traffic Past And Present 1

Film August 17, 2012 Watch on YouTube

Can We Talk? Bridges Between the Humanities and Social Sciences

Film August 15, 2012 Watch on YouTube