Orin Starn | Scholars@Duke

Orin Starn
Professor of Cultural Anthropology

Orin Starn is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and History. His interests include technology and internet studies; social movements and indigenous politics, sports and society;cultural theory and the history of anthropology; Latin America; Latinx experience; Europe; Native America. See www.orinstarn.com for more information.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005
Professor of History, History, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014
Bass Fellow, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011

Contact Information

205 Friedl, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90091, Durham, NC 27708-0091
ostarn@duke.edu (919) 717-7090
http://www.OrinStarn.com

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Stanford University 1989
- B.A., The University of Chicago 1982
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Chair in the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2018
- Chair in the Department of Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2008 - 2014
- Sally Dalton Robinson Professor of Cultural Anthropology in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2010 - 2011
- Sally Dalton Robinson Professor of Cultural Anthropology in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005 - 2010
- Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1999 - 2005
- Assistant Professor, Cultural Anthropology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1992 - 1998
Recognition
In the News
- APR 28, 2022 Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
  
  Black in Blue: Race and Sports at Duke and Beyond
- MAY 3, 2019 Duke University Medium
  
  Orin Starn on the New Normal in Latin America: Out With Dictators, In With Smart Phones
- APR 15, 2019
  
  On the Trail of the Shining Path
- APR 15, 2019 Duke University Press
  
  Why Tiger Woods' Masters Triumph Brought So Many to Tears
- MAR 25, 2019
  
  Spring Books: Adventures in Artificial Intelligence, Peruvian Guerrillas, Snow Leopards and More
- JUL 18, 2016 Newsday
  
  Athletes no longer afraid to speak out on social issues
- MAY 19, 2016 KJZZ-Phoenix
  
  Grand marshals on parade: How a practical job became an honor
- JUL 14, 2015 The Guardian
  
  Orin Starn quoted: America's new soccer fans -- why the children of immigrants are cheering USA
- JAN 7, 2015
  
  Photo Exhibit Captures Struggles of Durham’s Housecleaners
- DEC 8, 2014 The Washington Post
  
  Orin Starn comments: After Ferguson, Staten Island, Cleveland, athletes are becoming activists again
- NOV 20, 2014 WBTW-Myrtle Beach
  
  Orin Starn comments: UNC-Pembroke holds forum to discuss American Indian mascot controversy
- SEP 26, 2014 The Washington Times
  
  Orin Starn comments: As controversy swirls around NFL, it's business as usual
- JUL 14, 2014 The Christian Science Monitor
  
  Orin Starn comments: From Sterling to Bundy, how to respond when speech offends?
- JUN 27, 2014 BBC
  
  Orin Starn: Biting, butting, spitting ... what is football's deadliest sin?
- JUN 11, 2014
  
  News Tip: O.J. Chase Birthed First Contemporary Celebrity Scandal, Expert Says
Awards & Honors
- Traditional Fulbright Scholarship. Council for International Exchange of Scholars. 2006
- Fellow. National Humanities Center. 2001
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - Peru (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship awarded by American Council of Learned Societies 2016 - 2017
- Wartime Stories in the Andes awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation 1995
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Starn, Orin, and Miguel La Serna. The Shining Path Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes. W. W. Norton, 2019.
  - Starn, Orin, ed. Writing Culture and the Life of Anthropology, 2015.
  - Starn, O. The Passion of Tiger Woods: An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal. Duke University Press, 2012.
  - Starn, O., and M de la Cadena. Indigenous Experience Today, Translated into Spanish as "Indigeneidadas Contemporaneas: Cultura, Politca, y Globalizacion" (Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2010). Berg, 2006.
  - Starn, O., and O. et. al. The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics (Revised and Expanded Editon). Duke University Press, 2005.
  - Starn, O. Ishi’s Brain: In Search of America’s Last "Wild" Indian. W.W. Norton, 2004.
  - Starn, O. Nightwatch: The Politics of Protest in the Andes. Duke University Press, 1999.
  - Starn, O., and R. Fox. Between Resistance and Revolution: Cultural Politics and Social Movements. Rutgers University Press, 1997.
  - Starn, O., Carlos Iván Degregori, José Coronel, and Poniano del Pino. Las Rondas Compesinas y la Derrota de Sendero Luminoso. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos/UNSCH, 1996.
- Academic Articles
  - Starn, O. “Anthropology and the misery of writing.” American Anthropologist 124, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 187–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13677.
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  - Starn, O. “Transnational fiesta: Twenty years later, Wilton Martinez and Paul Gelles (2017).” Crossings 9, no. 2 (October 1, 2018): 295–96. https://doi.org/10.1386/cjmc.9.2.295_5.
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  - Jones, G. M., R. Flamenbaum, M. Buyandelger, G. Downey, O. Starn, C. Laserna, S. Kelkar, C. Rouse, and T. Looser. “Anthropology in and of MOOCs.” American Anthropologist 116, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 829–38. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.12143.
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  - Starn, O. “Writing culture at 25: Special editor's introduction.” Cultural Anthropology 27, no. 3 (August 1, 2012): 411–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1360.2012.01150.x.
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  - Starn, O. “Introduction to Special Issue 'Writing Culture at 25'.” Cultural Anthropology 27, no. 3 (2012): 411–16.
  - Starn, O. “Here Come The Anthros (Again): The Strange Marriage Of Anthropology And Native America.” Cultural Anthropology 26, no. 2 (May 1, 2011): 179–204. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-1360.2011.01094.x.
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  - Starn, O. “Caddying for the dalai lama: Golf, heritage tourism, and the Pinehurst resort.” South Atlantic Quarterly 105, no. 2 (December 1, 2006): 447–63. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-105-2-447.
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  - Starn, O., and N. Bar. “An interview with Richard G. Fox.” Current Anthropology 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2006): 155–63. https://doi.org/10.1086/498956.
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  - Rockafellar, Nancy, and Orin Starn. “Ishi's Brain.” Current Anthropology 40, no. 4 (August 1999): 413–16. https://doi.org/10.1086/200038.
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  - Starn, Orin. “To Revolt against the Revolution: War and Resistance in Peru's Andes.” Cultural Anthropology 10, no. 4 (November 1995): 547–80. https://doi.org/10.1525/can.1995.10.4.02a00040.
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  - Starn, Orin, Olivia Harris, David Nugent, Stephen Nugent, Benjamin S. Orlove, S. P. Reyna, and Gavin Smith. “Rethinking the Politics of Anthropology: The Case of the Andes [and Comments and Reply].” Current Anthropology 35, no. 1 (February 1994): 13–38. https://doi.org/10.1086/204233.
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  - Starn, O. “Algunas Palabras Finales.” Allpanchis 39 (1992): 123–30.
  - Starn, O. “Congreso Rondero: Los Nuevos caminos de las rondas.” Quehacer 71 (1991): 58–61.
  - Starn, O. “Noches de Rondas: Por las serranías del norte.” Quehacer 69 (1991): 76–93.
  - Starn, O. “reply to Sady.” American Ethnologist 14, no. 3 (January 1, 1987): 562–63. https://doi.org/10.1525/ae.1987.14.3.02a00110.
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  - Starn, O. “Reply to Sady.” American Ethnologist 14 (1987): 149–50.
  - Starn, O. “In the Magical Land of MOOCs.” American Anthropologist 114, no. 4 (n.d.): 7–8.
- Book Sections
  - Starn, O. “Ishi’s Spanish Words.” In Ishi in Three Centuries, edited by Karl Kroeber and Clifton Kroeber. University of Nebraska Press, 2003.
  - Starn, O. “Villagers at Arms: War and Counterrevolution in Peru’s Andes.” In Between Revolution and Resistance, edited by Richard G. Fox and Orin Starn. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
  - Starn, O. “'I Dreamed of Foxes and Hawks': Peasant Protest, New Social Movements and the Rondas Campesinas of Norther Peru.” In The Making of Social Movements in Latin America, edited by Arturo Escobar and Sonia Alvarez, 89–111. Boulder: Westview Press, 1992.
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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

In the News

Awards & Honors

Global Scholarship

Expertise

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Books

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Recent Courses

Presentations & Appearances