Overview
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
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2005 - Present
Cultural Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of History
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2010 - Present
History,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society
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2014 - Present
Duke Science & Society,
University Initiatives & Academic Support Units
Bass Fellow
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2011 - Present
Cultural Anthropology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
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Journal Article Anthropology and Humanism · December 1, 2023 This poem for the “hundreds” in honor of Kathleen Stewart is about anthropology, life and death, and doing fieldwork in an Amazon.com warehouse. ... Full text CiteBeyond the Gonzalo Mystique: Challenges to Abimael Guzmn's Leadership inside Peru's Shining Path, 1982-1992
Journal Article Latin American Research Review · January 1, 2023 From the moment it launched its armed insurgency in 1980 until the death of its former leader in September 2021, Peru's Shining Path mesmerized observers. The Maoist group had a well-established reputation as a personality cult whose members were fanatical ... Full text CiteAnthropology and the misery of writing
Journal Article American Anthropologist · March 1, 2022 We have had much excited talk about experimental ethnography and new genres of writing. Much of it acknowledges the difficulties of putting words to page. But few of the many reflections and meditations about ethnography really delve into the self-destroyi ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Unionizing Amazon: The Difficulties of Labor Organizing in the 21st Century Economy
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2024 - 2025ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowship
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Council of Learned Societies · 2016 - 2017Wartime Stories in the Andes
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation · 1995 - 1995View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Stanford University ·
1989
Ph.D.
The University of Chicago ·
1982
B.A.