Research

Arjun Appadurai is a socio-cultural anthropologist with specializations in globalization, public culture, and urban studies. His major accomplishment has been the construction of anthropological frameworks for the study of global media, consumption, and migration. His current work focuses on poverty, violence, and social inclusion in mega-cities with a special focus on Mumbai (India).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Library Research, Indian Office Library and British Museum, London, 1974, 1977.

Ethnographic and archival research in Madras, India, Summer 1977 and 1973-74.

Fieldwork in rural Maharashtra State, India, 1981-82.

Fieldwork in Madras, Bombay and Delhi, Winter 1986 and Winter 1988 (short-term).

Fieldwork in Bombay, Winter 1995-96, Fall 1997, Spring 1998.

Fieldwork in India, South Africa, Philippines, 1999 – present