SOAS University of London

Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Benjamin Bowles

  • Overview
  • Teaching
  • Research
  • Publications

Overview

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Department of Anthropology and Sociology

Senior Teaching Fellow

Name:
Dr Benjamin Bowles
Email address:
Address:
SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:
Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:
569
Academic Support Hours:
Tuesdays 10.00-12.30

Teaching

Research

PhD fieldwork conducted with itinerant boat-dwellers (Boaters) on the waterways of South East England.

Further research as Research Assistant to Prof. Laura Bear (LSE) examined maritime infrastructural financing and global port ownership. 

Thematic interests include: 

  • Anthropology of the state, particularly relating to techniques of enclosure.
  • Anthropology of travelling peoples in the neoliberal state.
  • Dwelling and enskillment.
  • Temporality.
  • The construction of community. 
  • Non-heirarchical political structures. 

Publications

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