Thomas Yarrow
@t_yarrow
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Anthropologist * Interested in things * often old, frequently built, sometimes both * professor @AnthDurham1, editor @TheJRAI.
Joined August 2014
My book with Sian Jones is out! . The Object of Conservation. Is an ethnography of heritage professionals and explores their role in shaping conservation objects.
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Loved archaeologist @roseferraby s series Earthworks, a beautiful, lyrical, quietly thoughtful meditation on materials, craft, time, the intimacy of absence and lots besides.
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RT @tracyireland4: Our new article on everyday heritage is just published open access! We explore what it means to think of heritage as an….
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In this paper, we explore what it means to link heritage to the everyday, how this has been framed in the field of heritage studies to date and how engagement with the everyday might generate futur...
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Weird how the wealthiest institution I've been a part of (a Cambridge University college, a long time ago) is the only one that regularly sends me begging letters.
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Still can't decide if the schadenfreude of Elon Musk losing however many tens of billions on twitter offsets the mild irritation that academics can no longer self promote, procrastinate and moan so effectively!.
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Seems like a bit of a deficit of the imagination if going to space is necessary to realise the beauty and fragility of earth etc.
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So close to tears this morning as I dropped off my son at his new (secondary) school in his too big, too new uniform, looking suddenly too grown-up to me and yet still too young amidst the throng of teenage bodies and attitude.
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I'm currently only brick-curious but these people are *serious*. I met a guy who drove 8 hours just for one particularly rare brick 🧱.
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Just been to my first brick swap. A fascinating scene and lovely group of people!
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RT @jamiesmart: Just a little reminder I’m going to pick a winner at random later today, so there’s still time to get in on it 👇.
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RT @MaxAnthropology: We are offering Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships! .For more information visit: https://t.co….
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Congratulations to Gabrielle Barkess-Kerr who just passed her viva with a terrific @AnthDurham1 ethnographic PhD on UK art curators. Thanks to @egorovayi and @JonasTinius for examining it so thoughtfuly! . (@pa_fortis and I are very pleased and proud supervisors).
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RT @NakaMookherjee: This was a tough volume to write and edit. Thank you to all those who have engaged, read, written about irreconciliatio….
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This is a really beautiful short film:.
Here is my new short film about the heritage of Romany Gypsies!. It’s about what you can see and what you can’t: the landscape that exists only in the eyes of those with the stories passed down to them. Written, filmed, and composed by me. ✌🏼❤️.
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RT @anthroencyclo: New article alert: Olga Ulturgasheva and Mally Stelmaszyk ". think about adaptive potentialities of uncertainty as a mo….
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RT @laura_j_fox: 🎉 Post doc alert 🎉.We are looking for someone with excellent ethnographic research experience and a clear commitment to am….
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RT @CrisShore: One reason why UK universities are in such a dire state is because they're increasingly being captured by management consult….
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