Pat Caplan
Professor
Anthropology
Goldsmiths University of London
United Kingdom
Biography
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology Professor Caplan was one of the founding members of the Anthropology Department at Goldsmiths. She taught in the department from 1977-2002, as well as at other universities in the UK, USA, Canada and South Africa
Research Interest
Current projects Research on food banks in UK Past projects UK Concepts of Healthy Eating (in the UK) Phase I (Lewisham) Phase II (West Wales) All of the data from the ESRC food projects have now been archived in the ESDS ESRC Qualidata Archive. Tanzania Local Understandings of Global Processes: Food as a Vehicle of and Metaphor for Modernity on Mafia Island Individual biography and national history A website on and for Mafia Island, Tanzania Historical photo gallery of Mafia Island Writing a historical biography of a man from Mafia Island, Tanzania Archiving of textual, photographic and audio material from Mafia Island, Tanzania' for the British Library (Digital archive of music recordings made on Mafia Island in the 1960s - pdf) and the School of Oriental and African Studies Digital archive of music recordings made on Mafia Island in the 1960s India Changes in Food Consumption Patterns in Middle-Class Households in Chennai (Madras), India Nepal Photo gallery of pictures from the Far Western Hills of Nepal, taken in 1969
Publications
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Class and Gender in India: Women and their Organisations in a South Indian City Caplan, Pat. 1985. Class and Gender in India: Women and their Organisations in a South Indian City. London: Tavistock Publications. ISBN 978-0422799706
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‘Mikidadi wa Mafia: maisha ya mwanaharakati na familia yake nchini Tanzania’ (Mikidadi of Mafia: the life of an activist and his family in Tanzania). Caplan, Pat. 2014. ‘Mikidadi wa Mafia: maisha ya mwanaharakati na familia yake nchini Tanzania’ (Mikidadi of Mafia: the life of an activist and his family in Tanzania). Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota Press. ISBN 978-9987082957
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Mikidadi: individual biography and national history in Tanzania Caplan, Pat. 2016. Mikidadi: individual biography and national history in Tanzania. Sean Kingston Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907774-48-5
