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Christopher Ball is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, serving as Director of Graduate Studies. His research focuses on language, semiotics, and the political economy of communication, with extensive fieldwork among the Wauja people of Brazil's Upper Xingu. His work examines how indigenous groups leverage traditional linguistic and visual forms in political outreach and territorialization.
Education:
- Ph.D. (Anthropology & Linguistics), University of Chicago, 2007
- M.A. Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2003
- B.A. Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1996
- Diploma Hispanic Studies, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, 1991
Research Interests: Language in cultural context, ritual and kinship, visual culture, performativity, possession and exchange, indigeneity, primitivism, and photography. His current work emphasizes multimodal communication and the interplay between linguistic and visual modalities.
Professional Activities: Advises on Wauja community projects involving ritual, development, and territorialization. Active in publishing and theoretical development bridging fieldwork with broader anthropological discourse.
