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Ira Bashkow is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia's College of Arts & Sciences. He holds a BA from Harvard University and MA/PhD from the University of Chicago. His research focuses on cultural constructions of modernity, race studies, and the anthropology of corporations. He is currently writing The Corporate Form, redefining corporate agency through cultural frameworks. Bashkow's fieldwork in Papua New Guinea explores Orokaiva and Arapesh communities' perceptions of development and colonial legacies.
His teaching spans undergraduate courses like 'The Concept of Culture' and graduate seminars on social theory and ethnographic methods. Collaborations include joint projects with Lise Dobrin analyzing Margaret Mead's fieldwork and studying Papua New Guinean jurist Bernard Narokobi. Bashkow advocates for a Neo-Boasian approach emphasizing cultural pluralism and critical engagement with anthropological history.
His publications critique Eurocentric models of anthropology, examine corporate personhood, and explore Melanesian ethnography. He maintains active engagement with historical anthropologists like David Schneider and challenges contemporary anthropological paradigms through rigorous ethnographic analysis.
