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Rupert Cox is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Manchester. His research focuses on the intersections of art, science, and anthropology, with a regional specialization in Japan. He explores topics such as the political ecology of noise, sound art practices, and sensory ethnography, particularly in relation to US military bases in Okinawa and Zen cultural practices. Cox has held fellowships with the Royal Asiatic Society and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and has been funded by organizations including the British Academy and the Wellcome Trust.
He teaches courses on visual anthropology, the anthropology of sound, and documentary film practices at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His work challenges traditional anthropological methods by integrating creative media practices like film and sound recording into fieldwork. Cox has supervised 11 completed PhD students and currently guides seven practice-based doctoral candidates.
- Education: MA and PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh (1998)
- Awards: Includes a 2017 exemplar recognition for Art-Science collaboration and a 2019 Experimental Film selection
- Grants: Funding from the AHRC, ESRC, and Japan Foundation
Cox’s research outputs include books like Copyng Culture and Material Heritage in Japan and Beyond Text, as well as multimedia projects such as Air Pressure: a sound film. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to ecology and perception.
