Adam Kuper on Past and Current Anthropologies

Professor Adam Kuper of the London School of Economics shares his insights on current issues in anthropology in an interview that includes vivid autobiographical details discusses the definition of anthropology as a science, the differences between its various schools, and shifting disciplinary boundaries. Professor Kuper also reflects on the particular interests of scholars in Lithuania, Poland and the Czech Republic, the relationships between folklore studies and comparative ethnology, and the importance of interdisciplinary experimentation. Readers of the journal Lietuvos etnologija: socialinės antropologijos ir etnologijos studijos (Lithuanian Ethnology: Studies in Social Anthropology and Ethnology) will discover new insights into the relationships between anthropologists and their influence on the current state of science and theory. The interview was conducted and prepared by Vida Savoniakaitė.