Anthropologist * Interested in things * often old, frequently built, sometimes both * professor @AnthDurham1, editor @TheJRAI.
Joined August 2014
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My book with Sian Jones is out!
The Object of Conservation
...Is an ethnography of heritage professionals and explores their role in shaping conservation objects.
My JRAI paper (with Paolo Heywood) On the Problem of Continuity is out online first -- an attempt to theorise culture beyond the logic of invention:
rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Thanks @gabyhinsliff
for this really thoughtful @guardian take on my work on male friendship, intimacy and care:
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
My @ConversationUK piece on male friendship, intimacy and care beyond words is out today:
theconversation.com/heritage…
Ancient Identities in Britain, my @ahrcpress funded book with Richard Hingley and Kate Sharp is just out and available OA here:
uclpress.co.uk/book/ancient-…
Thomas Yarrow retweeted
Congratulations to Richard Hingley, Kate Sharpe and @t_yarrow! Their #OpenAccess book Ancient Identities in Britain published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/4motXHc #Heritage #Archaeology #Ethnography
ALT Cover of 'Ancient Identities in Britain' featuring a thatched roof building by a serene lake surrounded by reeds, under a sunset sky.
Want to read an ethnography of architecture but can't be bothered to read it with your eyes? Fear not! Architects is just out as an audiobook, via audible!:
Listen to Architects: Portraits of a Practice by Thomas Yarrow on Audible. audible.co.uk/pd/B0FPXQV9CP?…
Really pleased my paper (with Paolo Heywood) 'On the problem of continuity' just got accepted by JRAI. It proposes a theory of culture beyond the inventive assumptions that dominate analyses and over-determine ethnography. DM email if you're interested to see the accepted draft.
Loved archaeologist @roseferraby s series Earthworks, a beautiful, lyrical, quietly thoughtful meditation on materials, craft, time, the intimacy of absence and lots besides.
Thomas Yarrow retweeted
Our new article on everyday heritage is just published open access! We explore what it means to think of heritage as an abundant part of life rather than a scarce commodity doi.org/10.1080/13527258.202… – at New South Wales, Australia
In case anyone cares who is still here, I'm joining the exodus to bsky as @tomyarrow
Weird how the wealthiest institution I've been a part of (a Cambridge University college, a long time ago) is the only one that regularly sends me begging letters
Still can't decide if the schadenfreude of Elon Musk losing however many tens of billions on twitter offsets the mild irritation that academics can no longer self promote, procrastinate and moan so effectively!
Seems like a bit of a deficit of the imagination if going to space is necessary to realise the beauty and fragility of earth etc
So close to tears this morning as I dropped off my son at his new (secondary) school in his too big, too new uniform, looking suddenly too grown-up to me and yet still too young amidst the throng of teenage bodies and attitude
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We are offering Dissertation Writing-up Fellowships!
For more information visit: recruitingapp-5034.de.umanti…
