Ulf Hannerz

Ulf Hannerz is professor emeritus of social anthropology, Stockholm University, Sweden. He has held visiting appointments at many American, European, Asian, and Australian universities and research centers and is a former chair of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. His research has focused on urban anthropology, media anthropology, and transnational cultural processes, with field studies in West Africa, the Caribbean, and the United States. His study of the work of news media foreign correspondents included multisite research on four continents. His books include Soulside (1969), Exploring the City (1980), Cultural Complexity (1992), Transnational Connections (1996), Foreign News (2004), and Anthropology’s World (2010).

Dominic Boyer is professor of anthropology, Rice University; director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences; and editor of the book series Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge for Cornell University Press. His research interests range from media anthropology and the anthropology of knowledge to studying intersections of energy and political power. His most recent book is The Life Informatic: Newsmaking in the Digital Era (2013).