Clare A. Sammells
Anthropologist

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Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology

Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
United States

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Research Interests:

Latin America:  Bolivia , the Andes , Aymara-speaking indigenous peoples, indigenous politics in national contexts, Latin American-U.S. relations

Economic Anthropology: Global capitalism, economic interactions of “first” and “third” worlds, structural inequalities in the world system, neoliberalism, meta-narratives of development and progress, unintended consequences of development projects

Anthropology of Tourism: archaeological and cultural tourism, interactions of archaeologists and local residents in conceptualizing tourist sites, domestic tourism within the “third world,” pilgrimage, national ritual performances

Anthropology of Food:  The emergence of “touristic cuisines,” the foodways of death in Bolivia, local concepts of diet and nutrition, food taboos, changing foodways, long-term analyses of food aid projects and agricultural development programs.