Arjun Appadurai
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Arjun Appadurai is a prominent anthropologist and theorist of globalization known for his influential work on modernity, cultural flows, and the social imagination.
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| Arjun Appadurai canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arjun Appadurai Context triple: [Farrar, Straus and Giroux, hasPublished, Arjun Appadurai]
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Hildred Geertz
Hildred Geertz was an American anthropologist and scholar of Indonesian society, known for her ethnographic work and long association with Princeton University.
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Dipesh Chakrabarty
Dipesh Chakrabarty is an Indian historian and postcolonial theorist known for his influential work on subaltern studies, modernity, and the global implications of climate change.
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C.
Eric Wolf
Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
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Marshall Sahlins
Marshall Sahlins was a prominent American cultural anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, exchange, and the critique of economic and evolutionary theories in anthropology.
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Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arjun Appadurai Target entity description: Arjun Appadurai is a prominent anthropologist and theorist of globalization known for his influential work on modernity, cultural flows, and the social imagination.
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A.
Hildred Geertz
Hildred Geertz was an American anthropologist and scholar of Indonesian society, known for her ethnographic work and long association with Princeton University.
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B.
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Dipesh Chakrabarty is an Indian historian and postcolonial theorist known for his influential work on subaltern studies, modernity, and the global implications of climate change.
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C.
Eric Wolf
Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
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D.
Marshall Sahlins
Marshall Sahlins was a prominent American cultural anthropologist known for his influential work on kinship, exchange, and the critique of economic and evolutionary theories in anthropology.
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E.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropologist
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person ⓘ social theorist ⓘ theorist of globalization ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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cultural anthropology ⓘ globalization studies ⓘ media studies ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy
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global cultural economy ⓘ imagination as a social practice ⓘ scapes as dimensions of globalization ⓘ |
| influencedField |
anthropology of globalization
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cultural studies ⓘ media and communication studies ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concept of ethnoscapes
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concept of financescapes ⓘ concept of ideoscapes ⓘ concept of mediascapes ⓘ concept of technoscapes ⓘ theory of global cultural flows ⓘ work on cultural flows ⓘ work on deterritorialization ⓘ work on diaspora ⓘ work on modernity and globalization ⓘ work on the social imagination ⓘ work on transnationalism ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| name | Arjun Appadurai ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian-American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger
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Modernity at Large ⓘ Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization ⓘ The Social Life of Things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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professor ⓘ researcher ⓘ |
| topicOfWork |
cultural flows
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global capitalism ⓘ global media ⓘ globalization ⓘ imagination ⓘ migration ⓘ modernity ⓘ |
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