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A cultural anthropologist, Brink-Danan studies the role of language and symbol in the maintenance of social groups. With regional specialization in Southeastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, she recently conducted ethnographic research among Jews in Turkey. Brink-Danan's current work looks at how cosmopolitan subjects relate to local politics; as such, she is interested in comparing knowledge production across time and space.
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Trained as a cultural anthropologist (Ph.D., Stanford University 2005), I study the role of language and symbolism in the formation and maintenance of social groups, communities and nations. I most recently conducted ethnographic research with the Jewish community of Turkey, where I focused on issues of multilingualism, intimacy and ideology. The methodological approaches I use to examine cultural phenomena borrow from socio-cultural approaches to the present (participant observation and interviews) and an historical approach to things past (text and image analysis). I reckon with the problem of ideology by drawing upon theories developed in anthropology, semiotics, history and literary criticism, thereby introducing critical perspectives to Jewish culture and folklore studies.
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 MARCY BRINK-DANAN, BA, MA, Ph.D. Anthropology http://research.brown.edu/myresearch/Marcy_Brink-Danan On The Web: Brink-Danan's Profile in "Brown's arts and humanities departments welcome 12 new faculty" Brink-Danan's research cited in the Judeo-Spanish press of Turkey Are you Marcy Brink-Danan? Click here to edit your research profile. |
