Personal profile
Research overview
His research interests have focused on the peasantries who live along the waterways of the Amazon river and its tributaries. His monograph, Life on the Amazon looked at questions of peasant social life and their history in the region and beyond. His second monograph, Rebellion on the Amazon, uses archival documents in Brazil, Portugal and Britain to study a peasant insurgency in the Amazon in the 1830s. His wider interests include ethnohistory; ecological anthropology; knowledge in and methodology of the social sciences; the practice of teaching and learning.
Academic/Professional Qualification
Ph.D. London School of Economics and Political Science, The People of the Amazon Floodplain: Kinship, Work and Exchange in a Caboclo Community near Óbidos, Pará, Brazil. Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (1996)
BSc. (Hons) Anthropology/Psychology, University of London (1991)
Research interests
Historical anthropology, Ethnohistory, Latin America, Peasants, Environmental anthropology
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Rebellion on the Amazon: The Cabanagem, Race, and Popular Culture in the North of Brazil, 1798-1840
Harris, M., 13 Sept 2010, New York: Cambridge University Press. 352 p. (Cambridge Latin American Series; no. 95)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Life on the Amazon: The Anthropology of a Brazilian Peasant Village
Harris, M., 2000, Oxford University Press. 236 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Ways of Knowing: New Approaches in the Anthropology of Experience and Learning
Harris, M., 2007, Berghahn. 340 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Riding a Wave: Embodied Skills and Colonial History on the Amazon Floodplain
Harris, M., Jun 2005, In: Ethnos. 70, 2, p. 197-219 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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O lobisomem entre índios e brancos: o trabalho da imaginação no Grão-Pará no final do século XVIII
Translated title of the contribution :The werewolf in between indians and whites: the work of the imagination in Grão-Pará at the end of the eighteenth century Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
- 9 Finished
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Birth of Brazillian Amazonian Cultures: The Birth of Brazillian Amazonian Cultures
Harris, M. (PI)
1/09/15 → 31/08/16
Project: Fellowship
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Birth of Brazilian Amazonian Cultures: The Birth of Brazillian Amazonian Cultures
Harris, M. (PI)
1/09/15 → 31/08/16
Project: Fellowship
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Brazilian Amazon: Past lessons for future challenges in the Brazilian Amazon
Harris, M. (PI)
1/08/13 → 31/08/16
Project: Standard
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Alliance:Franco-British Partnership Prog: Alliance: Franco-British Partnership Programme 2007
Harris, M. (PI)
1/01/07 → 31/12/08
Project: Standard
Activities
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Brown University
Harris, M. (Visiting researcher)
19 Jan 2017 → 20 Feb 2017Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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State University of Campinas—UNICAMP
Harris, M. (Visiting researcher)
1 Oct 2016 → 31 Dec 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Chantal Medaets, "Malgré les adultes"
Harris, M. (External examiner)
30 Nov 2015Activity: Examination types › External examination
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Emilie Stoll, "Rivalités riveraines. Territoires, stratégies familiales et sorcellerie en Amazonie brésilienne"
Harris, M. (External examiner)
2 Dec 2014Activity: Examination types › External examination
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Death in the Amazon
Harris, M. (Participant)
20 Jun 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
Prizes
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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
Harris, M. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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