Don Kalb

Don Kalb

Kalb at the Central European University, December 2015
Born (1959-10-15) October 15, 1959
Nationality Dutch
Occupation anthropologist, scholar
Academic background
Education Ph.D.
Alma mater Universiteit Utrecht
Thesis title Expanding class: power and everyday politics in industrial communities, North Brabant illustrations, 1850-1950[1]
Thesis year 1995[1]
Academic work
Discipline Anthropologist
Sub discipline Social anthropology, Political economy
Institutions Central European University, Universiteit Utrecht

Donatus Pius "Don" Kalb (15 October 1959) is a Dutch anthropologist, professor of sociology and social anthropology at the Central European University, and assistant professor of social sciences and cultural anthropology at Universiteit Utrecht.[2][3]

Education

Kalb completed his MA in cultural anthropology at the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1988 before finishing his PhD in social sciences at the Universiteit Utrecht in 1995.[2]

Work

Kalb's work has addressed numerous topics including globalization, nationalism, labor history, and class.[4] Although a social and cultural anthropologist by training, Kalb's scholarship has often utilized historical evidence in addition to or in lieu of fieldwork, leading to him to having been described by historian Michael Hanagan as "an anthropologist, equally at home with historical methods and debates".[5]

Expanding Class: Power and Everyday Politics in Industrial Communities, The Netherlands, 1850–1950

In Expanding Class: Power and Everyday Politics in Industrial Communities, The Netherlands, 1850–1950, Kalb examines 20th century social and economic developments in the Brabant region of the Netherlands through a case study of the region's predominately Catholic working-class families. Following E.P. Thompson, Kalb develops what he describes as a relational approach to class that attempts to explain worker quiescence through an analysis of the Brabant region's cultural and social circumstances as well as productive relations.[5] Charles Tilly argues that the brand of relational analysis proposed in Expanding Class "incorporates some coercion and pays considerable attention to culture, but resolutely rejects both functional and competitive accounts of inequality. Kalb centers his explanation on continuously negotiated social relations. His investigation thereby provides a promising model for further anthropological work".[6]

Focaal

Main article: Focaal

Kalb is the founding editor of anthropology journal Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology,[4] as well as the current FocaalBlog editor.[7] Focaal focuses primarily on intersecting anthropological and historical debates examining local case studies within a global context. According to the journal's website, Focaal advocates for "an approach that rests in the simultaneity of ethnography, processual analysis, local insights, and global vision".[8]

Bibliography

Books

Edited Volumes

Selected Articles

Selected Book Chapters

References

  1. 1 2 Kalb, Donatus Pius (1995). Expanding class: power and everyday politics in industrial communities, North-Brabant illustrations, 1850-1950 (Ph.D.). Proefschrift Universiteit Utrecht. OCLC 69035879. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Central European University: Academic Profile of Don Kalb". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. "Universiteit Utrecht Staff Social and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Page". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Universiteit Leiden - Seminar by Don Kalb "Neo-nationalism and the return of class as trauma: East and West European"". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Hanagan, Michael (1999). "Reviewed Work: Expanding Class: Power and Everyday Politics in Industrial Communities, the Netherlands, 1850-1950 by Don Kalb". Journal of Social History. Oxford University Press. 33 (1): 217–219. JSTOR 3789484.
  6. Tilly, Charles (2001). "Relational origins of inequality" (PDF). Anthropological Theory. Sage Publications Inc. 1 (3): 355–372. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. "Focaal Blog - About Us". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  8. "Focaal - Aims & Scope". Retrieved April 19, 2016.

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