Kim Fortun, an American anthropologist, is a professor at University of California Irvine's department of anthropology.[2] Her interests extend also to science and technology studies with a focus on environmental risk and disaster. From 2017 to 2019, she has served as the president of the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S).[3]
Kim Fortun | |
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 Kim Fortun in 2016 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Years active | 1993-present |
| Title | Professor |
| Board member of | Society for Social Studies of Science |
| Spouse | Mike Fortun |
| Awards | Sharon Stephens Prize (2003) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Rice University[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Anthropologist, science and technology studies scholar |
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| Main interests | Environmental risk and disaster |
| Notable works | Advocacy After Bhopal |
| Website | http://kfortun.org |
In 2003, Fortun's first book, Advocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New World Orders, was awarded the Sharon Stephens Prize by the American Ethnological Society.[4] From 2005 to 2010, she edited the Journal of Cultural Anthropology.[5] Fortun currently helps lead multiple collaborative projects, including The Asthma Files and the Platform for Experimental and Collaborative Ethnography (PECE).[6]
Selected works edit
- Fortun, Kim (2001). Advocacy After Bhopal: Environmentalism, Disaster, New World Orders. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. OCLC 916106017. (Awarded the Sharon Stephens Prize, 2003).
- Fortun, Kim; Fortun, Mike, eds. (2010). Major Works in Cultural Anthropology, Vol 1: Moorings, Vol 2: Modernities, Vol 3: Emergence, Vol 4: Engagements. Sage. OCLC 759926547.
References edit
- ^ Fortun, Kim (July 2017). "Kim Fortun Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). kfortun.org. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Core Faculty | Anthropology | UCI Social Sciences". www.anthropology.uci.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "-- The Society | Society for Social Studies of Science". www.4sonline.org. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Sharon Stephens Prize | American Ethnological Society". American Ethnological Society. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ "Kim Fortun/". kfortun.org. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- ^ Fortun, Kim; Callahan, Brian; Costelloe-Kuehn, Brandon; Fidler, Brad; Kenner, Alison; Khandekar, Aalok; Morgan, Alli; Poirer, Lindsay; Fortun, Mike (2018-03-04). "Hosting the Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography". HAU (Special Issue).
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