Don Kalb

Don Kalb

Kalb in December 2015.
Born (1959-10-15) October 15, 1959
Eindhoven
Nationality Netherlands
Fields Social anthropology
Institutions Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Alma mater Catholic University of Nijmegen, Universiteit Utrecht
Notable students Jan Drahokoupil, Mariya Ivancheva, Kacper Poblocki, Florin Poenaru, Elisabeth Schober
Known for critical junctions, relational class, structured contingencies
Influences Eric Wolf, Charles Tilly, Norbert Elias, E.P. Thompson, Jonathan Friedman, Immanuel Wallerstein

Donatus Pius "Don" Kalb (15 October 1959) is a professor of sociology and social anthropology at the Central European University and assistant professor of social sciences and cultural anthropology at Universiteit Utrecht.[1][2]

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.[1]

Thought

Kalb's work has addressed numerous topics including globalization, nationalism, labor history, and class.[3] Although a social and cultural anthropologist by training, Kalb's scholarship has often utilized historical evidence as opposed to fieldwork, leading to him to having been described by historian Michael Hanagan as "an anthropologist, equally at home with historical methods and debates".[4]

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.[4] 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".[5]

Focaal

Main article: Focaal

Kalb is the founding editor of anthropology journal Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology,[3] as well as the current FocaalBlog editor.[6] 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".[7]

Bibliography

Books

Edited Volumes

Selected Articles

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Central European University: Academic Profile of Don Kalb". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  2. "Universiteit Utrecht Staff Social and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Page". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  3. 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.
  4. 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. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. Tilly, Charles (2001). "Relational origins of inequality" (PDF). Anthropological Theory (Sage Publications Inc.) 1 (3): 355–372. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  6. "Focaal Blog - About Us". Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  7. "Focaal - Aims & Scope". Retrieved April 19, 2016.

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