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Some of his most important works include ''Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule'' (1981), ''Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy'' (1990), of which an expanded version is found in ''[[Modernity]] at Large'' (1996), and ''Fear of Small Numbers'' (2006). In ''The Social Life of Things'' (1986), Appadurai argued that commodities do not only have economic value; they have political value and social lives as well.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bello|first=Paula|year=2010|title=The Shifting Global Landscapes of Things: Goodscapes|journal=Design and Culture|volume=2|issue=1|pages=63–78|doi=10.2752/175470710X12593419555207|s2cid=143098902}}</ref> He was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1997.<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=19 April 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf| archive-date= 10 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> | Some of his most important works include ''Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule'' (1981), ''Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy'' (1990), of which an expanded version is found in ''[[Modernity]] at Large'' (1996), and ''Fear of Small Numbers'' (2006). In ''The Social Life of Things'' (1986), Appadurai argued that commodities do not only have economic value; they have political value and social lives as well.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bello|first=Paula|year=2010|title=The Shifting Global Landscapes of Things: Goodscapes|journal=Design and Culture|volume=2|issue=1|pages=63–78|doi=10.2752/175470710X12593419555207|s2cid=143098902}}</ref> He was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1997.<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=19 April 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110510021801/http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf| archive-date= 10 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> | ||
His doctoral work was based on the car festival held in the [[Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane|Parthasarathi temple]] in [[Triplicane]], [[Madras]]. Arjun Appadurai is member of the Advisory Board of the Forum d'[[Avignon]], international meetings of culture, the economy and the media. | His doctoral work was based on the car festival held in the [[Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane|Parthasarathi temple]] in [[Triplicane]], [[Madras]]. Arjun Appadurai is member of the Advisory Board of the Forum d'[[Avignon]], international meetings of culture, the economy and the media. He is also an advisory member of the journal ''[[Janus Unbound: Journal of Critical Studies]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Janus Unbound|url=https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/JU/about/editorialTeam|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106113512/https://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/JU/about/editorialTeam |archive-date=6 November 2021 }}</ref> | ||
===New School=== | ===New School=== | ||
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===New York University=== | ===New York University=== | ||
In 2008 it was announced that Appadurai was appointed Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at the [[NYU]] [[Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development]]<ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/releases/detail/2238 NYU Steinhardt Appoints Arjun Appadurai As Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication] ''[[NYU]]'', Monday, 15 September 2008.</ref> | In 2008 it was announced that Appadurai was appointed Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at the [[NYU]] [[Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development]].<ref>[http://www.nyu.edu/public.affairs/releases/detail/2238 NYU Steinhardt Appoints Arjun Appadurai As Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication] ''[[NYU]]'', Monday, 15 September 2008.</ref> Appadurai retired as emeritus from the department in 2021. | ||
===Bard Graduate Center=== | |||
In 2021, Appadurai was appointed Max Weber Global Professor at the [[Bard Graduate Center]], though he is based in Berlin and teaches remotely.<ref>[https://resnicow.com/client-news/bard-graduate-center-appoints-arjun-appadurai-max-weber-global-professor Bard Graduate Center appoints Arjun Appadurai as Max Weber Global Professor] ''[[Bard Graduate Center]]'', 26 January 2021.</ref> | |||
=== Affiliations === | === Affiliations === | ||
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Appadurai has presided over Chicago globalization plan, at many public and private organizations (such as the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, UNESCO, the World Bank, etc.) consultant and long-term concern issues of globalization, modernity and ethnic conflicts. | Appadurai has presided over Chicago globalization plan, at many public and private organizations (such as the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, UNESCO, the World Bank, etc.) consultant and long-term concern issues of globalization, modernity and ethnic conflicts. | ||
Appadurai held many scholarships and grants, and has received numerous academic honors, including the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (California) and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, as well as individual research fellowship from the Open Society Institute (New York). He was elected Arts and Sciences in 1997, the American Academy of Sciences. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate Erasmus University in the Netherlands.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} | Appadurai held many scholarships and grants, and has received numerous academic honors, including the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (California) and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, as well as individual research fellowship from the Open Society Institute (New York). He was elected Arts and Sciences in 1997, the American Academy of Sciences. In 2013, he was awarded an honorary doctorate Erasmus University in the Netherlands.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} He holds concurrent academic positions as a Mercator Fellow, Free University and Humboldt University, Berlin; Honorary Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University, Rotterdam; and Senior Research Partner at the Max-Planck Institute for Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Gottingen. | ||
He also served as a consultant or adviser, extensive public and private organizations, including many large foundations (Ford, MacArthur and Rockefeller); the UNESCO; UNDP; World Bank; the US National Endowment for the Humanities; National Science Foundation; and Infosys Foundation. He served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2010 and 2017. He currently serves as the Asian Art Program Advisory Committee members in the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, and the forum D 'Avignon Paris Scientific Advisory Board. {{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} | He also served as a consultant or adviser, extensive public and private organizations, including many large foundations (Ford, MacArthur and Rockefeller); the UNESCO; UNDP; World Bank; the US National Endowment for the Humanities; National Science Foundation; and Infosys Foundation. He served on the Social Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2010 and 2017. He currently serves as the Asian Art Program Advisory Committee members in the Solomon Guggenheim Museum, and the forum D 'Avignon Paris Scientific Advisory Board. {{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.arjunappadurai.org/ Official website] | *[http://www.arjunappadurai.org/ Official website] | ||
* Arjun Appadurai, "Patience" in the art-and-culture journal "Brooklyn Rail" (New York) (September 2021, issue guest edited by Francesca Pietropaolo): https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/criticspage/Patience | |||
*[https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/in-theory-appadurai/ ''An A–Z of Theory: Arjun Appadurai'' by Andrew Robinson (Ceasefire Magazin, 22 April 2011)] | *[https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/in-theory-appadurai/ ''An A–Z of Theory: Arjun Appadurai'' by Andrew Robinson (Ceasefire Magazin, 22 April 2011)] | ||
*[https://www.dukeupress.edu/Fear-of-Small-Numbers ''Fear of Small Numbers'' by Arjun Appadurai (Duke University Press, 2006)] | *[https://www.dukeupress.edu/Fear-of-Small-Numbers ''Fear of Small Numbers'' by Arjun Appadurai (Duke University Press, 2006)] | ||
*[https://www.dukeupress.edu/Globalization-1?viewby=author&lastname=Appadurai&firstname=Arjun&middlename=&sort=newest&aID=1162072 ''Globalization'' edited by Arjun Appadurai (Duke University Press, 2001)] | *[https://www.dukeupress.edu/Globalization-1?viewby=author&lastname=Appadurai&firstname=Arjun&middlename=&sort=newest&aID=1162072 ''Globalization'' edited by Arjun Appadurai (Duke University Press, 2001)] | ||
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070940/http://fido.rockymedia.net/anthro/Appaduraieconomy.pdf ''Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy (1990), PDF''] | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070940/http://fido.rockymedia.net/anthro/Appaduraieconomy.pdf ''Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy (1990), PDF''] | ||
* Arjun Appadurai. "Patience" in Brooklyn Rail (September 2021), as part of section "How Long Is Now?" guest edited by Francesca Pietropaolo: https://brooklynrail.org/2021/09/criticspage | |||
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