College of Humanities People
Leo Coleman, Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Studies: http://comparativestudies.osu.edu/
Office Information
432 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: coleman.514@osu.edu
Phone: 614-252-5439
Office Hours:
On Leave 2011-2012
432 Hagerty Hall, 1775 College Road, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: coleman.514@osu.edu
Phone: 614-252-5439
Office Hours:
On Leave 2011-2012
Education:
Ph.D. Anthropology, Princeton University, 2008. M.A. (Hons) University of St Andrews, 2002
General Background:
Dr. Coleman's research areas include political anthropology, South Asian studies, technology and globalization, and urban theory. He is completing a book about the politics of electrification and urban change in Delhi, India, based on his research into colonial electrical installations and present-day privatization of electricity in India’s capital city. He is also the editor of Food: Ethnographic Encounters (Berg, 2011), which includes essays about what we learn about other people when we share their foods and conditions of life--commensality and exchange--and about the changing conditions of food production and consumption around the world. He teaches in science studies, cultural studies, and urban studies. Core themes of his teaching include: modern technologies and subjectivity; nineteenth- and twentieth-century industrial and urban growth; colonialism and globalization; and sustainability as both a technological and political issue. Dr. Coleman's ongoing research focuses on questions of civic belonging, the environment, and sustainability, as they are presented by contemporary cities and their regional and global networks.
Political Anthropology
Science Studies
Anthropological Theory
Cities and Urbanism
