Adrian Franklin
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Adrian Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Kent University of Bristol |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Social anthropology, sociology, cultural studies |
| Institutions | University of South Australia University of Tasmania University of Oslo University of Bristol |
Adrian S. Franklin is a British social anthropologist and writer. He worked at various institutions in England and Europe before moving to Australia, first at the University of Tasmania and then, from 2017, at the University of South Australia. He is also known for appearing as a panellist on the ABC Television series Collectors.
Adrian S. Franklin[1] was born in Canterbury, England. His family frequently visited Calais, France, when he was growing up.[2]
He holds a Master of Arts in social anthropology from the University of Kent,[citation needed] and was awarded his PhD from the University of Bristol in 1989 for his thesis "Privatism, the Home and Working Class Culture".[3][4]
Career
Franklin was a professor at Bristol University and at the University of Oslo's[5] the Institute for Social Anthropology in Vienna, Austria,[6][7] before moving to Tasmania, attracted by its reputation for good fly fishing. There, he became professor of anthropologist at the University of Tasmania.[2][8]
He was appointed professor at the University of South Australia (UniSA)[7] in 2017.[6]
Around 2019, Franklin moved back to Tasmania to lead the Australian Research Council-funded project "Creating the Bilbao Effect: MONA and the Social and Cultural Coordinates of Urban Regeneration Through Art Tourism".[7] As part of this, he published an article in 2019 "Where 'Art Meets Life': Assessing the Impact of Dark Mofo, A New Mid-Winter Festival in Australia".[6]
As of 2024[update] he was adjunct research professor of creative industries at UniSA[9][10] (now part of Adelaide University).
His research interests include "the ethnographic analysis of festivals, rituals, travels and 'events'; art museums and art publics; art tourism; culture-led urban regeneration, urban anthropology and human-animal studies".[7]
Other activities
Franklin was a panellist on the ABC Television series Collectors[8][11] which ended in 2011.
Recognition
In 2009, Franklin was Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
