Bear, Laura

Dr Elizabeth Ewart is university lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford. She obtained her doctorate from the University of London, London School of Economics in 2000. In 2001 her thesis was awarded the Robert McKenzie Prize by the LSE. Her research interests include the anthropology of Lowland South America, Brazil, indigenous peoples, Amerindian cosmology, material anthropology, body arts, the social significance of everyday practices and sensory perception.