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Dr Jonathan Skinner

PhD, MA (University of St. Andrews)

Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology

Chair of Undergraduate Recruitment Group; Joint Pathway Co-ordinator - English and Social Anthropology

Tel: +44 (0) 28 9097 3705
E-mail address: j.skinner@qub.ac.uk

Office: 13UQ.203

Research Interests

Jonathan Skinner has a particular interest in interviewing skills and qualitative research methods. He has undertaken fieldwork in the Eastern Caribbean on the island of Montserrat (tourism and trauma, colonial relations and disaster recovery) and in the US/UK (social dancing, arts health, contested heritage). He previously lectured at the University of Abertay Dundee, and held Visiting Fellowships at the University of Oxford, Keele University, and California State University - Sacramento. He has been Honorary Treasurer of the Association of Social Anthropologists, editor of the journal Anthropology in Action, and publications officer for the European Association of Social Anthropologists. He is currently an Adjunct Fellow of the Centre for Cosmopolitan Studies, University of St Andrews, co-edits the book series ‘Movement and Performance Studies’ for Berghahn Publishers with Professor Helena Wulff (University of Stockholm) and is advisor and consultant to the University of Huddersfield and the local arts health charity Arts Care. He is co/editor of the following: Dancin’ Culture: Knowledge, Transformation and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance (2012, Berghahn); The Interview: An Ethnographic Approach (2012, Berg); Writing The Dark Side of Travel (2012, Berghahn); Great Expectations: Imagination, Anticipation, and Enchantment in Tourism (2011, Berghahn); Managing Island Life: Social, Economic and Political Dimensions of Formality and Informality in ‘Island’ Communities (2006, University of Abertay Press); Boundaries and Identities: Nation, Politics and Culture in Scotland (2004, University of Abertay Dundee Press). His applied arts health work can be found at www.dancebeyond.co.uk

* Internet press clippings *

•http://www.worldhealth.net/news/research_shows_that_social_dancing_in_ol/

•http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lifestyle/Wellness/Fitness/Dance-for-a-healthy-happy-ageing/articleshow/4388871.cms

•http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401103127.htm

•http://lifestyle.in.msn.com/health/fitness.aspx?cp-documentid=3184745

•http://esciencenews.com/sources/scientific.blogging/2009/04/05/dance.your.way.to.old.age

•http://af-za.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=69679246705
 (The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine [A4M])

Publications - [download - word doc]

Publications (Since 2008) - [download - word doc]