Sara Ann Knutson
University of California, Berkeley
I am an anthropologist and PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Trained in medieval History, Archaeology, and Ancient & modern languages, I am a specialist in the Archaeology of global cultural networks and trans-regional communities of practice. My interests include diasporas and human migrations, economic Anthropology, race and ethnicity, museums- and archival based research, and digital methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences, including Social Network Analysis (SNA).
PUBLICATIONS & RESEARCH
2021:
Sara Ann Knutson and Caitlin Ellis. “‘Conversion’ to Islam in Early Medieval Europe: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives on Arab-Northern European Interactions.” Religions 12(7): 1-21.
Access to article available here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/7/544
“Archaeology and the Silk Road Model.” World Archaeology.
Access to article available here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00438243.2021.1940268
Itinerant Assemblages and Material Networks: The Application of Assemblage Theory to Network Analysis Methods." Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.
Access to article available here: https://rdcu.be/cdfHU
2020:
When Objects Misbehave: Materials & Assemblages in the Ancient
Scandinavian Myths." Fabula: Zeitschrift für Erzählforschung/ Journal of Folktale Studies 61(3-4): 257-277.
Winner of the Jeanne P. Steager Memorial Prize in Folklore
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