BIOGRAPHY
B.Ed (Sussex University) PhD. (LSE)
PRESENT POSITION
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London
CAREER
Foundry assistant, Akrills Foundry, West Bromwich 1951-1955
Seaman-navigator (National Service RASC Water Transport) Isle of Wight 1955-1957
Aluminium moulder, WM Mills Foundry, West Bromwich 1957
Tea Planter, Blantyre and East Africa Ltd. Malawi 1958-1965
Lecturer/ Reader/ Professor in anthropology, Goldsmiths College 1973-2011
HONOURS
Beamis Society (1959),
Honorary Chinese Boy Scout (1961),
Rivers Memorial Medal, Royal Anthropological Institute (2009)
RECREATIONS
Travel, bird-watching, allotment digging, rambling, protesting, books.
PUBLICATIONS
1970 The Orchids of Malawi, Blantyre Society of Malawi
1982 Forest Traders: A Socio-economic Study of the Hill Pandaram
LSE Monographs, London. Athlone Press
1986 Common Weeds of Malawi (with E A Banda) Zomba University of Malawi
1987 Common Mushrooms of Malawi Fungiflori Oslo University
Anthropological Studies of Religion Cambridge University Press
1991 Western Conceptions of the Individual London, Berg
1993 Bakunin: The Philosophy of Freedom Montreal, Black Rose Books
1994 Anthropology of Self: the Individual in Cultural Perspective. London, Pluto Press
1996 Ecology and Anarchism: Essays and Reviews on Contemporary Thought. Malvern Well: Images
Chewa Medical Botany: A Study of Herbalism in Southern Malawi International African Institute, Hamburg: Lit
1998 The Power of Animals: An Ethnography. Oxford: Berg
2000 Animals and Ancestors: An Ethnography. Oxford : Berg
2004 Kropotkin: The Politics of Community. Amherst: Humanity Book
Insects and Human Life. Oxford : Berg
2006 Religion and Anthropology: a Critical Introduction Cambridge University Press.
The History and Conservation of Mammals in Malawi Zomba: Kachere
Richard Jefferies and the Ecological Vision. Victoria: Trafford Publ.
Ernest Thompson Seton: Founder of the Woodcraft Movement Lamper : Edwin Mellen Press
2007 The Anarchist Geographer: an Introduction to the Life of Peter Kropotkin Minehead : Genge Press
2008 Wildlife and Landscapes in Malawi. Victoria : Trafford Publ.
ADDRESS
18 Hillyfield, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1LA
b.morris@gold.ac.uk