David Zeitlyn | |
---|---|
Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Cambridge, County: Cambridgeshire, England |
Alma mater | |
Occupations |
|
Notable work | |
Website | www |
David Zeitlyn,FRAI (born 1958) is a British anthropologist. He is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and a supernumerary-Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. His research has concentrated on the Mambila People of Cameroon, endangered languages and Cameroonian photographers such as Samuel Finlak, Joseph Chila and the late Jacques Toussele. Working on anthropological archives has led him to write on the ethics of archiving fieldwork data, and he has helped revise the ASA ethical guidelines for anthropology.