ArgO-EMR: Anthropology Research Group Oxford on Eastern Medicines and Religions
The Anthropology Research Group at Oxford on Eastern Medicines and Religions (ArgO-EMR) promotes ethnographic research by students and scholars who are interested in the anthropology of Eastern medicines and religions in popular rural, institutionalised urban and transnational settings. ArgO-EMR emphasises long-term fieldwork and local language competencies. It investigates medical and religious knowledge and practice embedded within their ecologies and histories.
Eastern medicines and religions have family resemblances; while each is specific to the cultural context in which it is practised, they are often studied in isolation in separate research institutions and environments. ArgO-EMR aims to offer a meeting ground for researchers who already have experience with, or wish to engage in, the study of Eastern medicines and religions across geographical areas and theoretical perspectives. It holds a fortnightly seminar, a fortnightly reading group, and furthermore organises once a year an international workshop.
The current post-doctoral fellows are Dr Gabriel Lefevre (Marie Curie), Dr Katherine Swancutt (AHRC) and Dr Mingji Cuomu (Wellcome).
The current visiting scholars are Prof Wu Zhongping, Prof Zhang Jianjun and Ms Xu Fei.
