Ben Belek
Social anthropology
Medical anthropology
Medical sociology
Anthropology of science
Autism spectrum conditions,
Science and technology studies
Current Projects:
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• Becoming Autistic: Subjectivity, community, and the search for meaning among adults on the autism spectrum.
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• Social vasculitis: Global movements of pathogenic agents, knowledge practices and medical technologies in the context of Kawasaki Disease
Curriculum Vitae:
Education
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2016: PhD. Division of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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2012: MSc. (Cum Laude). Medical Anthropology and Sociology, University of Amsterdam
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2009: B.A. Social anthropology, sociology, and European history, Ben Gurion University
Publications:
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2018: Belek, B. "Autism from an anthropological perspective." Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology (In press)
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2018: Belek, B. “Autism and the proficiency of social ineptitude:Probing the rules of 'appropriate' behavior.” Ethos 46 (2): 161-179.
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2018: Belek, B. “Articulating sensory sensitivity: From bodies with autism to autistic bodies.” Medical Anthropology: Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness 0(0) DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2018.1460750
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2017: Belek, B. “'I feel therefore I matter': Emotional rhetoric and autism self-advocacy.'” Anthropology Now 9 (2): 57-69.
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2015: Belek, B. “Managing an autistic heart.” Anthropology in Action 22(3): 6-12
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2013: Belek, B. “I believe it can change the way things are”: Identity construction among video-bloggers with Asperger’s syndrome on YouTube. Amsterdam: AMB