Stefan Helmreich

Stefan Helmreich is a professor of cultural anthropology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ^[1] He graduated from Stanford University in 1995 with a Ph.D. in anthropology. He is also the author (and co-author) of Silicon Second Nature, ^[2] Alien Ocean, ^[3] and Sounding the Limits of Life. ^[4] In 2003 he released an album of experimental music entitled Xerophonics: Copying Machine Music on Seeland Records. ^{[5] [6]} He specializes in the anthropology of scientists - specifically oceanographers. He won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences, US & Canada in 2018. ^[7] Helmreich was also a Radcliffe Fellow starting in 2018. ^[8] He is married to Heather Paxson a cultural anthropologist of food and family. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. "Stefan Helmreich | MIT Anthropology". anthropology.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
2. Helmreich, Stefan (August 2000). Silicon Second Nature. ISBN   9780520208001 – via www.ucpress.edu.
3. Helmreich, Stefan (January 2009). Alien Ocean. ISBN   9780520250628 – via www.ucpress.edu.
4. Helmreich, Stefan; Roosth, Sophia; Friedner, Michele Ilana (October 27, 2015). Sounding the Limits of Life. ISBN   9780691164809 – via press.princeton.edu.
5. • Xerophonics on AllMusic site
6. Helmreich, Stefan; Downey, Walker (May 2019). "Xerophonics: Copying Machine Music (Slight Return)". Thresholds. 47: 181–190. doi:10.1162/thld_a_00686. hdl:1721.1/130249. ISSN   1091-711X.
7. "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Stefan Helmreich" . Retrieved 2019-12-27.
8. "Stefan Helmreich". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
9. "Heather Paxson | MIT Anthropology". anthropology.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
10. "Heather Paxson". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2019-12-27.