Thomas A. Abercrombie
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Thomas Alan Abercrombie (born 1951) is a writer and associate professor of anthropology at New York University
New York University
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, USA. He is the author of Pathways of Memory and Power, a book which explores the ethnography and history of the Andeans
Andes
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Abercrombie was also a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
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for 2004-2005.