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Phil Porter
Winner of the
1996 Robert McC. Netting Award
Philip Wayland Porter was the
recipient of the 1996 Robert McC. Netting Award. 1996 was the innaugual year for this award, to be given annually by
the CESG in recognition of distinguished research and professional activities
that bridge geography and anthropology. Phil Porter is Professor of Geography
at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught for 40 years,
interrupted by numerous seasons of field research in Africa, two years of
teaching at the University of Dar es Salaam, and four
years as Director of the Office of International Programs at Minnesota. Porter's
long career of research and teaching collaboration with Anthropologists began
with his participation in the Culture and Ecology in East Africa Project.
That pioneering research involved 13 months of field work with five
anthropologists in Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda in 1961-62. Porter claims
that he has always been more interested in getting research right than
getting it published. Nevertheless, Porter is well known for his many
publications, including numerous articles in the Annals, PG, and American
Anthropologist. In short, Phil Porter's career has been marked by research
and professional contributions valued by geographers and anthropologists
alike.
- Nicholas Dunning.
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