Name Karl Heider | Education Harvard College | |
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Books Seeing Anthropology, Grand Valley Dani, Indonesian cinema, The Dugum Dani, Landscapes of Emotion | ||
Karl Heider (born January 21, 1935) is an American visual anthropologist.
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Early life and education
Heider was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. Heider is the son of psychologists Fritz and Grace (née Moore) Heider. He had two brothers; John and Stephan.
After spending two years at Williams College, Heider transferred to Harvard College where he earned his A.B. in Anthropology. Heider then spent a year touring Asia on a Sheldon Traveling Fellowship provided by Harvard. Returning to Harvard in 1958, Heider went on to earn an M.A. in 1959 and Ph.D. in 1966.
Career
Heider's work ranged from psychological anthropology to visual anthropology.
It has included going into the West Papua region in the 1960s and 1990s.
As well as producing works on ethnographic film making and writing on Indonesian cinema.