Tim Ingold
Biography
Tim Ingold (born 1948) is a British social anthropologist, currently Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen.
He was educated at Leighton Park School and Cambridge University.
He is a fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
His bibliography includes The Perception of the Environment: Essays in Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill, Routledge, 2000, which is a collection of essays, some of which had been published earlier.
No detailed information about his background, personal life, education, professional experience, or accomplishments has been provided or confirmed. This section serves as a general placeholder until more accurate and verified details can be collected and published.
There are many reasons why a biography might be missing or incomplete. In some cases, individuals are listed or mentioned before a profile has been written. In others, a person may wish to maintain privacy, or their contributions may not yet be fully documented. The absence of a biography does not imply a lack of importance or relevance. Every individual has a unique story, and this section acknowledges that Tim Ingold is part of a broader context—even if the details are not yet available.
As more information becomes accessible through official records, publications, or direct input, this biography will be updated to reflect who Tim Ingold is and what he brings to his field or role. The intention is to provide an accurate, respectful, and informative profile when the time is right.
Until then, this entry will remain simple and general. It avoids speculation and assumptions, and instead leaves space open for a future version that can properly represent Tim Ingold's journey, achievements, and contributions. We look forward to adding more when the opportunity allows.
For now, Tim Ingold is acknowledged here without further detail, with the understanding that every person’s story is valuable—even if it hasn’t yet been told.
- Gender
- Male
- Education
- University of Cambridge
- Place of birth
- Kent
- Birth date
- 01 November 1948
- Member of
- Royal Society of Edinburgh·British Academy
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Anders Retzius Medal
- Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Artists, composers and writers. . . are bent upon capturing and reining in the insights of a fugitive imagination, always inclined to shoot off into the distance, before they can get away, and on bringing them back into the immediacy of material engagement.
Books
Being Alive
Tim Ingold
Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life.
Imagining for Real
Tim Ingold
Companion Encyclopaedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
Perception of the Environment
Tim Ingold
Hunters and Gatherers (vol Ii)
Tim Ingold
Imagining for Real
Tim Ingold
Companion Encyclopaedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
Imagining for Real
Tim Ingold
Perception of the Environment
Tim Ingold
Perception of the Environment
Tim Ingold
Companion Encyclopaedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
Hunters and Gatherers (vol I)
Tim Ingold
Perception of the Environment
Tim Ingold
Anthropology
Tim Ingold
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Anthropology of Humans and Others
Tim Ingold
Anthropology and/as Education
Tim Ingold
There is more to education than teaching and learning, and more to anthropology than making studies of other people's lives.
Anthropology and/as Education
Tim Ingold
There is more to education than teaching and learning, and more to anthropology than making studies of other people's lives.
Anthropology and/as Education
Tim Ingold
There is more to education than teaching and learning, and more to anthropology than making studies of other people's lives.
Anthropology and/as Education
Tim Ingold
Lines
Tim Ingold
What do walking, weaving, observing, storytelling, singing, drawing and writing have in common?
Evolution and Social Life
Tim Ingold
Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology.
Evolution and Social Life
Tim Ingold
Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology.
Evolution and Social Life
Tim Ingold
Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology.
Evolution and Social Life
Tim Ingold
Evolution is among the most central and most contested of ideas in the history of anthropology.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
* provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology and establishes the interconnections between these three fields.
Life of Lines
Tim Ingold
To live, every being must put out a line, and in life these lines tangle with one another.
Life of Lines
Tim Ingold
To live, every being must put out a line, and in life these lines tangle with one another.
Biosocial Becomings
Tim Ingold
Making: Anthropology, Archaeology, Art and Architecture
Tim Ingold
Making creates knowledge, builds environments and transforms lives.
Marcher avec les dragons
Tim Ingold
"les champignons, voyez-vous, ne se comportent tout simplement pas comme des organismes devraient se comporter.
Being Alive
Tim Ingold
Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life.
Perception of the Environment
Tim Ingold
Being Alive
Tim Ingold
Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life.
Being alive
Tim Ingold
Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life.
Being Alive
Tim Ingold
Being Alive
Tim Ingold
Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life.
Being Alive
Tim Ingold
Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions and potentials of human life.
Hunters, Pastoralists and Ranchers
Tim Ingold
Throughout the northern circumpolar tundras and forests, and over many millennia, human populations have based their livelihood wholly or in part upon the exploitation of a single animal species-the reindeer.
Ways of walking
Tim Ingold
Despite its importance to how humans inhabit their environments, walking has rarely received the attention of ethnographers.
Lines:
Tim Ingold
What do walking, weaving, observing, storytelling, singing, drawing and writing have in common?
Lines
Tim Ingold
Key Debates in Anthropology
Tim Ingold
Key Debates in Anthropology
Tim Ingold
Key Debates in Anthropology
Tim Ingold
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
* provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology and establishes the interconnections between these three fields.
Companion encyclopedia of anthropology
Tim Ingold
* provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology and establishes the interconnections between these three fields.
Perception of the Environment
Tim Ingold
In this work tim ingold provides a persuasive new approach to the theory behind our perception of the world around us.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
New in paperback, this "companion" provides a unique survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology.
Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology
Tim Ingold
New in paperback, this "companion" provides a unique survey of contemporary thinking in biological, social and cultural anthropology.
