Alfred Gell

10.0k citations
53 papers · 6.1k · 3 hit papers · h-index 20

Impact in

  • Archeology top 0.2%
    • Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
    • Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
  • Anthropology top 0.1%
    • Anthropological Studies and Insights

Papers in

Alfred Gell

47 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Alfred Gell's Hit Papers

Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory 1999 · 1.3k citations
1.3k0+11+22Years since publication50010001.5k

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Alfred Gell
Comparison fields: 5 of 130
  • Archeology 429
  • Anthropology 2.2k
  • Geography, Planning and Development 1.1k
  • Museology 505
  • Visual Arts and Performing Arts 626
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The 9 scholars most cited alongside Alfred Gell, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Art And Agency
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19981901
2
Art and Agency: An Anthropological Theory
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19991334
3 1994475
4 2000416
5
The Technology of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Technology
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1992390
6
Art and agency
1998230
7 1999185
8 1996184
9 1993119
10 1988119
11 1985106
12 197898
13 198593
14 199273
15 197671
16 199471
17 199541
18 198235
19 198029
20 199720

About Alfred Gell

Alfred Gell is a scholar working on Anthropology, Geography, Planning and Development, Sociology and Political Science, Museology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 53 papers that have together received 6.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 papers), Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 papers), Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (3 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (3 papers), Fashion and Cultural Textiles (2 papers), Categorization, perception, and language (2 papers), Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts (2 papers) and Crafts, Textile, and Design (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Archeology (429 citations), Anthropology (2.2k citations), Geography, Planning and Development (1.1k citations), Museology (505 citations) and Visual Arts and Performing Arts (626 citations). Alfred Gell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Eviatar Zerubavel, Eric Hirsch, Raymond C. Kelly, Signe Howell, Janet Hoskins, Marjorie M. Halpin, Gilbert N. Lewis, J. A. Barnes and Nathalie Heinich. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Radical philosophy, Journal of Material Culture and Anthropology Today.

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