Dr. Judy Thorne

Biography

Judy Thorne is an anthropologist specializing in social anthropology. Her research primarily focuses on utopian desires and the lived experiences of individuals in crisis contexts, particularly in the late 2010s in Pátra, Greece. Thorne's current book project, titled 'Utopian Desire Ordinary Crisis,' derived from her PhD thesis, further explores how social groups navigate their futures amid ongoing crises. She has developed innovative ethnographic methods to elicit utopian desires, drawing from her masters thesis on the anthropology of utopia and the lived experiences of jobseekers within the neoliberal workfare regime in the UK. Thorne's research interests extend to issues of care, gender, kinship, creative ethnographic methods, political activism, and the emotional and economic crises that shape societies. Her work is particularly relevant to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals aimed at ending poverty and ensuring prosperity for all.

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