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Magnus Course's research focuses on kinship, personhood, language, and the dynamics of power in social contexts. He completed his PhD on kinship and personhood among the Mapuche in southern Chile at the London School of Economics in 2005. His notable monograph, 'Becoming Mapuche: Person and Ritual in Indigenous Chile,' was published by the University of Illinois Press in 2011, alongside a Spanish monograph entitled 'Mapuche Ñi Mongen,' which examines Mapuche life in rural settings. Course has authored multiple academic articles and edited collections, and has engaged extensively with indigenous autobiographies in lowland South America. His recent research intersects with fishing culture in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland and investigates evolving attitudes towards death and the afterlife in Naples. He was involved in the production of award-winning films exploring the role of the sea in Scottish Gaelic imagination, including a feature-length television documentary funded by the BBC. With a rich background in anthropology, he continues to explore topics including death, kinship, and creative ethnography, recently completing a book titled 'Ways Fail,' set to be released by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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