Dr. Rex Clark

Biography

Rex Clark is an Associate Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, specializing in the field of anthropology. His primary research interests lie in Marxian anthropology, class and culture, social inequality, as well as the ethnography of Newfoundland and the Shetland Islands. His first ethnographic research examined Shetland Island myth and ritual through the lens of Claude Lévi-Strauss. More recently, Clark's fieldwork has focused on the interrelation of class and culture during the era of merchant capitalism in Newfoundland. He is currently engaged in projects related to the historical anthropology of merchant capitalism in Newfoundland and a theoretical analysis exploring the links between culture and the differentiation of social relations of appropriation. Through his work, he aims to contribute significantly to understanding how economic structures shape social dynamics and cultural expressions.

Research Interests