Josh Reno and Holly High on the legacy of David Graeber
19Feb 2025
David Graeber’s Lasting Influence on Anthropology and Activism
When activist and anthropologist Graeber died unexpectedly in 2020, scholars gathered to mourn him. Contributors to a resulting volume, As If Already Free, reflect on his legacy.
Reno and High: “we both met Graeber before he became so well known. In fact, it was Graeber who first introduced us, over drinks in a London pub. We are both sociocultural anthropologists, like Graeber, broadly concerned with understanding how structures of economic inequality and power play out in people’s everyday lives. Josh first became interested in Graeber’s work during his doctoral fieldwork as a paper picker at a Michigan landfill, then he later ended up as his colleague at Goldsmiths, University of London. Holly first reached out to Graeber when she was organizing a conference on debt at Cambridge University. ..”



