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John Paul Maynard
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GenderMale
IndustryEducation
OccupationLegal anthropologist
LocationTashkent, Uzbekistan
IntroductionJohn Paul Maynard conducts independent social science research projects, A legal anthropologist, he studies unwritten codes. He is a graduate of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and did his PhD work at NYU, on Islamic land law. He lives in Tashkent.
InterestsHeading out to remote areas untouched by modern conveniences. People who do not think as I do. Seeing through concepts, gauging them, including numerical data.
Favorite moviesW. Herzog's Aquirre: Wrath of God. S. Parajanov's In the Shadows of our Ancestors. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Bear by Annaud.
Favorite musici'm ethnomusicology nut. play the sitar, N' Indian rudra vina, i also like Chinese musics, African musics. Bolero, Folk, particularly ballads.
Favorite booksThe Roots of Civilization Chattal Huyuk to Sumer Textiles of the Middle East Empires of the Steppe
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