Jonathan Eaton is a PhD student in anthropology at the University of British Columbia. His dissertation places people-focused, heritage-based research into conversation with disaster research by investigating the ways that disaster-struck communities can and do draw on their cultural heritage as a source of support in post-disaster recovery. Jonathan earned an MA in anthropology from the University of Toronto and a BA in history from Valparaiso University. Prior to embarking on a PhD, Jonathan spent more than 7 years living in Albania, first on a Fulbright scholarship and then working with the non-profit organization Cultural Heritage without Borders on issues related to heritage conservation, interpretation, and education.
Experience
2018–present
PhD Student in Anthropology, University of British Columbia
2012–2018
Program Officer, Cultural Heritage without Borders-Albania
Education
2011
University of Toronto, MA in Anthropology
2009
Valparaiso University, BA in History
Publications
2022
"Heritage Languages and Language as Heritage: The Language of Heritage in Canada and Beyond", International Journal of Heritage Studies (with M. Turin)
2022
"Acting Out the Future of the Albanian National Theatre: New Heritage at the Intersection of Resistance and New Media", in Theorizing Heritage through Non-Violent Resistance, eds. E. Uzer and F. Hammami (with K. Rocker)
2022
"Austrian Economics on Mushrooms: A Mycelial Approach to Understanding Market Processes in Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning in Vancouver, Canada", in Market Process and Market Order: From Human Action, but Not of Human Design, eds. C. Coyne, R. Candela and K. Collins
2017
"Rebuilding the Broken: Regional Restoration Camps as a Meeting Platform in the Western Balkans", in Heritage and Peacebuilding, eds. D. Walters, D. Laven and P. Davis (with L. Hadžić)
2016
"The Consequences of Neglect: Confronting Neglected Heritage as an Integral Part of Emergency Preparedness and Response", e-dialogos
2014
"Chiseling away at a concrete legacy: Engaging with Communist-era heritage and memory in Albania", Journal of Field Archaeology (with E. Roshi)
Grants and Contracts
2019
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Role:
Funding Source:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Professional Memberships
International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Research Areas
Heritage And Cultural Conservation (210202)
Anthropology (1601)
Social And Cultural Anthropology (160104)
History And Theory Of The Built Environment (Excl. Architecture) (120502)