Adrian S. Franklin (born 19 December 1955) is a British social anthropologist, currently Professor of Creative Industries and Cultural Policy at the University of South Australia. He has worked on television for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He worked on several ABC radio and television programs such as By Design on ABC Radio National and the television series Collectors where, with Gordon Brown and Claudia Chan Shaw, he was one of the panel of experts (specialising in the mid-twentieth century, contemporary decorative arts, design, glass, furniture, and ceramics. Franklin was born in Canterbury, England and holds a Master of Arts in Social Anthropology from the University of Kent, and was awarded his PhD from the University of Bristol in 1989 for his thesis Privatism, the Home and Working Class Culture. He has held previous professorships at Bristol University, the University of Oslo and the University of Tasmania.

Research Interests

Creativity; more-than-human studies; animal studies; art museums and art publics; festivals; urban studies; human social bonds and loneliness studies; design; contemporary social theory; tourism.

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