Árpád Töhötöm Szabó is a cultural anthropologist and associate professor at UBB. His research interests lie in the field of social and political anthropology, with a strong emphasis on everyday economic issues. The main topics of his research include mutuality and reciprocity in social and economic life; interethnic relations and the ethnic dimensions of economic activities; the transformation and reconstruction of rurality; local ecological knowledge and agricultural restructuring; and the histories and narratives of socialism and postsocialism. I have conducted fieldwork in multiethnic rural communities in Transylvania, where I recorded interviews with Hungarians, Roma, Romanians, and Germans.
Email: arpad.szabo@ubbcluj.ro