Gerard J. van den Broek

Gerard J. van den Broek is an anthropologist/semiotician (Leiden University, DSSc. 1986). He was the director of two scholarly libraries and is currently working as Head Knowledge & Strategy of the Home Office.

His principle research interests include the semiotics of classification systems, material culture as an entrance to man’s cognition, hunting and fishing ritual and mythology, and, of course the anthropology of Rousseau and the philosophy of Enlightenment.

Among his recent book publications are: The Return of the Cane, A Natural History of the Walking Stick; Culture Signs Nature, Essays in Semiotic Anthropology, and Fieldwork, Sketches of Jac. L. Jongsma (1893-1926) , apart from numerous articles in international scholarly books and journals.

External link: Gerard J. van den Broek's Academia.edu profile