Obituary: Olivia Harris

Anthropologist notable for outstanding work in Bolivia's highlandsOlivia Harris, who has died suddenly of cancer aged 60, was professor of anthropology at the London School of Economics and one of the finest anthropologists in Europe. A specialist in highland Bolivia, she published studies on gender, kinship, feminist theory, law, work, money, death and, most recently, time.Olivia worked for most of her career at Goldsmiths College, London University, where in 1986 she co-founded the anthropology department. Much sought after as a teacher - Olivia held visiting positions at Chicago and Oslo universities - she became chair of the LSE's department of anthropology in 2005.Her early death deprives us of the work she might have done, but To Make the Earth Bear Fruit: Ethnographic Essays on Fertility, Work and Gender in Highland Bolivia (2000) provides a selection of her essays. A remarkable work of ethno-history, which she co-authored with Tristan Platt and...

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