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Mar 12, 1947 77 years old
Belgian anthropologist
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About Rik Pinxten
- Rik Pinxten (born 12 March 1947 in Antwerp) is a professor and researcher in cultural anthropology at Ghent University.
- Between 2003 and 2010 he was chairman of the Liberal Humanist Association of Flanders, the Flemish section of The Humanist Association (Belgium).
- He is chairman of the Center for Intercultural Communication and Interaction (CICI) of the University of Ghent.
- Together with Gerard Mortier, he was an advocate for the creation of the progressive Music Forum "The Krook" in Ghent.
- In 2004, he received the Ark Prize of the Free Word for his book The Artistic Society. Pinxten conducted his fieldwork on the Navajo people.
- He is an advocate for interculturalism over multiculturalism, arguing for dialogue and interaction between different communities based on a strong identity.
