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(Dr. Lars Krutak ) (Lincoln, Nebraska April 14, 1971) is an American anthropologist, photographer, and writer known for his research about tattoo and its cultural background. He produced and hosted the 10-part documentary series ''Tattoo Hunter'' on the Discovery Channel, which traveled the indigenous world to showcase vanishing art forms of body modification.〔(Discovery Channel: Tattoo Hunter )〕 Between 2010-2014, Krutak worked as an Archaeologist and Alaska Repatriation Case Officer at the National Museum of Natural History, facilitating the return of human remains, funerary objects, sacred and ceremonial objects. Today, he works as a Research Associate for the Smithsonian Institution's (National Museum of Natural History ) in Washington, D.C. ==Early life and career== Krutak was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, to a traveling geologist and university professor who moved the family to Mexico City in 1979 and then to a series of states including Louisiana, Texas, and eventually Colorado where Lars grew up in the small mountain town atmosphere of Rye, Colorado. Krutak attended the University of Colorado at Boulder studying art history and anthropology and upon graduation (1993) he moved to San Francisco to work as an art gallery preparator for Paul Thiebaud, the son of American Pop artist Wayne Thiebaud. In 1996, Krutak attended graduate school at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks where his thesis ''One Stitch at a Time: Ivalu and Sivuqaq Tattoo'' focused on the ancient tattooing traditions of the St. Lawrence Island Yupik people. Krutak briefly attended Cambridge University as a PhD student in 1998 but he returned stateside joining the National Museum of the American Indian (Smithsonian Institution) where he worked as a Repatriation Research Specialist (between 1999–2002) facilitating the return of sacred and ceremonial objects and human remains to indigenous peoples throughout North America and Mexico. Between 1998 and 2003 he also worked for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe as a Democratization Analyst and Applied Anthropologist in several countries of the former Yugoslavia monitoring electoral reforms.〔(Homepage of Lars Krutak )〕 Since 2002, Krutak served as an Anthropological Consultant for three National Geographic Channel productions and was a co-recipient of the 2003 American Book Award in Literature for ''Akuzilleput Igaqullghet, Our Words Put to Paper Sourcebook in St. Lawrence Island Yupik Heritage and History''.〔(American Book Award )〕 His PhD studies at Arizona State University (2005–2009) focused on the socioeconomic impacts of tourism on the Rarámuri (Tarahumara) people of Mexico's Copper Canyon region.〔Selling the Copper Canyon: Tourism and Rarámuri Socioeconomics in Northwest Mexico.〕 Krutak appeared as a studio guest for the History Channel's Ancient Aliens: Mysterious Rituals episode (2011) where he spoke about shamanism. Lars Krutak is married to Heidi Rauch, the founder of apparel company ''(Belabumbum )'' and has one daughter, Neena. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lars Krutak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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