Hi, I’m Gili.

I’m a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the program in Cultural Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. As a cultural anthropologist, I research how people with diverse bodies negotiate definitions of ability, disability, and diversity in their everyday and professional lives.

Research projects

I have three main bodies of work.
Feel free to browse each page for a research explanation, photos, and publications.

A shared tandem bicycle ride during fieldwork. Photo by Gili Hammer.

Dancers (left to right) Julie Crothers, Dwayne Scheuneman, James Bowen, Lani Dickinson, Axis Dance Company. Photo by David DeSilva.

Actresses Nurit Shalom and Alissa Zannou, Na Laga’at Theatre of deaf and blind performers. Photo by Benny Gam Zo Letova.