Ronald Frankenberg (20 October 1929 – 20 November 2015) was a British anthropologist and sociologist, known for his study of conflict and decision-making in a Welsh village.
Frankenberg was a member of the Manchester School of British Social Anthropology.
For his PhD, he studied the complexities and conflict in a Welsh mining community called Glyn Ceiriog.
[2] He was involved in studies concerning children in film, AIDS literature, and representations of death in the twentieth century.
[4] In his later years, Frankenberg was active in promoting this field in the United States.