Who do “we” anthropologists think “we” are? And how do forms and notions of collective disciplinary identity shape the way we think, write, and do anthropology? This volume explores how the anthropological “we” has been construed, transformed, and deployed across history and the global anthropological landscape. Drawing together both reflections and ethnographic case studies, it interrogates the critical—yet poorly studied—roles played by myriad anthropological “we” ss in generating and influencing anthropological theory, method, and analysis. In the process, new spaces are opened for reimagining who “we” are – and what “we,” and indeed anthropology, could become.
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Who do `we' anthropologists think `we' are? Drawing together reflections and ethnographic case studies, this volume explores how the anthropological `we' has been construed, transformed and deployed across history and the global anthropological landscape.
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List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Who Are 'We'? Liana Chua and Nayanika Mathur PART I: REVISITING THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL 'WE' Chapter 1. Anthropology at the Dawn of Apartheid: Radcliffe-Brown and Malinowski’s South African Engagements, 1919-1934 Isak Niehaus Chapter 2. The Savage Noble: Alterity and Aristocracy in Anthropology David Sneath PART II: ALTERITY AND AFFINITY IN ANTHROPOLOGY'S GLOBAL LANDSCAPE Chapter 3. The Anthropological Imaginarium: Crafting Alterity, the Self, and an Ethnographic Film in Southwest China Katherine Swancutt Chapter 4. The Risks of Affinity: Indigeneity and Indigenous Film Production in Bolivia Gabriela Zamorano Villarreal Chapter 5. Shifting the 'We' in Oceania: Anthropology and Pacific Islanders Revisited Ty P. Kāwika Tengan PART III: WHERE DO 'WE' GO FROM HERE? Chapter 6. Crafting Anthropology Otherwise: Alterity, Affinity, and Performance Gey Pin Ang and Caroline Gatt Chapter 7. Towards an Ecumenical Anthropology João de Pina-Cabral Afterword Mwenda Ntarangwi Index
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“Who Are ‘We’? does not provide a response to its own title. Rather, it pulls some of the historical, epistemic and political threads that have come to produce the intricate ‘we’ that we think we are… Importantly, this book is not a guide through pre‐existing affinities and alterities, but an invitation to imagine new ways of reconnecting people – anthropologists and those who are not – in ever productive ways.” • Social Anthropology “[This volume] raises awareness about existing inequalities in knowledge production, and at the same time contributes to the theoretical discussions on knowledge production in anthropology.” • Michal Buchowski, Adam Mickiewicz University
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781785338885
Publisert
2018-06-13
Utgiver
Vendor
Berghahn Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
264

Om bidragsyterne

Liana Chua is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at Brunel University London. She works on Christianity, ethnic politics, resettlement, and development in Borneo, and on global orangutan conservation in “the Anthropocene.” Her publications include The Christianity of Culture (Palgrave, 2012) and co-edited volumes on evidence, power in Southeast Asia, and Alfred Gell’s theory of art.