Decolonizing Anthropology
Author | : Faye Venetia Harrison |
Publisher | : American Anthropological Association |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015040576640 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Decolonizing Anthropology is part of a broader effort that aims to advance the critical reconstruction of the discipline devoted to understanding humankind in all its diversity and commonality. The utility and power of a decolonized anthropology must continue to be tested and developed. May the results of ethnographic probes--the data, the social and cultural analysis, the theorizing, and the strategies for knowledge application--help scholars envision clearer paths toincreased understanding, a heightened sense of intercultural and international solidarity, and last, but certainly not least, world transformation.