** An invitation to anthropologists around the world: Share your thoughts
and experiences at the 'Who are "We"?' project! **
https://www.facebook.com/anthrowho
http://anthrowho.wordpress.com/the-web-project/
Who do 'we' anthropologists think we are? And how do our collective
identities and relations - as part of wider communities, movements,
disciplines, 'schools' and so on - shape our methods, theories and analyses?
Socio-cultural anthropology has historically and popularly been
characterized by its study of 'other' societies - not only the remote,
exotic natives of Malinowskian legend, but also 'others at home', such as
marginalized minorities, activists and religious communities. But while
endless debates have raged over how anthropologists construct and theorize
'otherness', far less attention has been paid to the other side of the
story: how forms and notions of affinity between anthropologists influence
their theory and practice.
This is where YOUR input is needed! The 'Who are "We"?' project aims to
redress this imbalance by asking how the anthropological 'we' is imagined
and invoked. How are 'we' construed in different anthropological traditions
and contexts? Does an anthropological 'we' even exist where you work/study?
How much are theories of 'otherness' premised on the existence of shared
backgrounds, experiences, politics and intellectual preoccupations among
anthropologists? What about inequalities and disparities within
anthropology? And are there anthropological universals (e.g. methods, ways
of thinking) or can we only speak of a plurality of anthropologies (world
anthropologies, other anthropologies, etc.)?
These and many other questions will be discussed at a small Wenner-Gren
funded workshop (Cambridge, September 2014), but we are very keen to open
the conversation to as many other people around the world as possible. You
don't need to be a 'professional' anthropologist or even an anthropologist
to participate, and you can write anything from a paragraph to a treatise.
or send us a non-textual response! To this end, we've put together a list of
questions online that we hope will spark some discussion and debate. You're
warmly invited to respond to these - or just to the general theme - in one
of two ways:
i) leave a comment on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/anthrowho
ii) or post a comment on our blog:
http://anthrowho.wordpress.com/the-web-project/
Alternatively, you can post your comments via the Open Anthropology
Cooperative's forum (http://bit.ly/1rt4EmR) or just drop us an email at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Do add your voice to the
debate! We look forward to hearing from you.
Nayanika Mathur, Liana Chua and Ryan Davey
University of Cambridge & Brunel University
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