"A valuable resource for teaching and research alike, Other
People's Anthropologies rethinks canonical accounts of the
discipline's history." . Anthropos
"The collection is a very welcome addition to the growing but
still inadequate number of books and articles on world
anthropologies. It is clearly written with concise chapters that
give the reader a sense of the richness, diversity, commonalities
and potentials of anthropology in the world today. Although the
value goes beyond the classroom, this volume should be of interest
particularly to those teaching anthropological theory who want to
increase students' awareness of the significant anthropological
scholarship beyond the so-called 'center'." . Anthropology News
"At last A volume that exposes the ethnocentric underbelly of
Anglo-American anthropology. The practice and history of
anthropology is far more interesting and engaging than most
English-speakers know. This volume, combining reflective essays
from prominent scholars and cutting-edge work by younger
anthropologists will change the way many think of anthropology." .
Robert Gordon
Anthropological practice has been dominated by the so-called
"great" traditions (Anglo-American, French, and German). However,
processes of decolonization, along with critical interrogation of
these dominant narratives, have led to greater visibility of what
used to be seen as peripheral scholarship. With contributions from
leading anthropologists and social scientists from different
countries and anthropological traditions, this volume gives voice
to scholars outside these "great" traditions. It shows the immense
variety of methodologies, training, and approaches that scholars
from these regions bring to anthropology and the social sciences in
general, thus enriching the disciplines in important ways at an age
marked by multiculturalism, globalization, and
transnationalism.
Aleksandar Bo kovi is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute
of Social Sciences in Belgrade (Serbia) and Visiting Professor of
Anthropology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of
Ljubljana (Slovenia). His research areas include ethnicity and
nationalism, popular culture, and he has also published widely on
the history and theory of anthropology. In recent years, he
published on anthropology in former Yugoslavia (Anthropology Today,
2005), Brazil (Dialectical Anthropology, 2005), South Africa (with
Ilana van Wyk, Etnograficheskoe obozrenie, 2005), and "world
anthropologies" (Anthropos, 2007). Bo kovi? is the author or editor
of several books, including, most recently, Myth, Politics,
Ideology (Belgrade, 2006)."
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