Decolonizing anthropology : an introduction /
Venkatesan, Soumhya.
Decolonizing anthropology : an introduction / Soumhya Venkatesan. - Cambridge: Polity Press, 2025. - x, 252 pages illustrations 22 cm - Decolonizing the curriculum . - Decolonizing the curriculum .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-242) and index.
Introduction: decolonizing anthropology and a decolonizing anthropology -- What is decolonization? -- Colonialism-anthropology -- Epistemological and epistemic justice -- Ignorance and ignoring -- Understanding and transforming universities: the potential of ethnography and anthropology -- On courses and in classes -- Conclusion.
"Decolonization has been a buzzword in anthropology for decades, but remains difficult to grasp and to achieve. This groundbreaking volume offers not only a critical examination of approaches to decolonization, but also fresh ways of thinking about the relationship between anthropology and colonialism, and how we might move beyond colonialism's troubling legacy." -- [Page four] of cover.
9781509540600 1509540601
2024935359
Anthropology--Methodology
Anthropological ethics
Decolonization
Imperialism
Anthropologie--Méthodologie
Décolonisation
Impérialisme
GN33 / .V46 2025
301.01 V55D
Decolonizing anthropology : an introduction / Soumhya Venkatesan. - Cambridge: Polity Press, 2025. - x, 252 pages illustrations 22 cm - Decolonizing the curriculum . - Decolonizing the curriculum .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-242) and index.
Introduction: decolonizing anthropology and a decolonizing anthropology -- What is decolonization? -- Colonialism-anthropology -- Epistemological and epistemic justice -- Ignorance and ignoring -- Understanding and transforming universities: the potential of ethnography and anthropology -- On courses and in classes -- Conclusion.
"Decolonization has been a buzzword in anthropology for decades, but remains difficult to grasp and to achieve. This groundbreaking volume offers not only a critical examination of approaches to decolonization, but also fresh ways of thinking about the relationship between anthropology and colonialism, and how we might move beyond colonialism's troubling legacy." -- [Page four] of cover.
9781509540600 1509540601
2024935359
Anthropology--Methodology
Anthropological ethics
Decolonization
Imperialism
Anthropologie--Méthodologie
Décolonisation
Impérialisme
GN33 / .V46 2025
301.01 V55D