Anthropologists study human behaviour and culture, past and present, at all different scales of complexity. Traditionally, socio-cultural anthropology as a Western/European intellectual tradition has focussed on the other, defined as non-Western, non-European, non-Industrial societies. Indeed, this class is similarly focussed on non-Western/European societies even as it acknowledges that the identities of those engaging in the discipline is changing. Anthropology is being transformed by new voices and calls for decolonization: Indigenous anthropologiesnon-European anthropologists studying non-European cultures/societiesself-reflexive anthropologiesEuropean anthropologists studying European cultures/societiesetc.
Using specific examples from our readings, films, and lectures, I want you to discuss this turn in socio-cultural anthropology. Should anthropologists study the other? What are the opportunities? What are the dangers? What should/could the anthropology of the future look like? Does anthropology have a future?
Responses should be no more than ~1000 words (2 pages, single spaced, not including references), and should be written in Times New Roman, 12 pt font, with no greater than 1 inch margins.
You must use in-text citations and reference your source documents in a bibliography following the style guidelines of the American Anthropological Association (generally, Chicago style). These can be found online at: https://www.americananthro.org/StayInformed/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2044
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