Open AccessEating my words
Author(s) -
Nickolas Surawy Stepney
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicine anthropology theory
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2405-691X
DOI - 10.17157/mat.7.2.803
Subject(s) - hindi , realisation , politics , linguistics , history , sociology , psychology , political science , philosophy , law , physics , quantum mechanics
Language learning is common preparation for much anthropological fieldwork, but the choices researchers make in this area are distinctly political. Prompted by a chance encounter while studying Hindi, the author reflects on this realisation in view of the numerous languages spoken in India, the interactions involved in hospital-based research, and the place of language in Indian politics more broadly.
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