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The role of history of anthropology in the anthropology curriculum
Author(s) -
Darnell Regna
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(198207)18:3<265::aid-jhbs2300180308>3.0.co;2-r
Subject(s) - ethnocentrism , anthropology , context (archaeology) , applied anthropology , educational anthropology , sociology , sociocultural anthropology , curriculum , four field approach , anthropology of art , history , pedagogy , archaeology , ethnography , art history , contemporary art , performance art
The practitioners who teach anthropology are usually ethnocentric with regard to their own specialization. In the history course, in contrast, there is no right or wrong answer–only the search for context.