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Security and the Culture Expert: Dilemmas of an Engaged Anthropology
Author(s) -
Goldstein Daniel M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
polar: political and legal anthropology review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1555-2934
pISSN - 1081-6976
DOI - 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2010.01071.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , sociology , security studies , field (mathematics) , critical security studies , political science , engineering ethics , epistemology , environmental ethics , social science , law , history , engineering , philosophy , archaeology , pure mathematics , cloud computing , network security policy , cloud computing security , mathematics
What does it mean for anthropology to be relevant in the context of an ongoing global war on terror? This article examines the meanings of “security,” concentrating on the discipline's engagement with the military and the ways in which the anthropological concept of culture has been deployed in post‐9/11 security campaigns. It argues that while there are many potential pitfalls awaiting the so‐called culture expert in military collaborations, security nevertheless remains an important field to which anthropologists can bring critical scholarly attention and ethical engagement .