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Reflections on East and West: anthropology, decolonization, and teaching

Author(s) -

Shukti Chaudhuri-Brill

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

teaching anthropology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2053-9843

DOI - 10.22582/ta.v10i4.619

Subject(s) - decolonization , narrative , anthropology , identity (music) , discipline , sociology , sociocultural anthropology , applied anthropology , gender studies , social science , aesthetics , political science , linguistics , politics , art , philosophy , law

I examine here the role of anthropology in decolonizing narratives of personal identity, taking my own story as an example. I reflect on different aspects of decolonization between east and west: that of racialized identities in different national contexts; of disciplinary contrasts between European and American anthropology; and between that of eastern and western Europe. Drawing on Ingold’s notion of commoning, I discuss decolonizing practices through teaching anthropologically, using narrative as a method.

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