Ambiguating Agency
The Case of Malinowski's Ghost
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2461689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Debbora Battaglia (0000-0002-8681-064X, Mount Holyoke College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 505-510 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/aa.1997.99.3.505 |
| OpenAlex | W2117530564 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 24 |
Agency is useful to people not so much for controlling a site of authorship or authority as for ambiguating social relationships and authority. Both indigenous and anthropological practices of ambiguation are critical sites of discourse that allow the gaps and ruptures between epistemologies the possibility of positive value
Agency (philosophy · Biology · Genealogy · Indigenous · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Ecology · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |