‘Indigenizing’ anthropology in India
Problematics of negotiating an identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20042687 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vineeta Sinha (0000-0002-8945-5970, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Pages | 151-173 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Asian Anthropology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780203308141-16 |
| OpenAlex | W2489399416 |
| ISBN | 9780203308141 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw increased contact between rapidly expanding ‘West’ and ‘non-Western’ societies, manifested especially in the form of colonial encounters. However, ‘European’1 interaction with the ‘Orient’ did not begin with colonialism, with sound evidence of much pre-colonial and nonhegemonic (J. Abu-Lughod 1989) interaction. This chapter explores a facet of this encounter through detailed analysis of a single empirical case. I demonstrate how pre-colonial interaction, colonialism and the discipline of anthropology crystallized both a geographical space (i.e. India as a legitimate culture area) and an intellectual space (‘Indians’ as exotic human others) for subsequent social scientific investigation. This recognition carries important consequences for contemporary efforts to indigenize anthropology in India
Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music) · Negotiation · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |