Anthropology's Lost Language Syndrome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2175170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A B Kipnis (0000-0003-4509-4103, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-26 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canberra Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0314-9099 • E-ISSN: 1740-9314 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14442213.2023.2280846 |
| OpenAlex | W4389819948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 53 |
This article suggests that there has been a decline in attention paid to issues of linguistic difference and translation in ethnography and examines the theoretical trends in anthropology associated with this decline. It analyses problems in ethnographic contexts where Chinese to English translation (particularly in the translation of various words related to the English semantic domain of ‘happiness’), have implications for social life, as well as the recent theoretical trends in the discipline that encourage ethnographers to ignore linguistic structure. Utilising Actor Network Theory and anthropological theorisations of translation, it argues that linguistic structure must be conceived as a significant force in the world and that it must be understood as interacting with other forces in the world
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |