Not All Citations Are Equal

Reflections from Medical Anthropology in the Philippines

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2289149
AutoresG Lasco (0000-0002-6402-682X, Department of Anthropology University of the Philippines Quezon City Philippines, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume37
Fascículo3
Páginas217-224
Data de publicação2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Anthropology Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0745-5194 • E-ISSN: 1548-1387
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/maq.12758
PMID36996073
OpenAlexW4361256190
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas34

Long before recent calls to decolonize anthropology, practitioners of "national anthropologies"-such as local anthropologists from/in/of the Philippines-have sought to implement a more inclusive kind of scholarship, and this has been reflected in their citational practices. Indeed, a look at the scholarly output of Philippine anthropologists would show a diverse set of citations that feature local scholarship, including those written in Filipino. As I will show in this article, however, not all citations are equal. Theoretical and methodological citations are typically drawn from Euro-American scholars while scholarship from the Global South is typically invoked as illustrative examples, as parallels, and to set context. Such citational practices, I argue, are a consequence of particular disciplinary histories and divergent priorities. They reinforce the inequalities of power and academic capital within medical anthropology, raising the need for more reflexivity not just about whom medical anthropologists cite but for what reasons

Context (archaeology · Discipline · Inequality · Medical anthropology · Parallels · Political science · Power (physics · Reflexivity · Scholarship · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies