Chandra Jayawardena and the Ethical 'Turn' in Australian Anthropology

Bibliographic Data

ID2360641
AuthorsKathryn Robinson (Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume24
Issue4
Pages379-402
Publication date2004-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritique of Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308275x04047845
OpenAlexW2013091752
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited13

The Sri Lankan-born anthropologist, the late Chandra Jayawardena, was a pivotal figure in the development of Australian anthropology. He arrived at the University of Sydney in the late 1960s, a period of dramatic intellectual and political change. In the 1970s, he was at the centre of the ethical debate about the involvement of anthropologists in the Tribal Research Centre, a dispute which pitted him against W.R. Geddes. The article draws on his archived papers, including a previously unpublished essay on ethical practice, and locates the 1970s debate - which came at a crucial time in the development of Australian anthropology - in relation to contemporary debates about ethics and anthropological engagement

Applied anthropology · Political science · Politics · Relation (database · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Law

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