The Future of Anthropology Lies in Its Own Past
A Plea for the Ethnographic Archive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4188501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karl‐heinz Kohl (corresponding author), Karl-Heinz Kohl |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 555-569 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-783X • E-ISSN: 1944-768X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sor.2014.0040 |
| OpenAlex | W230148112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
While anthropology went through a period of disturbing self-reflectivity and profound epistemological doubts, its classical field of study changed dramatically. Instead of small and relatively homogenous face-to-face societies, today’s anthropologists are studying the social transformations triggered by the pressure of globalization. Yet the more these societies adapted themselves to the conditions of modernity, the greater the significance of the ethnographic data collected by anthropologists since the end of the eighteenth century. For indigenous peoples, these data often represent the only written sources on their history, becoming increasingly important in their struggle for land and cultural rights
Cultural anthropology · Ethnography · Face (sociological concept · Field (mathematics · Globalization · Indigenous · Modernity · Plea · Political science · Social anthropology · Social science · Sociocultural anthropology · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |