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Anthropology
What was the European Association of Social Anthropologists created for?
To bring Southern and Northern European anthropologists together, to engage in cooperation and discussion.
What is STS?
Science and Technology Studies
What is Glocality?
The unpredictability of social change within the interplay of local and global influences, acts and reactions.
What is "anthropology without guilt" ?
(Used by Mariza Peirano in the context of Brazilian anthropology)
Anthropology consisting of Brazilian, sometimes indigenous, researchers. This affords an emic representation instead of a western outsider.
What did the fall of the iron curtain change in European anthropology?
Western and Eastern European anthropologists were finally able to cooperate. Old traditions forgotten in the west were preserved in the east.
Why was Latour's and Woolgar's Laboratory Life important?
Defamiliarisation of Western science, analysis of communication between researchers and researched, formation of Actor Network Theory (ANT).
What older theories maintained their importance in globalisation?
According to Eriksen:
1. Marxist analysis
2. Peasant studies
3. Urbanisation
What society/culture did Napoleon Chagnon research?
The Yanomami.
What does the author think about English being the lingua franca of anthropology?
negatives:
- Non-English research is omitted in broader debates.
- Non-native English speakers have more difficulty with self-expression in academic writing.
positives:
+ Better accessibility, as English is widespread.
What is the main idea of Actor Network Theory (ANT)?
Every actor, even nonhuman, is communicative and has agency. Thus, more-than-human worlds are possible, and the effect of the material domain on humans can be studied.
What is criticised of Globalisation studies?
Their lack of criticism towards neo-imperialism.
Why was Chagnon's research criticised?
His use of bio-determinism in the description of cultural differences.
What is unique about Brazilian anthropology?
Hybridity and transformation of indigenous tribes, activism and emic representation.
What does cognitive science bring to anthropology?
Biological baseline of human thinking. Certain universalism that is being built on by social proccesess. But also the eradication of society-nature dualism.
What is Katherine Verdery known for?
Her publication Theorising Socialism: A prolougue to the transition. An essential part of post-socialist studies.
Why is Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology relevant for this chapter?
The development of post-socialist studies. Ethnography of the former eastern bloc and the differences in property relations.
What was unique about pre-revolutionary russian anthropology?
Ethnographers had other professions and engaged in applied research; they worked on codifying minority languages.
What is evolutionary psychology?
Scientific field built on evolutionary anthropology. It offers an explanation of social and psychological phenomena through environmental factors of the individual. Dangerously close to bio-determinism.
How does Ulf Hannerz redefine culture?
As an unstable flow instead of a stable system of norms. Claims creolization of cultures in the globalised world.
What is George Lakoff's & Mark Johnson's theoretical framework?
Learning is based on bodily experiences. Thus, the abstract is understood through intimate knowledge of one’s body.