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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462931403321

Titolo

Anthropologists, indigenous scholars and the research endeavour : seeking bridges towards mutual respect / / edited by Joy Hendry and Laara Fitznor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-12213-5

1-283-86228-X

1-136-33116-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in anthropology ; ; v.5

Altri autori (Persone)

FitznorLaara

HendryJoy

Disciplina

301.072

Soggetti

Anthropology - Research

Indigenous peoples - Research

Ethnoscience

Communication in anthropology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. History of the divergence and some ideas for reconciliation -- pt. II. Science and epistemology -- pt. III. Indigenous heritage and post-colonial museology -- pt. IV. The senses as a way of knowing and communicating -- pt. V. Writing and other forms of dissemination.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection offers the fruits of a stimulating workshop that sought to bridge the fraught relationship which sometimes continues between anthropologists and indigenous/native/aboriginal scholars, despite areas of overlapping interest. Participants from around the world share their views and opinions on subjects ranging from ideas for reconciliation, the question of what might constitute a universal ""science,"" indigenous heritage, postcolonial museology, the boundaries of the term ""indigeneity,"" different senses as ways of knowing, and the very issue of writing as a method of dissemi