Miller, Daniel;
(2023)
The maturing of anthropology.
American Ethnologist
10.1111/amet.13236.
(In press).
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Abstract
As anthropology reaches maturity, its contributions are likely to grow. This is because the discipline's practitioners, in writing parochial ethnography, can link a respect for individual difference to our understanding of global humanity. Such a practice aligns with the growing political struggle to retain meaning in an expanding world. Moreover, anthropology's commitment to life as lived research, including private domains and engagement with digital worlds, will also become more significant, while anthropology's ethos of empathy will expand beyond the human. Reaching maturity will require a further repudiation of inequality and colonialism, developing a different relationship to theory, philosophy, and engaged anthropology, as well as fostering a much wider commitment to global education.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The maturing of anthropology |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/amet.13236 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/amet.13236 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023 American Anthropological Association This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Anthropology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184639 |
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