POSTMODERNISM AND POSITIVISM IN THE STUDY OF ETHNICITY: ANTHROPOLOGISTS AS THEORISTS VERSUS ANTHROPOLOGISTS AS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICERS

Authors

  • Davydd J. Greenwood Universidad de Cornell(USA)
Keywords: Ethnicity, ethnogenesis, Basque Country, professional practices, postmodernism

Abstract

Study of ethnicity offers no neutral ground for anthropologists to work. Current theories like neo-marxism, constructivism, postmodernism, positionality theory or subaltern theory argue that ethnic regionalisms are increasing worldwide in step with globalization processes, thereby exploring the ways ethnicity is responsive to all kinds on large-scale institutional forces. However most scholars often ignore the troubling implications of the perspectives they advocate for the structure of their professional organizations and their professional practices. I will make this point with an extended example drawn from my own experience of the anthropological study of ethnicity in Spain.

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Published
23-01-2012
How to Cite
Greenwood, D. J. (2012). POSTMODERNISM AND POSITIVISM IN THE STUDY OF ETHNICITY: ANTHROPOLOGISTS AS THEORISTS VERSUS ANTHROPOLOGISTS AS PROFESSIONAL PRACTICERS. Areas. International Social Science Journal, (19), 193–209. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/areas/article/view/144851
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No. 19 (1999): Antropología hoy: teorías, técnicas y tácticas
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