Peripheral Anthropology
Academic margins as an epistemological space
Abstract
From Estonia, a country located on the periphery of Europe (and where Anthropology has a limited tradition, the article analyzes what it means to be ‘peripheral’ within European anthropology: Are we talking about relevance, training, type of collaborations, disciplinary restrictions, dependency relationship, mechanisms of in/visibility, scientific reputation or funding? The article concludes on a positive note, stating that the global peripheries of knowledge can also become centers of knowledge production in their own way, either as a platform for experimentation or as a regional hub. Also that there is a different form of reflexivity in the peripheries, more vernacular and experimental.
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