Full Description
What would anthropology look like if the South were our North? This book turns the map upside down and calls for transforming anthropology from a singular to a plural perspective, which recognizes the Global South as a site of original theory and research rather than merely a source of information.
The book acknowledges the structure of racialized and gendered inequalities within which ethnographic research has historically been, and continues to be, conducted, and recognizes the hierarchies created in the West regarding non-Western anthropologists. The authors in this book offer fresh and accessible reflections on their anthropological journeys in the Global South, North, and the worlds in between. They share their ethnographic insights and personal stories to answer the question of why anthropology still needs the Global South.
Why Anthropology Needs the Global South is an essential read for anthropology students, professionals and teachers, as well as for anyone seeking a compass for navigating the contemporary world.
Contents
Foreword: Being Human in an Increasingly Crowded Place - Hebe Vessuri; 1. Turning the Compass, Flipping the Map - Carla Guerrón Montero and Dan Podjed; 2. Mending the World Together: An Anthropological Guide to Collective Care - Bo Kyeong Seo; 3. Anthropologies of Conservation in the Global South - Francisco Araos, Wladimir Riquelme, Florencia Diestre, Ricardo Álvarez, and Victor Sousa; 4. Sensing the Sea for an Anthropology of the Global South - Rosabelle Boswell; 5. A Truly Global South, or Why Anthropology Needs Anthropologies of the Global South - Rosana Guber; 6. Development and the Responsible Ethnographer - Gayathri Sreedharan; 7. Toward Repair Anthropology - Samwel Moses Ntapanta; 8. Ethnographies Beyond Borders - Ethni Amsale and Liliana Rafoth; 9. The Global South as an Equal Partner - Dan Podjed and Carla Guerrón Montero.
