Applying an approach of world anthropology to local debates and local struggles for human and cultural rights allows us, I argue, to contribute to a peace culture that relies on the expertise and the experience of local communities.
Paper long abstract:
Applying an approach of world anthropology to local debates and local struggles of human and cultural rights allows us, I argue, to contribute to a peaceful culture that relies on the expertise and the experience of local communities. World anthropology makes disadvantaged communities visible and uses the resources available in the Western world to support social movements in the Global South. Anthropological methods, especially Participatory Action Research, is used to change the game the academia works in theory, pedagogy, and practice and to include the local communities we work with in the project design and implementation. We should use the community experience and expertise to design our teaching materials. Global anthropology uses languages other than English.
World anthropology is primarily interested in developing non-Western, community-centered and gender-sensitive concepts. World anthropology explores non-Western epistemologies by employing world ethnography with communities on the move. World anthropology is not limited to participant observation or thick description but includes commitment, empathy, and social intervention. World anthropology applies anthropological concepts and ethnographic methods to the real world and uses them to contribute to the development of eco-peace systems.
References:
Horstmann, Alexander 2021. Non-Western Epistemology and Decolonizing Peace Education in World Anthropology, IUAES Congress, Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology, March 9-14 2021.
Restrepo, Eduardo and Arturo Escobar 2005. Other Anthropology and Anthropology Otherwise. Steps to a World Anthropologies Framework. Critique of Anthropology, 25, 2: 99-129.
Ribeiro Lins, Gustavo and Arturo Escobar 2006 (eds.). World Anthropologies. Disciplinary Transformations. Oxford & New York: Berg.
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Contribution description:
Paper long abstract:
Applying an approach of world anthropology to local debates and local struggles of human and cultural rights allows us, I argue, to contribute to a peaceful culture that relies on the expertise and the experience of local communities. World anthropology makes disadvantaged communities visible and uses the resources available in the Western world to support social movements in the Global South. Anthropological methods, especially Participatory Action Research, is used to change the game the academia works in theory, pedagogy, and practice and to include the local communities we work with in the project design and implementation. We should use the community experience and expertise to design our teaching materials. Global anthropology uses languages other than English.
World anthropology is primarily interested in developing non-Western, community-centered and gender-sensitive concepts. World anthropology explores non-Western epistemologies by employing world ethnography with communities on the move. World anthropology is not limited to participant observation or thick description but includes commitment, empathy, and social intervention. World anthropology applies anthropological concepts and ethnographic methods to the real world and uses them to contribute to the development of eco-peace systems.
References:
Horstmann, Alexander 2021. Non-Western Epistemology and Decolonizing Peace Education in World Anthropology, IUAES Congress, Coming of Age on Earth: Legacies and Next Generation Anthropology, March 9-14 2021.
Restrepo, Eduardo and Arturo Escobar 2005. Other Anthropology and Anthropology Otherwise. Steps to a World Anthropologies Framework. Critique of Anthropology, 25, 2: 99-129.
Ribeiro Lins, Gustavo and Arturo Escobar 2006 (eds.). World Anthropologies. Disciplinary Transformations. Oxford & New York: Berg.
Decolonising the academy?
Session 1