A Bumpy Road to a Cosmopolitan Anthropology.

Authors :: Farquhar, Judith
Source :: American Anthropologist. Jun2015, Vol. 117 Issue 2, p377-379. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article deals with the intellectual, ethical and career path problems of anthropologists in China, in response to a paper by Gordon Matthews about East Asian anthropology. Topics discussed the influence of Western model of anthropology on Chinese anthropology, the role of technological and economic factors in decolonizing anthropology in East Asia, and the use of the English language. The initiative of Chinese anthropologists to create an identity is mentioned.