Autoren:	Bierschenk, Thomas Krings, Matthias Lentz, Carola
Titel:	Anthropology in the twenty-first century : a view of, and from, Germany
Online-Publikationsdatum:	26-Mai-2015
Erscheinungsdatum:	2015
Sprache des Dokuments:	Englisch
Zusammenfassung/Abstract:	The article explores the developments in German-language anthropology in the past decades, focussing on the period after the 1970s. It argues that the recent history of German-language Ethnologie (social and cultural anthropology) is one of catching-up modernization. German-speaking anthropologists are increasingly involved in, and contribute to, broader theoretical debates, publish in English and in international journals, and are actively engaged in international academic networks. The paper discusses how and under what conditions of knowledge production these transformations have taken place. It analyses the changing institutional environment in which German anthropologists have worked and work today, as well as the theoretical impulses from within and outside the discipline that have given rise to the contemporary orientation of German-language anthropology as an anthropology of the 'present'. Finally, and beyond the focus on Germany, the article offers some ideas on the future of anthropology as a symmetrical social science, characterized by a continued strong reliance on field work and a high level of 'worldliness', a basic attitude of systematically shifting perspectives, the critical reflection of the social and political embeddedness of knowledge production, and an engagement with social theory across disciplinary boundaries.
DDC-Sachgruppe:	390 Bräuche 390 Customs
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Organisationseinheit:	FB 07 Geschichts- u. Kulturwissensch.
Veröffentlichungsort:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-216
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-40666
Version:	Original work
Publikationstyp:	Arbeitspapier
Nutzungsrechte:	Urheberrechtsschutz
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Umfang:	23 S.
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