World Anthropologies in Practice Situated Perspectives, Global Knowledge

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In a post-colonial world, the contributions of anthropologists living outside North America and Western Europe can no longer be treated as marginal. World Anthropologies in Practice demonstrates how global dialogues enable us to draw on local knowledge as well as differences of perspective to help overcome anthropology’s eternal struggle against ethnocentrism and to strengthen the subject’s relevance to the contemporary world. Based on contributions to the ASA-sponsored IUAES World Anthropology Congress in Manchester, UK, this truly global book brings together a wide range of international scholars who might otherwise not talk to each other. Featuring articles from leading figures in the field such as Yolanda Moses, Winnie Lem, Carmen Rial, Miriam Grossi, and Cristina Amescua, the volume covers topics as diverse as the mobility of Brazilian football players, toilets in South Africa, trade unions in Nepal and South Africa, peace-building in southern Thailand, museological approaches in China, the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, immigration and race in the United States, and many more. Edited by John Gledhill, the text offers a much-needed insight into the way in which anthropology is developing worldwide and makes a tremendous contribution to the discussion of ‘world anthropologies’. An important, timely work for students and researchers. FC Half title ASA Monographs Title Copyright Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors ASA Foreword IUAES Foreword 1. Introduction: A Global Community at Work John Gledhill, University of Manchester, UK Part One: Anthropology in an Age of Crises 2. ‘Spain is the Problem, Europe the Solution’: Economic Models, Labour Organization and the Hope Hope for a Better Future Susana Narotzky, University of Barcelona, Spain 3. Labour Militancy in Neoliberal Times: A Preliminary Comparison of Nepal with South Africa Mallika Shakya, South Asian University, India, and University of Pretoria, South Africa 4. Radical Assertions and Anthropological Practice: A Reflection on Re-framing the Study of Migration Winnie Lem, Trent University, Canada Part Two: Extending Perspectives on a Mobile World 5. From ‘Black Kaká’ to Gentrification: The New Motilities of Expatriate Brazilian Football Players Carmen Silvia Rial, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil 6. Cultural Practices of Mexican Immigrants in Gwinnett County (USA): Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Space of Conviviality in a Receiving Community Cristina Amescua Chávez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Part Three: The Politics of Culture, Gender, Religion and Place 7. Local Histories and New Museological Approaches in China Pan Shouyong, Minzu University, Beijing, China 8. Muslim Women: The Gendered Universality of Legal Rights and Cultural Pluralism Shalina Mehta, Panjab University, India 9. The Politics of Reincarnation, Time and Sovereignty: A Comparative Anthropological Exploration of the Syrian Druze and the Australian Anangu Maria Kastrinou, Brunel University, UK, and Robert Layton, Durham University, UK Part Four: Navigating Engagement with Public Issues 10. Toilets for Africa: Humanitarian Design Meets Sanitation Activism in Khayelitsha, Cape Town Peter Redfield, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and Steven Robins, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 11. Locating the Local: Untangling Ownership over Security Sector Processes of Peace-building in Southern Thailand Paul Chambers and Napisa Waitoolkiat, Institute of Southeast Asian Affairs, Thailand, and Srisompob Jitpiromsri, Centre for Conflict Studies and Cultural Diversity at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand 12. Lessons from Anthropological Projects Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Intangible Cultural Heritage Survey and Disaster Salvage Anthropology Hiroki Takakura, Tohoku University, Japan Index