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Caribbeanist Anthropology and Minerva's Owl: Lessons Forgotten, Lessons Learned

Vortrag im Rahmen des Anthrolabs

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Rather than survey the state of the art in contemporary Caribbeanist anthropology, this talk presents a sketch of what a critical genealogy of the anthropology of the region might involve. After looking at the origins of anthropological interest in the region, I will focus on two case studies that, for better or worse, may be said to still have diagnostic value for key epistemological orientations in Caribbeanist anthropology. I do so by examining M.G. Smith’s Plural Society model and Julian Stewart’s Puerto Rico Project in their historic Cold War contexts so as to point out why these truly path-breaking endeavors resulted in a lasting vision of Caribbeanness that we may well want to rethink.