Who Are 'We'?: Reimagining Alterity and Affinity in Anthropology - Paperback

by Liana Chua (Editor), Nayanika Mathur (Editor)

Who do "we" anthropologists think "we" are? And how do forms and notions of collective disciplinary identity shape the way we think, write, and do anthropology? This volume explores how the anthropological "we" has been construed, transformed, and deployed across history and the global anthropological landscape. Drawing together both reflections and ethnographic case studies, it interrogates the critical-yet poorly studied-roles played by myriad anthropological "we" ss in generating and influencing anthropological theory, method, and analysis. In the process, new spaces are opened for reimagining who "we" are - and what "we," and indeed anthropology, could become.

Author Biography

Nayanika Mathur is Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies at the University of Oxford. Her publications include Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy, and the Developmental State in Himalayan India (Cambridge, 2016) and Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene (Chicago,2021) as well as co-edited volumes on anthropological methods and Indian politics.