Antropolodzy i antropologia wobec procesu wyznaczania granic dyscypliny. Kazus Polski
Anthropologists and anthropology versus the process of delineating borders of the discipline. The Polish case.

Summary/Abstract: In this article, I examine the problem of the borders of anthropology and its identity as a discipline of knowledge. I focus on four themes. I take into consideration what anthropologists treat as an indicator of separateness of the discipline, what they place on the boundary. I discuss the process of disciplining anthropology which, following J. Clifford, can be defined as articulation and re-articulation of nodding points of this domain. Also, I analyse the content of Polish anthropological textbooks to establish how the identity of discipline is articulated by their authors. I direct my attention to the specificity of anthropology practiced in Poland in the context of locating it among so-called “other anthropologies.” I analyse the issue which is important for contemporary anthropologists as well as for sociologists, namely the relationship between the metropolitan knowledge and the science practiced locally.

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