Dispersion and Consolidation within Polish Anthropology in the Light of the New Classification of Scholarly Fields Cover Image

Rozproszenie i konsolidacja polskiej antropologii w kontekście zmian w klasyfikacji dyscyplin naukowych
Dispersion and Consolidation within Polish Anthropology in the Light of the New Classification of Scholarly Fields

Author(s): Katarzyna Słaby
Subject(s): Anthropology, Sociology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: history of anthropology; Cracow; sociology of science; dispersion; anthropologization;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to discuss the question of “anthropologization” within polish ethnology/anthropology considered through its peculiar institutional fragmentation and diffusion. This reflection is mainly drawn upon the research conducted between 2015 and 2019 with anthropologists practicing in two different Institutes in Cracow. Even though the fragmentation within anthropology and process of “anthropologization” are already established and do not call for the polish context only as well, in the light of the newly introduced policy in Poland doing away the independence of the discipline they require to be revisited. In order to do this, I am examining the consistence of anthropology using analytical tools introduced by Stephen Fuchs’ theory within sociology of science.

  • Issue Year: 47/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 189-206
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish