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The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context: Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the Formation of an Anthropological Tradition

The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context: Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the... The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the Formation of an Anthropological Tradition samuel r. cook, Virginia Tech "In the phrase `activist anthropology,'" writes Charles Hale, "activist is an adjective. To me, the word conveys an intention to modify anthropology, to transform the conventional practice in methodological terms" (2007: 105). Indeed, Hale's name seems to have become synonymous with a growing current of scholars who view activism as a suppressed but newly unearthed vital organ of the discipline (e.g., Hale 2006; Hale and Calhoun 2008). In as much as the dialectical tension between notions of "pure" versus "applied" research remain vibrant, anthropological activism seems now to comprise one of the vital wings, along with public anthropology (e.g., Borofsky) and collaborative ethnography/ anthropology (e.g., Lassiter 2005), in the campaign to challenge and redefine the epistemological mission of the discipline (e.g., Brown and Halley 2002; Speed 2006; Simonelli 2007). In this essay I endeavor to scrutinize the "novelty" of a distinctly activist-oriented anthropology through an examination of the historical activities of anthropologists working with indigenous peoples in the state of Virginia. The case study begins and is primarily concerned with the early activities of Bureau of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Collaborative Anthropologies University of Nebraska Press

The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context: Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the Formation of an Anthropological Tradition

Collaborative Anthropologies , Volume 7 (2) – Mar 26, 2015

The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context: Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the Formation of an Anthropological Tradition


The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the Formation of an Anthropological Tradition samuel r. cook, Virginia Tech "In the phrase `activist anthropology,'" writes Charles Hale, "activist is an adjective. To me, the word conveys an intention to modify anthropology, to transform the conventional practice in methodological terms" (2007: 105). Indeed, Hale's name seems to have become synonymous with a growing current of scholars who view activism as a suppressed but newly unearthed vital organ of the discipline (e.g., Hale 2006; Hale and Calhoun 2008). In as much as the dialectical tension between notions of "pure" versus "applied" research remain vibrant, anthropological activism seems now to comprise one of the vital wings, along with public anthropology (e.g., Borofsky) and collaborative ethnography/ anthropology (e.g., Lassiter 2005), in the campaign to challenge and redefine the epistemological mission of the discipline (e.g., Brown and Halley 2002; Speed 2006; Simonelli 2007). In this essay I endeavor to scrutinize the "novelty" of a distinctly activist-oriented anthropology through an examination of the historical activities of anthropologists working with indigenous peoples in the state of Virginia. The case study begins and is primarily concerned with the early activities of Bureau of American Ethnology anthropologists such as James Mooney, who launched his professional career in post-bellum Virginia. Mooney and subsequent ethnologists working in the region found their research being cultivated in a climate of skewed race relations and concomitant political economic arrange- ments, thereby inviting a tradition of advocacy among anthropologists working to advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the state. This context, I argue, was significant in provoking shifts from evolutionary models of ethnological inquiry to more complex understandings of...
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The Activist Trajectory and Collaborative Context Indigenous Peoples in Virginia and the Formation of an Anthropological Tradition samuel r. cook, Virginia Tech "In the phrase `activist anthropology,'" writes Charles Hale, "activist is an adjective. To me, the word conveys an intention to modify anthropology, to transform the conventional practice in methodological terms" (2007: 105). Indeed, Hale's name seems to have become synonymous with a growing current of scholars who view activism as a suppressed but newly unearthed vital organ of the discipline (e.g., Hale 2006; Hale and Calhoun 2008). In as much as the dialectical tension between notions of "pure" versus "applied" research remain vibrant, anthropological activism seems now to comprise one of the vital wings, along with public anthropology (e.g., Borofsky) and collaborative ethnography/ anthropology (e.g., Lassiter 2005), in the campaign to challenge and redefine the epistemological mission of the discipline (e.g., Brown and Halley 2002; Speed 2006; Simonelli 2007). In this essay I endeavor to scrutinize the "novelty" of a distinctly activist-oriented anthropology through an examination of the historical activities of anthropologists working with indigenous peoples in the state of Virginia. The case study begins and is primarily concerned with the early activities of Bureau of

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