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AbstractFor an Anthropology of Flatness Politics and Modern SocietiesHaving had a double anthropological experience (in Africa and in France), the author wants to emphasize some features of anthropology in our societies. In complex societies, anthropology could be defined as an " anthropology of flatness ". The problem the researcher is confronted with is, how to produce enough salience to visualize and analyze both practices and shows, notably in politics, which appear to us " natural " and familiar. Under what conditions an " anthropology of flatness " can be built up ? Does the anthropology of distant societies prevailing paradigm apply to complex ones ? The paper tries to discuss these questions.
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AbstractAnthropology in ColombiaColombian anthropology was founded nearly fifty years ago by foreign-born scholars (such as the French ethnologist Paul Rivet, then in exile). From 1960 to the present day, it has increasingly come to show many likenesses to Latin America in general : a chronic lack of financial support, political problems, but also enthusiasm for new fields of research, intense debates, and social activism on the part of those responding to the call of a society in turmoil.
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AbstractThe Study of Gender Relations : A Personal ContextRather than argue the case that the study of male-female relations is of significance for wider anthropological concerns, this paper seeks to demonstrate the fact in one area. The structure of academic feminist discourse anticipates recent postmodern developments in anthropological writing. This anticipation accounts for some of the awkwardness in the past relationship between feminist scholarship (including 'feminist anthropology') and mainstream ('modernist') anthropology. The relationship is documented autobiographically. Experience always has to be personal, yet the particular awardnesses described here are not reducible to autobiography alone. General developments in anthropology and in the field of gender studies over the last two decades are briefly noted.