13.
Charisma, Politics and Ideology in the Birth and Transformations of National
Anthropologies
Convenors:
Moshe
Shokeid, University of Tel-Aviv
João Leal,
New University of Lisbon
Anthropology
is a relative newcomer to academia. Even so, it has undergone immense change.
The workshop called for participants who observed or recorded the history of
the professional institutionalization of anthropology in their own country and
the transformation of the ethnographic project in their academic milieu. The
presentations will explore the specific circumstance and the social context
that first facilitated the introduction of anthropology into their university
curriculum and research agenda. We
will look for the forces that influenced changes in the engagement of theory,
application of methodology and choice of field site. We assume that the emergence and transformation of anthropology
have been energized by such factors as the personal charisma of academic
entrepreneurs, specific political and societal circumstances, and the
intellectual and ideological ambience of the time. The review of national histories of anthropology may expand
our understanding of its role in society and the unique patterns of its
professional production in different countries.
Nation and Empire
in Portuguese Anthropology
João
Leal, New University of Lisbon
The Development
of Ethnology (Cultural and Social Anthropology) as an Academic Discipline at
Dutch Universities, 1815-2004
Jan de Wolf, University of
Utrecht
Max Gluckman and the
Making of Israeli Anthropology
Moshe Shokeid, University
of Tel-Aviv
Anthropology as a
Commercial Science: The Institut d’Ethnologie in Neuchâtel,
1945-1970
Serge
Reubi, University of Neuchâtel