Discussions among anthropologists about who we are and what our goals are are fragmented. We do not often speak to each other about such things, leaving our shared understandings implicit. The recent discussions regarding Akhil Gupta's 2021 Presidential Address have provided an exciting exception. We witnessed wide-ranging discussions about the past, present, and future of anthropology on the "all member” Communities platform of the American Anthropological Association, encouraged initially by a post provided by Herbert Lewis.
This "Zoom" meeting aims to continue these conversations, with the main protagonists (including Gupta’s co-author, Jesse Stoolman) present and active. Dialog is our goal. With the aid of discussant Gitika De, we want to try to do what anthropologists supposedly do best: that is, to listen to each other – to walk in the shoes of others and to learn from others’ experiences. We aim for a discussion that honors the deeper similarities residing in our varied viewpoints. We hope to foster, even if only as a beginning step, the emergence of a collective vision for anthropology’s future, one that truly celebrates our collective humanity.
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