This collection offers the fruits of a stimulating workshop that sought to bridge the fraught relationship which sometimes continues between anthropologists and indigenous/native/aboriginal scholars, despite areas of overlapping interest. Participants from around the world share their views and opinions on subjects ranging from ideas for reconciliation, the question of what might constitute a universal "science," indigenous heritage, postcolonial museology, the boundaries of the term "indigeneity," different senses as ways of knowing, and the very issue of writing as a method of dissemination that divides and excludes readers from different backgrounds. This book represents a landmark step in the process of replacing bridges with more equal patterns of intercultural cooperation and communication.

About the Author
Joy Hendry is Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University and a Senior Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford. She has written several books, including Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentation and Power in Japan and Other Societies, and Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous People and Self-Representation. Laara Fitznor teaches Aboriginal/Indigenous education at The University of Manitoba. Originally from Northern Manitoba, Canada, her cultural/linguistic group is Cree (with German/Scottish ancestry), and she is a member of the Nischichaywasihk Cree Nation.


Book Information
ISBN 9781138008861
Author Joy Hendry
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 430g