ANTH 601 -- Inter-Cultural Theories in Anthropology, 2007
DECOLONIZING ANTHROPOLOGICAL EPISTEMOLOGY, THEORY, AND PRACTICE

Science is a social field of forces, struggles, and relationships that is defined at every moment by the relations of power among the protagonists. Scientific choices are guided by taken-for-granted assumptions, interactive with practices, as to what constitutes real and important problems, valid methods, and authentic knowledge. Such choices also are shaped by the social capital controlled by various positions and stances within the field.

---Pierre Bourdieu, “The Peculiar History of Scientific Reason,” 1991.

Course Documents

 

Dr. Maximilian C. Forte,
Department of Sociology & Anthropology,
Concordia University
mforte@alcor.concordia.ca  http://artsandscience1.concordia.ca/socanth/forteM.htm