Historicizing Canadian Anthropology
Historicizing Canadian Anthropology is the first significant examination of the historical development of anthropological study in this country. It addresses key issues in the evolution of the discipline: the shaping influence of Aboriginal-anthropological encounters; the challenge of compiling a history for the Canadian context; and the place of international and institutional relations. The contributors to this collection reflect on the definition and scope of the discipline and explore the degree to which a uniquely Canadian tradition affects anthropological theory, practice, and reflexivity.
Historicizing Canadian Anthropology is a watershed that will revitalize critical reflexivity within the field. With contributions from a broad cross-section of anthropologists - from senior scholars to doctoral students - this book is essential reading for practising Canadian anthropologists, their students, and others who seek to understand the historical contours of the field.
A major contribution to the field. Until now, the literature has been sparsely populated, so this volume is a landmark. It is absolutely unique in its scope, and will attract Canadian anthropologists and others interested in the history of and the social sciences generally in Canada.
This comprehensive history of Canadian anthropology, written by an expert group of authors, will form the foundation for future developments in the field. I strongly recommend it as an important text for undergraduates and graduate students.
1 Historicizing Traditions in Canadian Anthropology / Julia Harrison and Regna Darnell
Part 1: Situating Ourselves Historically and Theoretically
2 Disciplinary Tribes and Territories: Alliances and Skirmishes between Anthropology and History / A.B. McKillop
3 Toward a Historiography of Canadian Anthropology / Robert L.A. Hancock
Part 2: The Pre-professional History of Canadian Anthropology
4 The Erasure of Horatio Hale’s Contributions to Boasian Anthropology / David Nock
5 Marius Barbeau and the Methodology of Salvage Ethnography in Canada, 1911-51 / Andrew Nurse
6 Iroquoian Archaeology, the Public, and Native Communities in Victorian Ontario / Michelle A. Hamilton
Part 3: Locating our Subjects
7 Canadian Anthropology and the Ethnography of "Indian Administration" / Noel Dyck
8 Canadian Anthropology and Ideas of Aboriginal Emendation / Colin Buchanan
9 A Comparative History of "Cultural Rights" in South Africa and Canada / Evie Plaice
10 Canadian Anthropologists in China Studies / Josephine Smart and Alan Smart
Part 4: Documenting Institutional Relations
11 Departmental Networks in Canadian Anthropology / Regna Darnell
12 Canadian Anthropology as a Situated Conversation / Richard K. Pope
13 Anthropology and Sociology at the University of British Columbia from 1947 to the 1980s / Elvi Whittaker and Michael Ames
14 Anthropology at Université Laval: The Early Years, 1958-70 / Marc-Adélard Tremblay
15 Expatriates in the Ivory Tower: Anthropologists in Non Anthropology University Departments / James B. Waldram and Pamela J. Downe
Part 5: Connections and Comparisons
16 Constituting Canadian Anthropology / David Howes
17 The Historical Praxis of Museum Anthropology: A Canada-US Comparison / Cory Willmott
18 Commodifying North American Aboriginal Culture: A Canada-US Comparison / Kathy M’Closkey and Kevin Manuel
19 Canadian Anthropology and the Cold War / Nelson H.H. Graburn
20 Texts and Contexts in Canadian Anthropology / Penny Van Esterik
21 Just a Little Off-Centre or Not Peripheral Enough: Paradoxes for the Reproduction of Canadian Anthropology / Vered Amit
Postscript
Notes and Acknowledgments
References
Contributors
Index
The Social Life of Standards
Ethnographic Methods for Local Engagement
Edited by Janice E. Graham, Christina Holmes, Fiona McDonald, and Regna Darnell
