Prejudice and Its Intellectual Effect in American Anthropology: An Ethnographic Report<sup>1</sup>

Hsü, Francis L. K.

doi:10.1525/aa.1973.75.1.02a00010

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“…However, there may be other reasons as well including the venues for such communication and the cultural attitudes toward each other. As Francis L. K. Hsu (Hsu 1973) pointed out about the effect of "white anthropology," there was the assumption among both white and non-white scholars that non-white anthropologists could at best only collect data, but could not analyze that data. As a result, in the volumes edited by European and American scholars on "world folklore/folkloristics" or related to "Chinese folklore/folkloristics," the descriptions lack either critical insight or relevant depth, and often are not written by Chinese experts on the topics.…”

Section: Development and Contributionsmentioning

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Folklore in China: Past, Present, and Challenges

Zhang

2018

Humanities

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This article first outlines the long history of folklore collection in China, and then describes the disciplinary development in the 20th century. In Section 3, it presents the current situation in terms of disciplinary infrastructure, development, contribution, and challenge, with a focus on the recent practice of safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. These accounts are largely based on the views of the Chinese folklorists. In the final section, this article discusses the issues of cultural continuity, integration, and self-healing mechanisms in Chinese culture by putting Chinese folkloristics in a historical and world perspective. This paper suggests that, to understand Chinese folklore and culture, one must be aware of the most basic differences between Chinese fundamental beliefs and values and those of the West, and that Chinese folklore and folkloristics present new challenges to the current paradigms put forward in the post-colonial, post-modern, and imperial ideologies.

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Section: Development and Contributionsmentioning

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Folklore in China: Past, Present, and Challenges

Zhang

2018

Humanities

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“…In the twenty‐first century, anthropologists continue to contribute to public and intellectual dialogues about the enduring significance of race, such as the ongoing RACE traveling exhibit. However, as “white public space” (Brodkin, Morgen, and Hutchinson , 545), anthropology still has a long road to travel before the demographic composition of the discipline reflects the diversity of its constituents “at home” (Hsu ). In our sample (Table ), 735 of the 967 professional respondents who answered the question about race and ethnicity were white.…”

Section: Toward a Synthetic And Inclusive Twenty‐first‐century Anthromentioning

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A Qualitative Analysis of How Anthropologists Interpret the Race Construct

Ifekwunigwe

Wagner

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American Anthropologist

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This article assesses anthropological thinking about the race concept and its applications. Drawn from a broader national survey of geneticists’ and anthropologists’ views on race, in this analysis, we provide a qualitative account of anthropologists’ perspectives. We delve deeper than simply asserting that “race is a social construct.” Instead, we explore the differential ways in which anthropologists describe and interpret how race is constructed. Utilizing the heuristic of constructors, shifters, and reconcilers, we also illustrate the ways in which anthropologists conceptualize their interpretations of race along a broad spectrum as well as what these differential approaches reveal about the ideological and biological consequences of socially defined races, such as racism in general and racialized health disparities in particular. [race concept, social construction, racism, health disparities]

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“…The social sciences have also come under attack from a variety of other national and international sources for being primarily oriented toward the white, Western world (Abdi 1975;Horton 1967;Hsu 1973). The soul-searching among social scientists coincides with a small but significant move toward a more open-minded approach in the perception and descriptions of other cultures among psychologists in the Western world.…”

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Indigenous Healing in South Africa: A Neglected Potential

Holdstock

1979

South African Journal of Psychology

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The incidence of indigenous healing, recognition of the spiritual and emotional dimension in the lives of our population, lack of 'professionally' qualified mental health workers, inadequacy of imposing Western approaches on other cultures, proven effectiveness of nonprofessional workers in the mental health area, shortcomings in and disenchantment with Western models of healing and the holistic nature of indigenous healing compel cognisance. The similarity between certain Western approaches, such as that of Jung, and indigenous healing, development in brain research, humanistic and transpersonal psychology, arguments by the World Health Organization (WHO), and the call to integrate indigenous and Western approaches to healing, necessitates a closer look at the area. South African academics and professionals have urged for the recognition of indigenous healing in order to provide a cornqrehenslve mental health service. It is felt that indigenous healing can teach us and offer unique opportunities in the applied and research aspects of psychology.S. Afr. J. Psycho!. 1979,9: 118 -124 Die erkenning van die geestelike en emosionele dimensie in die lewes van ons bevolking, die gebrek aan 'professioneel' gekwalifiseerde geestesgesondheidswerkers, die ontoereikendheid van Westerse benaderings wat op ander kulture afgedwing word, die bewese effektiwiteit van nie-professionele werkers op die terrein van geestesgesondheid, en die enersydse tekortkorninqe van en ontnugtering oor Westerse 'model Ie' van genesing en die andersydse holistiese aard van 'inheemse' genesing, dwing aandag. Die ooreenkoms tussen sommige Westerse benaderings, soos die van Jung en 'inheemse' genesing, ontwikkelings in breinnavorsing, in humanistiese en transpersoonlike sielkunde, uitsprake van die Wereld Gesondheidsorganisasie en die beroep om Westerse en 'inheemse' benaderings tot genesing te integreer, vereis eweneens aandag. Suid-Afrikaanse akademici en professionele mense het 'n beroep gedoen om erkenning van 'inheemse' genesing met die oog op die daarstelling van 'n omvattende geestesgesondheidsdiens. Daar word gevoel dat ons kan leer uit 'inheemse' genesing en dat dit geleenthede skep vir navorsing oor en toepassing van die sielkunde.

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Prejudice and Its Intellectual Effect in American Anthropology: An Ethnographic Report¹

Cited by 44 publications

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Folklore in China: Past, Present, and Challenges

Folklore in China: Past, Present, and Challenges

A Qualitative Analysis of How Anthropologists Interpret the Race Construct

Indigenous Healing in South Africa: A Neglected Potential

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Folklore in China: Past, Present, and Challenges

Folklore in China: Past, Present, and Challenges

A Qualitative Analysis of How Anthropologists Interpret the Race Construct

Indigenous Healing in South Africa: A Neglected Potential

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