Decolonizing anthropology has become a rallying cry across the four subfields of Anthropology–Socio-Cultural, Biological, Archaeological, and Linguistic. At the University of Michigan Department of Anthropology, one among the few remaining programs in the country that expresses a commitment to a four-field education, efforts to critique and re-envision the anthropological canon have taken diverse but disparate forms. This 5×5 Incubator Grant will go towards strengthening dialogue among junior faculty representing the different subfields at UM Anthropology. The central question is whether there might be a more coalitional approach to a four-field decolonization project while interrogating the multi-faceted nature of the divides between Socio-Cultural, Biological, Archaeological, and Linguistic Anthropology.
Team members (6) bring a range of perspectives and specialties to the study of Anthropology :
Alyssa Paredes; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Socio-Cultural
Tina Lasisi; Assistant Professor of Anthropology (Biological) and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Tiffany Fryer; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Archeology
Luciana Chamorro; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Socio-Cultural
Jennifer Hsieh; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Socio-Cultural
Ben Hollenbach; Lecturer in Anthropology, Socio-Cultural