anth326 meeting 6
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ANTH326 PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAMeeting 6: Flesh and Blood
October 13, 2010
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Both
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History in Anthropological Frame
Anthropologists using/doing history Historian on ethnicity Ethnohistory Particularism
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Africa Perceived
Infantilization Ignorance Contradictory tropes Circulation of tropes Pop culture Media coverage (Comaroffs on Time)
Rescue narrative Ethnographic journalism
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Comaroffs
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Jean and John Comaroffs
Current anthropology Non-radical particularism Ethnographic approach Writing style Both from ZA
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Modernity
Continuity Foucault Modernist self
Individualism
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Contact
Africa and Europe Pre-Scramble Africa Variety of outcomes Exchange
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Colonialism
Empire Not all imposed Hegemony Civilizing mission
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Mission
Proselytism Wesleyan Pragmatism Objectified power
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Livingstone
London Missionary Society Obstetrics Gender Intimacy Modernized?
Parallel Newton
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Soft Relativism
Learn from locals Contextual adaptation
Parallel therapeutic traditions Therapeutic repertoire
Exotic knowledge Remaining importance of imported medicine
Pragmatic Social expediency
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Negative Impact on Health
West Africa as white man's grave “Diseases of civilization” (lifestyle diseases) Maggi cubes
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Medicine
Body and soul dualism Africa as Lab Pasteur revolution
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Medical Anthropology Classics
Subsistence strategies Hot/cold
Tepidness What perceived as disease/illness
Significance of barrenness
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Hygiene
Grease/grace Cleanliness/Godliness Douglas on cleansing
Matter out of place Ablutions
Parallel Islam?
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“Moral Hygiene”
Health and morals as connected Morality and mortality Moral side of health Strong connections
Straw cabin, roof, and dress
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Social “Ills”
Social body Sociosomatic healing Back to causal
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Belief Systems
Beliefs and science Beliefs and healing Ritual healing (Roberts) Secrecy
Secret Bible Conflicting ideas about resurrection
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Contemporary Echoes
Neo-Colonialism Development MSF and experimenting (Lab Africa) AIDS
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Transition
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Syncretism
Belief systems African Christianity Voodoo Beliefs changing
Across generations
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Syncretization
Mix-and-match/pick-and-choose? Not haphazard Fertile ground Compartmentalization Fluidity Counterpoint
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Creole
Creole identity Creole languages Central African Republic
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Racialism
Division of humanity as “races” Leading to racism But also anti-racist Telegraphing Afrocentrists Emergence of genetics Sociobiology Eugenics
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Roberts
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Africa Outside Continent
Still African studies Africa created by colonialism Pan-Africanism Slave trade
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Diversity
Through diverse African origins Through diverse experiences
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Ethnic Identity
Segu Empire Bounded entity?
Fluidity Bazin «À chacun son bambara» (“To Each Their
Own Bambara”) Constructed identities
Back to Southall Labels
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Bambara
Ethnonym From outside Bamanan Rejection of Islam
Folk etymology Now identified as Muslim
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Mande languages
Glossonyms Maninka (Malinke) Not necessarily Mande identity Related families