February 2, 2007

We Must Fight the Militarization of Anthropology

By ROBERTO J. GONZALEZ

When students take introductory courses in cultural anthropology, they learn the techniques necessary for understanding daily life in peasant villages or among bands of hunter-gatherers. Professors teach them about the importance of building rapport with informants, the insights gained from cultural immersion, and the benefits of linguistic fluency — while interacting with people in the Amazon Basin, the Kalahari Desert, or the Australian outback.

But students rarely learn

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