Who are "We"?

Who do 'we' anthropologists think 'we' are? And how do forms and notions of collective disciplinary identity shape the way we think, write and do anthropology? This volume explores how the anthropological 'we' has been construed, transformed and deployed across history and the global anthropological landscape. Drawing together both reflections and ethnographic case studies, it interrogates the critical – yet poorly studied – roles played by myriad anthropological… (more)

Who do 'we' anthropologists think 'we' are? And how do forms and notions of collective disciplinary identity shape the way we think, write and do anthropology? This volume explores how the anthropological 'we' has been construed, transformed and deployed across history and the global anthropological landscape. Drawing together both reflections and ethnographic case studies, it interrogates the critical – yet poorly studied – roles played by myriad anthropological 'we's in generating and influencing anthropological theory, method and analysis. In the process, new spaces are opened for reimagining who 'we' are-and what 'we', and indeed anthropology, could become.