Have We Ever Taught Anthropology?  A Hidden History of Disciplinary Pedagogy

David Mills

doi:10.22582/ta.v1i1.252

Have We Ever Taught Anthropology? A Hidden History of Disciplinary Pedagogy

David Mills

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v1i1.252

Keywords: history, teaching anthropology, textbooks, ASA, RAI

Abstract

This paper seeks to puncture three powerful myths about the teaching and learning of anthropology that have circulated within and beyond the discipline. Questioning this mythology, I offer some alternative histories of the discipline, uncovering forgotten debates about training for fieldwork, textbooks, and teaching anthropology in schools.

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2011-06-07

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2011): Inaugural Issue

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