<em>Pizzini</em>: About public uses of the word anthropology

The article surveys “snippets”, gleaned over the last year from Italian newspaper and magazine articles, in which the words “anthropology” and “anthropological”, often loosely used, are to be found. The survey makes no claims to completeness. Such generalized use of terms with a specific meaning see...

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Main Author: Sandra Puccini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNICApress 2015-06-01
Series:Anuac
Online Access:https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/1607
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description The article surveys “snippets”, gleaned over the last year from Italian newspaper and magazine articles, in which the words “anthropology” and “anthropological”, often loosely used, are to be found. The survey makes no claims to completeness. Such generalized use of terms with a specific meaning seems to have intensified with the simultaneous decline in various fields (publishing, academia and institutions) of the demo-ethno-anthropological disciplines. The article directs an ironic gaze on current problems which our professional community needs to tackle seriously.
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spelling doaj.art-c5d9146c00b44662901149669383732c2023-09-02T18:13:16ZengUNICApressAnuac2239-625X2015-06-011210.7340/anuac2239-625X-321059<em>Pizzini</em>: About public uses of the word anthropologySandra Puccini0Università di Viterbo, ItalyThe article surveys “snippets”, gleaned over the last year from Italian newspaper and magazine articles, in which the words “anthropology” and “anthropological”, often loosely used, are to be found. The survey makes no claims to completeness. Such generalized use of terms with a specific meaning seems to have intensified with the simultaneous decline in various fields (publishing, academia and institutions) of the demo-ethno-anthropological disciplines. The article directs an ironic gaze on current problems which our professional community needs to tackle seriously.https://ojs.unica.it/index.php/anuac/article/view/1607
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