Who Is Afraid of the Anthropologists? Scientific Practices in New Political Scenarios

Authors

  • Lia Zanotta Machado Universidade de Brasília
  • Antonio Motta Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
  • Regina Facchini Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2018.145509

Keywords:

Anthropology, Brazil, Science, Policy, Conservatism

Abstract

This article recollects the course of increasing social visibility of anthropology in Brazil over the past five decades, as a result of the impact of the advance of the so-called "identity politics" on the anthropological practice. It analyzes the dilemmas and challenges for scientific practice in the current political scenario, in which conservative forces have risen up against the expansion of the rights to plurality: natives, quilombolas, gender and sexual diversity. This article presents the dossier "Who's afraid of the anthropologists? Dilemmas and challenges for the scientific production and practices in new political scenarios" whose purpose is to provide multiple contributions for the reflection upon, scaling and qualifying of the dilemmas and challenges brought by the new and recent political scenario.

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Published

2018-04-27

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Special Issue - Who is Afraid of the Anthropologist? Dilemmas and Challenges for Production and Scientific Practices

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How to Cite

Machado, L. Z., Motta, A., & Facchini, R. (2018). Who Is Afraid of the Anthropologists? Scientific Practices in New Political Scenarios. Revista De Antropologia, 61(1), 09-32. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2018.145509