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Can Anthropology/Ethnography Be Revolutionary Essay

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Can Anthropology/Ethnography be Revolutionary?

The university space is constantly changing with the diversity of individuals making up the population. Therefore, this requires the study of anthropology and the tool of ethnographic research to be to be revolutionary. Of which it has the potential to do so. However, it will require a very thorough transition of being already transformative to revolutionary to the point where the work of anthropology is not only read in texts, limiting the scope, but also to allow for it to be visible and distributed to the point where it is exposed to a wider audience and is visible by the eye in the university. What I mean by this, is that the structures of the university be influenced by anthropological work literally. Not just in terms of offering theory only, but to create something that can be incorporated and useful to all bodies occupying the space. …show more content…

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