Many of the People Studied by Anthropologists Are Now Involved

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Essay

Many of the people studied by anthropologists are now involved in violent struggles over issues of self-determination or other assertions of rights.One scholar recently commented that anthropologists who used to study "tribes" are now in essence studying the poorest,most exploited and wretched people of the earth today.What impact does the politicization of the people that anthropologists study have on the ethical questions that confront contemporary anthropologists? Can anthropologists realistically retain a stance of neutrality in the arenas of conflict in which many now find themselves working?

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