Hierarchies in the international academia? My EASA HOAN Keynote

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Quite a lot of my colleagues like to talk about hierarchies that structure the relations in the international academia and create inequalities between scholars from the academic centre and their colleagues from academic peripheries (framed as the East/West, Global North/Global South etc.). I am not always convinced by the arguments that are raised in support of the hierarchies' existence, and I certainly do not share the conviction of Professor Michał Buchowski that the existence of these hierarchies is "visible and undeniable".

I tried to tackle the issue during my keynote talk at the 8th meeting of EASA's History of Anthropology Network, which I was kindly invited to deliver. My perspective was based on some arguments that I made in my book on the history of ethnography. You can find my talk here: https://easaonline.org/event/the-8th-hoan-meeting/

I am currently working on a paper for the upcoming SIEF congress in Aberdeen, which will explore other problematic aspects of the issue of hierarchies.

And then? Hopefully a journal article!

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