THE YANOMAMI CRISIS THE ETHICAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

• Authors: Walczak B.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the history of the research conducted among the Venezuelan Yanomami and the controversies which arose surrounding that research towards the end of the 1980s. This is the greatest controversy in modern anthropology and one of the most serious in the whole history of the discipline. In literature this stormy discussion (which even extends beyond anthropological circles) is known as the 'Yanomami crisis'. The author argues that the reasons for the 'Yanomami crisis' can be found in earlier sources and are the result of complex interparadigmatic disputes. In addition, he presents criticisms of the work of the first Yanomamologists from the perspective of the anthropological New Criticism and, finally, he discusses the most important consequences of the crisis - both those concerning the way in which the research was carried out, the ethical standards and the way in which the anthropology of culture functions in public discourse.

Keywords

EN

ANTHROPOLOGY WITHIN PUBLIC DISCOURSE; FIELDWORK'S ETHIC; INTERPARADIGMATIC ISSUES; YANOMAMI CRISIS

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Studiów Politycznych PAN
• Journal: Kultura i Społeczeństwo
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 3-33
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Walczak B.

• B. Walczak, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA062419