Part Three: Enhancing the Presence of African Americans in Anthropology (Higher Ed TIG)

Enhancing the Presence of African Americans in Anthropology (Higher Ed TIG) 

CHAIRS: WHITEHEAD, T.L. (UMD), WATKINS, Rachel (American U), and TURE, Kalfani (Yale U) ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS: WHITEHEAD, T.L. (UMD), WATKINS, Rachel (American U)

 

ABSTRACT;

WHITEHEAD, T.L. (UMD), WATKINS, Rachel (American U), and TURE, Kalfani (Yale U) Enhancing the Presence of African Americans in Anthropology. This session is a component of a research effort that is temporarily being led by T.L. Whitehead, in association with the AAA, the ABA (Association of Black Anthropologists), and WAPA (the Washington Association of Professional Anthropologists), on the continuing scarcity of African Americans in Anthropology.  The project builds on a 2014 interview of Karen Brodkin in the blog Savage Minds, where Brodkin, using evidence from a 2013 online survey of the scarcity of African Americans (AAs) in most anthropology departments, commented that “Anthropology: It’s still white public space.” 

 

Session took place at the Society for Applied Anthropology • 78th Annual Meeting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 3-7, 2018