Anthropological Gossip: On a Bad Habit in Our Discipline

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https://doi.org/10.15460/ethnoscripts.2025.27.1.2467

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public anthropology, engaged anthropology, interdisciplinary communication, early childhood intervention, international development

Abstract

Anthropological gossip, that is, writing mainly for an anthropological audience while criticising other fields, undermines the discipline’s relevance within academia and beyond. To realise the discipline’s critical potential, this piece argues, anthropologists must speak more actively across disciplines.

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Received

2025-09-16

Published

2025-12-02

How to Cite

Scheidecker, G. (2025). Anthropological Gossip: On a Bad Habit in Our Discipline. Ethnoscripts, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.15460/ethnoscripts.2025.27.1.2467

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Vol. 27 No. 1 (2025): Jewish Cultural Heritage, Minority Agency, and the State

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Think Pieces

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Copyright (c) 2025 Gabriel Scheidecker

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