culturalism

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African anthropology

  • Margaret Mead conducting fieldwork in Bali
    In anthropology: Anthropology in Africa

    …organizations, a concept known as culturalism. In South Africa this culturalism supported the ideology of separate development, or apartheid, while in southern Sudan (now the independent country of South Sudan) it was an ingredient in the general breakdown of order. Everywhere it overlooked the multicultural reality of Africa, where situations…

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