Indigenising Anthropology with Guattari and Deleuze

Barbara Glowczewski's collection of essays explores how Aboriginal people actualize virtualities of their Dreaming space-time into collective networks of ritualized places, resonating with Deleuze and Guattari's concepts of radical alterity. She proposes a new agenda for radical anthropology to study environmental and social justice based on the value of difference and creative resistance.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 456 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2021
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

This collection of essays explores the intellectual journey of Barbara Glowczewski, an anthropologist who has dedicated her work to studying the Warlpiri people since 1979. Through her profound engagement with this community, Glowczewski reveals how Aboriginal people bring forth virtualities of their Dreaming space-time into collective networks of ritualized places, aligning with certain concepts proposed by Deleuze and Guattari. Radical alterity, contrary to exoticism and exclusion, revolves around envisioning ways to weave diverse worlds, honoring their unique characteristics while always in a state of becoming. It entails recreating the notion of "outsideness" within our minds. This transformative approach to anthropology, inspired by the art and struggles of various Indigenous people and other marginalized groups, particularly women, draws upon Glowczewski's conversations with Guattari and her engaging debates with scholars. It presents an innovative agenda for radical anthropology, aimed at opening new avenues for research on environmental and social justice, grounded in the value of difference and creative resistance.

Weight: 692g
Dimension: 155 x 234 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474450317