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Anthropologist
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Too often, the anthropologist takes on the role of police detective, discovering what is "hidden," assembling "evidence" to make a strong "case"... But sometimes what is called for is not an "investigator" at all, but an attentive listener.
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― Purity and Exile: Violence, Memory, and National Cosmology among Hutu Refugees in Tanzania
― Purity and Exile: Violence, Memory, and National Cosmology among Hutu Refugees in Tanzania
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It is worthwhile studying other peoples, because every understanding of another culture is an experiment with our own.
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― The Invention of Culture
― The Invention of Culture