Transforming the Blackfoot: Tradition, innovation and academic exercices

Authors

  • Alice Beck Kehoe

Abstract

After tracing the premises upon which the contrast between tradition and innovation in native cultures was constructed back to the long persisting dichotomy between <<primitive and civilized peoples>> in anthropological studies, the A. focuses her attention on D. Nugent’s essay on the Blackfoot. Through the examination of this 1993 R.F.Heizer award winning paper the A. proves how incorrect analysis and inadequate research may still contribute, in academic circles, to keep misleading and out-of-date assumptions alive.

Dopo aver ricondotto le premesse sulle quali poggia l’opposizione tradizione/innovazione fra i nativi alla - a lungo - persistente dicotomia tra <<popolazioni primitive e civilizzate>> negli studi antropologici, l’A. focalizza la sua attenzione sul saggio di D. Nugent sui Blackfoot. Attraverso l’esame di quest’articolo - vincitore del premio R. F. Heizer peri saggi antropologici per il 1993 - l’A. mostra come analisi e ricerca inadeguate possano ancora contribuire a tenere vivi, nei circoli accademici, assunti fuorvianti e superati.


Published

2019-05-17

How to Cite

Kehoe, A. B. (2019). Transforming the Blackfoot: Tradition, innovation and academic exercices. L’Uomo Società Tradizione Sviluppo, 8(1). Retrieved from https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa03/uomo/article/view/14819

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