How did global anthropological debates on race & (anti-)racism shape understandings of caste? My latest paper examines this question by exploring the transnational ties between Indian & German anthropologists (Ambedkar, I. Karve, Boas & E. Fischer): https://journals.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/paideuma/index.php/paideuma/article/view/882 [1/4
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The paper examines the intellectual gap between B.R. Ambedkar & Irawati Karve. Trained in contrasting traditions—Franz Boas’ cultural anthropology & Eugen Fischer’s biophysical anthropology—they represent two divergent ways Indian anthropology addresses caste-ism [2/4]