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Reflections on Anthrobombing: Experiments in Performing, Publishing and Becoming with (Other) Publics

In: Public Anthropologist
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Alexandros Papageorgiou Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Athens, Greece, alexandros_papageo@yahoo.gr

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Alexandra Siotou Adjunct Professor, Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Athens, Greece, siotal22@gmail.com

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Penelope Papailias Associate Professor, Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece, papailia@ha.uth.gr

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Online Publication Date:
31 Mar 2022
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Abstract

This article is based on a two-year collaborative research program on public anthropology in Greece focused on narrative experimentation with stand-up comedy and alternative publishing with handmade books, or cartoneras. Viewing in anthropology a powerful tool to dismantle prevalent commonsense about nationalism, gender norms and capitalist progress, we “bombed” time-spaces in which academic discourse is not usually present. The embodied experience of performing and publishing in an “anthropological way” outside of spaces of academic communication led to insights about the potential of humor, multimodal forms and performance for anthropology, new questions about “who anthropology is for” and “what makes knowledge anthropological”, and an emergent concern for becoming-with, rather than just bombing, publics.

Title:
Reflections on Anthrobombing: Experiments in Performing, Publishing and Becoming with (Other) Publics
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/25891715-bja10031
Language:
English
Pages:
78–101
Keywords:
public anthropology; multimodality; stand-up comedy; humor; alternative publishing
In:
Public Anthropologist
In:
Volume 4: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
2589-1715
Print ISSN:
2589-1707
Subjects:
Sociology & Anthropology, Social Sciences, Critical Social Sciences, Comparative Social Sciences, Global Studies

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