Einleitung: Afroatlantische Allianzen

This introduction outlines the theoretical framework of this special issue on "Afro-Atlantic Alliances". After summarizing key moments in the history of anthropological research along the Atlantic rim, the authors reflect on the interdisciplinary encounter which shapes the current debate o...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 2011-01, Vol.136 (2), p.227-237
Main Authors: Drotbohm, Heike, Kummels, Ingrid
Format: Article
Language:ger
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Summary:This introduction outlines the theoretical framework of this special issue on "Afro-Atlantic Alliances". After summarizing key moments in the history of anthropological research along the Atlantic rim, the authors reflect on the interdisciplinary encounter which shapes the current debate on Afro-Atlantic cultures. By introducing "alliances" as a conceptual framework, ideas of relatedness and belonging as well as of entangled histories are recomposed in order to establish a methodology which aims at provincializing the traditional centers of power and at overcoming a methodological nationalism. This special issue brings together contributions on the impact of historical forms of return migration to Sierra Leone, on the meanings of contemporary migrant return visits to Cape Verde; on Mozambican students' agency in Cuba as well as in their country of origin; on Cuban artists' impact on race as an outcome of travelling between and performing in Havanna, Paris and New York; on transnational Yoruba religious networks in Cuba as well as on Cuban and Brazilian actors' strategies with regard to their religious practices and their migrant status in Germany. In the afterword to this thematic issue recent paradigm shifts in the study of the Afro-Atlantic world are discussed.
ISSN:0044-2666