Becoming malleable: How orienting to disability, communication, and the senses further commits anthropology to its moral project

Drawing on anthropological scholarship on the senses, embodiment, and communication, we argue for a capacity‐based anthropology that takes account of human variation in all domains of everyday life, including “the field” and “the anthropology seminar.” Such an approach allows us to consider the ways...

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Published in:American ethnologist 2024-02, Vol.51 (1), p.78-83
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