Deprovincializing Trump, decolonizing diversity, and unsettling anthropology

Jonathan Rosa; Yarimar Bonilla

doi:10.1111/amet.12468

Deprovincializing Trump, decolonizing diversity, and unsettling anthropology

Jonathan Rosa, Yarimar Bonilla

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Abstract

After Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 US presidential election, there was widespread public and scholarly outcry that particularized this historical moment. But the tendency to exceptionalize Trump obscures how his rise reflects long-standing political and economic currents, both domestically and globally. By contrast, the effort to deprovincialize Trump effectively locates his electoral win within broader historical, political, and economic assemblages of which it is but one part. This entails examining how colonial and racial legacies shaped perceptions of the 2016 election, as well as the role of anthropology in the contemporary political landscape.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	201-208
Number of pages	8
Journal	American Ethnologist
Volume	44
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/amet.12468
State	Published - May 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Anthropology

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Donald Trump
United States
anthropology
colonialism
diversity
liberalism
race

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