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Faye V. Harrison is an American anthropologist and academic specializing in the intersections of race, gender, and political economy, particularly within the African diaspora. She is a leading voice in the movement to decolonize the field of anthropology, advocating for methodologies that recognize and dismantle structural inequalities. Harrison notably edited the influential volume Decolonizing Anthropology, which remains a foundational text for critical, applied anthropological research.
Her scholarly work is primarily intended for anthropologists and students focused on social justice and global human rights.
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What does Faye V. Harrison study?
She is a sociocultural and political anthropologist whose work examines social inequality, human rights, and the intersections of race, gender, class, and transnational belonging. Her research has included Jamaica, Cuba, the Caribbean, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. [University of Illinois profile](https://anthro.illinois.edu/directory/profile/fvharrsn)
What is Faye V. Harrison's Outsider Within about?
Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age examines anthropology, power, and knowledge from positions treated as outside the discipline's center. The book was published in 2008.
What does Harrison mean by decolonizing anthropology?
Her edited volume Decolonizing Anthropology: Moving Further toward an Anthropology for Liberation asks how the field's methods, institutions, and power relations can be changed. She connects that work to critical race feminist methodology and the politics of knowledge production.
Where did Faye V. Harrison study and teach?
She earned a BA at Brown University and her MA and PhD in anthropology at Stanford University. She is a professor of African American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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