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Citational practices reflect values and valuation in academia. Far from being merely consciously or unconsciously political, they reflect academic “upbringing” in complex ways, and, although one may be unhappy at how they were raised, it still may not be clear how to live better. In this article, I highlight aspects of my upbringing in anthropology, noting how I was instructed in citational practice by senior anthropologists from biological and social anthropology. In exploring my journey from naivete to an understanding of citational politics, I describe two figures, the giant and the mule. These figures illustrate the impacts of the practices I was taught. One comes to us from the history of great white men of Europe, the other from Black feminist anthropological fiction of the United States.
Author(s): Blell M
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Medical Anthropology Quarterly
Year: 2023
Volume: 37
Issue: 3
Pages: 211-216
Print publication date: 25/08/2023
Online publication date: 30/03/2023
Acceptance date: 02/01/2022
Date deposited: 12/10/2023
ISSN (print): 0745-5194
ISSN (electronic): 1548-1387
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/maq.12760
DOI: 10.1111/maq.12760
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