historical anthropology

Modern another way. Caribbean lessons from the savage’s place

Michel-Rolph Trouillot rolph@uchicago.edu University of Chicago Abstract: “Modernity” is a cloudy term belonging to a familiy of words we might label as “NorthAthlantic universals”. These are particulars that have reached a universal degree; they are pieces of human history being turned into historical standards. This paper sustains that in its mainstream display, as a North-Atlantic […]

Some Contributions to the Study of Phrenology in Argentina during the Second Half of 19th Century

Abstract: This article aims to ponder on phrenology’s discipline plotting from an anthropologicalhistorical perspective, being phrenology a threshold from which to discuss the intellectual influence it had in Argentina. By recovering a series of case studies on this field in Argentina, we will illustrate the theoretical senses underlying the practice of anthropometric measurements and physiognomic […]