Migration in der frühen Kulturanthropologie. Grenzüberschreitende Wissenspraktiken zwischen lokaler Geschichte und globaler Zukunft

Abstract

„Franz Boas, the founding father of American anthropology, wrote and spoke extensively on erroneous beliefs, anchored in pseudoscience, that immigrants in the early twentieth century from Southern and Eastern Europe were genetically inferior. [...] Anthropologists have deep accumulated knowledge about the sociocultural dynamics of immigration, as well as our historical obligation to advocate on behalf of immigrant populations who may have limited political visibility and voice.“1