http://blog.shashwati.com/2006/05/15/elwins-widow/ Shashwati Talukdar's Musings Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:40:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://blog.shashwati.com/2006/05/15/elwins-widow/#comment-177 Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » Elwin’s Legacy Fri, 19 May 2006 14:42:24 +0000 http://blog.shashwati.com/?p=196#comment-177 [...] Despite his obvious ethical failings, as Shashwati says, “Verrier Elwin was one of the first anthropologists to write with great sympathy and understanding about India’s tribal communities.” For that reason one of my goals for this summer was to read his autobiography, as well as a more recent biography, and then maybe even have a go at writing the as-yet-nonexistant Wikipedia entry on him. I have to say, however, that the whole project suddenly seems somewhat less enticing.   [...] […] Despite his obvious ethical failings, as Shashwati says, “Verrier Elwin was one of the first anthropologists to write with great sympathy and understanding about India’s tribal communities.” For that reason one of my goals for this summer was to read his autobiography, as well as a more recent biography, and then maybe even have a go at writing the as-yet-nonexistant Wikipedia entry on him. I have to say, however, that the whole project suddenly seems somewhat less enticing.   […]

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