https://allegralaboratory.net/orientalized-gender-and-the-field/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/orientalized-gender-and-the-field/#comment-139339 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:42:15 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net/?p=46365#comment-139339 I have sympathy for the difficulties the author faced in the field, but I found the tone toward the people she was working with troubling, even condescending, given that she invited them to take part in her research and they had little to gain from sharing their time and stories with the researcher. “I accept your ignorance”– is that the attitude anthropologists should be bringing to the field?

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