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Positioning Urban Anthropology: A Road Map for a History of Ideas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Wolfgang Kaltenbacher
Wolfgang Kaltenbacher*
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Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, Italy
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Wolfgang Kaltenbacher, Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies, Via Monte di Dio 14, Palazzo Serra di Cassano, 80132 Naples, Italy. Email: w.kaltenbacher@iisf.it
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Anthropological research in urban contexts reflects the fundamental mutations in social sciences. The boundaries between the traditional academic disciplines have become blurred. New clusters of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research emerge. These changes involve risks and chances. Philosophy of science insists on clear concepts and terminologies. Does it make sense to use the term ‘urban anthropology’? If new disciplines or sub-disciplines arise, they should have distinct shapes, and the nomenclature should reflect their scientific profile. Starting from a diachronic comparative analysis of anthropological theories and methodologies this article proposes a road map for heuristic and epistemological investigations of anthropological research in an increasingly urbanized world.

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Social sciencesphilosophy of scienceepistemologyhistory of ideas
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Diogenes , Volume 63 , Issue 3-4: Urban Anthropology , August 2016 , pp. 20 - 27
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Copyright © ICPHS 2018

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