Most cited papers in Anthropological Studies and Insights
What are the most cited papers in Anthropological Studies and Insights?
The most cited paper in Anthropological Studies and Insights is "Ethnography in/of the World System: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography" (George E. Marcus, 1995), with 7,717 citations. Next come "Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference" (3,466) and "Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality" (2,670).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 541 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethnography in/of the World System: The Emergence of Multi-Sited Ethnography George E. Marcus · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 1995 | 7,717 |
| 2 | Beyond “Culture”: Space, Identity, and the Politics of Difference Akhil Gupta, JAMES G. FERGUSON · Cultural Anthropology | Feb 1992 | 3,466 |
| 3 | Spatializing States: Toward an Ethnography of Neoliberal Governmentality JAMES G. FERGUSON, Akhil Gupta · American Ethnologist | Nov 2002 | 2,670 |
| 4 | The Mindful Body: A Prolegomenon to Future Work in Medical Anthropology Nancy Scheper‐Hughes, Margaret M. Lock · Medical Anthropology Quarterly | Mar 1987 | 2,542 |
| 5 | blurred boundaries: the discourse of corruption, the culture of politics, and the imagined state Akhil Gupta · American Ethnologist | May 1995 | 2,515 |
| 6 | National Geographic: The Rooting of Peoples and the Territorialization of National Identity Among Scholars and Refugees Liisa H. Malkki · Cultural Anthropology | Feb 1992 | 2,491 |
| 7 | the romance of resistance: tracing transformations of power through Bedouin women Lila Abu‐Lughod · American Ethnologist | Feb 1990 | 2,329 |
| 8 | An Anthropology of Structural Violence Paul Farmer · Current Anthropology | 24 May 2004 | 2,294 |
| 9 | THE EMERGENCE OF MULTISPECIES ETHNOGRAPHY Eben Kirksey, Stefan Helmreich · Cultural Anthropology | 13 Oct 2010 | 2,243 |
| 10 | Dismantling the Divide Between Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Arun Agrawal · Development and Change | Jul 1995 | 2,190 |
| 11 | Diasporas James Lowry Clifford · Cultural Anthropology | Aug 1994 | 1,871 |
| 12 | An Indigenous Feminist's Take On The Ontological Turn: ‘Ontology’ Is Just Another Word For Colonialism Zoe Todd · Journal of Historical Sociology | Mar 2016 | 1,856 |
| 13 | Resistance and the Problem of Ethnographic Refusal Sherry B. Ortner · Comparative Studies in Society and History | 1995 | 1,820 |
| 14 | INDIGENOUS COSMOPOLITICS IN THE ANDES: Conceptual Reflections beyond “Politics” Marisol de la Cadena · Cultural Anthropology | 15 Apr 2010 | 1,787 |
| 15 | Embodiment as a Paradigm for Anthropology Thomas J. Csordas · Ethos | Mar 1990 | 1,725 |
| 16 | Culture sits in places: reflections on globalism and subaltern strategies of localization Arturo Escobar · Political Geography | Feb 2001 | 1,659 |
| 17 | Parks and Peoples: The Social Impact of Protected Areas Paige West, James Igoe, Dan Brockington · Annual Review of Anthropology | 5 Jun 2006 | 1,575 |
| 18 | Occult economies and the violence of abstraction: notes from the South African postcolony Jean Comaroff, John Comaroff · American Ethnologist | May 1999 | 1,531 |
| 19 | Feminist Theory, Embodiment, and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood · Cultural Anthropology | May 2001 | 1,348 |
| 20 | The Primacy of the Ethical: Propositions for a Militant Anthropology Nancy Scheper‐Hughes · Current Anthropology | Jun 1995 | 1,269 |
| 21 | Beyond the suffering subject: toward an anthropology of the good Joel Robbins · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute | 7 Aug 2013 | 1,218 |
| 22 | The Global Situation Anna Tsing · Cultural Anthropology | Aug 2000 | 1,178 |
| 23 | How Native Is a “Native” Anthropologist? Kirin Narayan · American Anthropologist | Sep 1993 | 1,173 |
| 24 | Life Histories, Blood Revenge, and Warfare in a Tribal Population Napoleon A. Chagnon · Science | 26 Feb 1988 | 1,168 |
| 25 | The cultural biography of objects Chris Gosden, Yvonne Marshall · World Archaeology | Oct 1999 | 1,162 |
| 26 | Globalization and Religious Nationalism: Self, Identity, and the Search for Ontological Security Catarina Kinnvall · Political Psychology | 3 Sep 2004 | 1,141 |
| 27 | Renovating the Pyramid of Needs Douglas T. Kenrick, Vladas Griskevicius, Steven L. Neuberg et al. · Perspectives on Psychological Science | May 2010 | 1,135 |
| 28 | Colonial archives and the arts of governance Ann Laura Stoler · Archives and Museum Informatics | Mar 2002 | 1,110 |
| 29 | IMPERIAL DEBRIS: Reflections on Ruins and Ruination Ann Laura Stoler · Cultural Anthropology | May 2008 | 1,088 |
| 30 | Decolonising Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples Dennis Foley · The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education | Jul 2000 | 1,081 |
| 31 | gastro‐politics in Hindu South Asia Arjun Appadurai · American Ethnologist | Aug 1981 | 1,046 |
| 32 | Putting Hierarchy in Its Place Arjun Appadurai · Cultural Anthropology | Feb 1988 | 1,029 |
| 33 | Articulating Indigenous Identity in Indonesia: Resource Politics and the Tribal Slot Tania Murray Li · Comparative Studies in Society and History | 2000 | 1,029 |
| 34 | The Cultural Anthropology of Time: A Critical Essay Nancy D. Munn · Annual Review of Anthropology | Oct 1992 | 1,024 |
| 35 | Concepts and a model for the comparison of medical systems as cultural systems Arthur Kleinman · Social Science & Medicine Part B Medical Anthropology | 1978 | 1,023 |
| 36 | Somatic Modes of Attention Thomas J. Csordas · Cultural Anthropology | May 1993 | 1,001 |
| 37 | Twilight Institutions: Public Authority and Local Politics in Africa Christian Have Lund · Development and Change | Jul 2006 | 982 |
| 38 | Emotions and affect in recent human geography Steve Pile · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | 6 Nov 2009 | 971 |
| 39 | Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition Jessica Hallenbeck, Mike Krebs, Sarah Hunt et al. · The AAG Review of Books | 21 Mar 2016 | 969 |
| 40 | Rethinking ethnography: Towards a critical cultural politics Dwight Conquergood · Communication Monographs | Jun 1991 | 938 |
| 41 | Life of the mind: The interface of psychopharmaceuticals, domestic economies, and social abandonment João Guilherme Biehl · American Ethnologist | Nov 2004 | 902 |
| 42 | African Traditional Thought and Western Science Robin Horton · Africa | 1967 | 879 |
| 43 | Time and the other: how anthropology makes its object Sasan Samiei · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 3 Feb 2015 | 874 |
| 44 | Collective Feelings Sara Ahmed · Theory Culture & Society | Apr 2004 | 849 |
| 45 | Beyond Occidentalism: Toward Nonimperial Geohistorical Categories Fernando Coronil · Cultural Anthropology | Feb 1996 | 848 |
| 46 | Decolonizing posthumanist geographies Juanita Sundberg · Cultural Geographies | 26 Apr 2013 | 843 |
| 47 | Is Good Policy Unimplementable? Reflections on the Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice David Mosse · Development and Change | Sep 2004 | 810 |
| 48 | To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession and the Protection of Surplus Populations Tania Murray Li · Antipode | 2010 | 783 |
| 49 | How to Make a National Cuisine: Cookbooks in Contemporary India Arjun Appadurai · Comparative Studies in Society and History | 1988 | 777 |
| 50 | Reconciliation and consolation among chimpanzees Frans Β. Μ. de Waal, Angeline van Roosmalen · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | Mar 1979 | 777 |
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