“Difference for difference’s sake, though, is not the point of anthropology. If it was, we would indeed be dazzled, even blinded. While anthropology wants to document difference – and often be a witness to it – it also wants to make sense of those differences. Anthropology seeks to explain.”

“Difference for difference’s sake, though, is not the point of anthropology. If it was, we would indeed be dazzled, even blinded. While anthropology wants to document difference – and often be a witness to it – it also wants to make sense of those differences. Anthropology seeks to explain.”

— Matthew Engelke