{"product_id":"the-unnaming-of-kroeber-hall-isbn-9780262547093","title":"The Unnaming of Kroeber Hall","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical examination of the complex legacies of early Californian anthropology and linguistics for twenty-first-century communities.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn January 2021, at a time when many institutions were reevaluating fraught histories, the University of California removed anthropologist and linguist Alfred Kroeber’s name from a building on its Berkeley campus. Critics accused Kroeber of racist and dehumanizing practices that harmed Indigenous people; university leaders repudiated his values. In \u003ci\u003eThe Unnaming of Kroeber Hall\u003c\/i\u003e, Andrew Garrett examines Kroeber’s work in the early twentieth century and his legacy today, asking how a vigorous opponent of racism and advocate for Indigenous rights in his own era became a symbol of his university’s failed relationships with Native communities. Garrett argues that Kroeber’s most important work has been overlooked: his collaborations with Indigenous people throughout California to record their languages and stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unnaming of Kroeber Hall\u003c\/i\u003e offers new perspectives on the early practice of anthropology and linguistics and on its significance today and in the future. Kroeber’s documentation was broader and more collaborative and multifaceted than is usually recognized. As a result, the records Indigenous people created while working with him are relevant throughout California as communities revive languages, names, songs, and stories. Garrett asks readers to consider these legacies, arguing that the University of California chose to reject critical self-examination when it unnamed Kroeber Hall.List of Figures and Tables xi\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations xv\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003cbr\u003e1 Kroeber Hall 1\u003cbr\u003eI INVENTING CALIFORNIA\u003cbr\u003e2 Dispossession and Documentation 25\u003cbr\u003e3 The Wellhead 49\u003cbr\u003eII INDIGENOUS VOICES \u003cbr\u003e4 Documentary Legacies 81\u003cbr\u003e5 Language and Land 117\u003cbr\u003e6 Collaborations 145\u003cbr\u003eIII NATIVE BODIES \u003cbr\u003e7 Ishi's Choices 177\u003cbr\u003e8 Ancestors 205\u003cbr\u003eIV INDIAN LAND \u003cbr\u003e9 Public Works 249\u003cbr\u003e10 Institutional Elisions 277\u003cbr\u003e11 Last Words 301\u003cbr\u003eNotes 319\u003cbr\u003eReferences 353\u003cbr\u003eIndex 423“The glimmer of hope is that scholars such as Andrew Garrett exist, who can cut through the thought-terminating narratives of good vs evil and add much-needed noise. The author is not afraid to stare the discomfort of ambiguity in the face. \u003ci\u003eThe Unnaming of Kroeber Hall \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterclass in rigorous, empathic scholarship.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—N.J. Enfield, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A richly researched new book.... [Garrett] is an inveterate educator, and Kroeber’s story, whatever else it is, is a teaching opportunity—exactly the sort of thing that should not be erased.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eAlta Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A nuanced, well-researched and detailed account of early-twentieth-century anthropology and linguistics.... about much more than just Alfred Kroeber, but about institutional ignorance and misconduct. For Garret then, working to right some of the historical wrongs have only just begun.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eAnthropology Book Forum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Richly documented, complex....Garrett’s is the best work I know that explores the contradictions and unintended outcomes of what was long called “salvage” anthropology and linguistics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Kroeber and ‘salvage anthropology’ are a mixed legacy. The presumed inevitability of indigenous disappearance supported the myth of a settler state starting from scratch in an empty land. But while the collecting of traditional knowledge and language data was often based on false assumptions, it did preserve a precious archive of tradition and language that serves today as a resource for cultural renewal. With lucidity and careful scholarship, Andrew Garrett explores this ambiguous history, providing a much-needed alternative to one-size-fits-all visions of decolonization.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—James Clifford, author of \u003ci\u003eReturns: Becoming Indigenous in the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“This compelling book offers a fair-minded yet passionate assessment of the controversy over one of early American anthropology’s most prominent figures. Garrett recounts how the righteousness of Native American activism and the stale theater of white liberal virtue signaling led to Kroeber Hall’s unnaming, no matter that its namesake had believed in the dignity of all peoples much ahead of his time.  We learn a great deal along the way about language, culture, and Native California—and the fickleness of memory and judgment in an age of sometimes shallow atonement for this country’s deep wrongs.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Orin Starn, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University, author of \u003ci\u003eIshi’s Brain: In Search of America’s Last “Wild” Indian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAndrew Garrett is the Nadine M. Tang and Bruce L. Smith Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Director of the California Language Archive at the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2001, he has collaborated with the Yurok Tribe on the documentation and revitalization of the Yurok language.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305166852325,"sku":"NP9780262547093","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262547093.jpg?v=1767742009","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-unnaming-of-kroeber-hall-isbn-9780262547093","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}