âBuilding Bridges to Afrocentrism,â Nearly Thirty Years Later

Jennifer Miyuki Babcock

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ChapterÂ 7 âBuilding Bridges to Afrocentrism,â Nearly Thirty Years Later

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004708402_008

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In an open letter to her Egyptological colleagues, Ann Macy Roth outlined the characteristics of âAfrocentric Egyptologyâ and its arguments as she had understood them in 1995, when the letter was written. The letter addressed the dismissive attitude that âtraditionalâ Egyptology had toward âAfrocentric,â or African-centered, scholarship. She called for her colleagues, the âtraditional Egyptologists,â to build a bridge to âAfrocentrism.â Noting that African-centered perspectives were not going to disappear, Roth argued that openness to them would ultimately benefit Egyptology, a field that needed to correct its inherent European bias. In the process, Roth explained, Egyptologists could temper the political motives behind African-centered scholarship and provide it with a more academic, and therefore, objective framework. Considering current efforts in academia to decolonize fields of study and to promote diversity, inclusion, and equity, this paper returns to the content of Rothâs letter with a critical eye.

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Rethinking Ancient Egypt

Studies in Honor of Ann Macy Roth

Series:Â Harvard Egyptological Studies, Volume: 22

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004708402

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 24 Sep 2024

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- Ancient Near East and Egypt
  - Archaeology, Art & Architecture
  - Egyptology

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PartÂ 1 New Interpretations

PartÂ 2 Rethinking Methodologies

PartÂ 3 New Evidence

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