Faye V. Harrison

Scholar Harrison has been recognized for her academic leadership in addition to her achievements as an educator. Faye Harrison’s scholarly efforts in illuminating the phenomenon of decolonizing anthropology has led many scholars to incorporate this idea into their work and scholarly strategies.

2004: Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) Prize for Distinguished Achievement in the Critical Study of North America.

2007: Zora Neale Hurston Award for Mentoring, Service & Scholarship; Southern Anthropological Society.

2007: President’s Award, American Anthropological Association.

2010: Legacy Scholar Award, Association of Black Anthropologists.

2013: William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award, Florida Education Fund.

2018: President’s Award, American Anthropological Association.

Affiliations Faye Harrison has held many scholarly leadership and membership positions throughout her lifetime. She is the former president of the Association of Black Anthropologists (1989–1991).

Harrison has also held editorial board member roles including her editorial board membership to Fire!!! The Multi-Media Journal on Black Studies (2011), an advisory editorial board membership to Anthropological Theory (2014–2020), as well as an editorial board membership to American Anthropologist (2000-2005, 2016-2020). This work shows the benefits and potential of decolonized anthropology, that should be further investigated and enhanced. Decolonizing focuses on the use of "data, social and cultural analysis, conceptualizing, and knowledge application methodologies" in ethnographic research to help us curate a clearer understanding of intercultural and international harmony, as well as "global transformation." With facing the challenges of the biological idea of race, several anthropologists have taken a "no-race" approach as well as an intergroup variation approach which stresses ethnicity-based classification as well as organization methods. highlighting both the achievements as well as the overall problems that were mostly implicit and sometimes overt racism of the day. This book describes not only their careers within and outside of anthropology but also the theories and methods they used and created. Faye V. Harrison's nine key improvements to the profession include studying in an ethical and politically precise fashion, encouraging wider variety throughout the profession, rethinking concept, and contributing to such a meaningful international discourse. wrote that anthropology should not be decolonized. He also wrote that the efforts of decolonial anthropologists of his and Harrison's generation amounted to the same work as had been done under post-colonial anthropology. He believes that full decolonization of anthropology could lead to future anthropologists repeating the scientific racism of the past. He also criticizes decolonial anthropology for forgetting a central idea of decolonization, that it is impossible to avoid thought shaped by European norms.