"A thoughtful, inviting, student-sensitive book that exudes conviviality in knowledge traditions and meaning-making. Venkatesan goes beyond prescriptive abstractions on the need for effective conversational inclusivity in rethinking the colonial logics underpinning anthropological thought and practice. Enthusiastically recommended." Francis B. Nyamnjoh, University of Cape Town "This interrogation of a key moment in anthropological life comes from a practitioner who is also a teacher and learner. Venkatesan's three-year dialogue with students has opened up arguments and questions about decolonization in a surprisingly fresh, accessible and broad ranging way. At once conversational and deeply reflective, her work considers all over again anthropology's conditions of possibility." Marilyn Strathern , University of Cambridge "[A] highly introspective and positioned critique of anthropology as an academic discipline and a sociopolitical practice .

[A] call to action for anthropologists to rethink the discipline as a living practice with the potential to shape more than just the future of academia." Alicja Staniszewska, Suomen Antropolog"[A] highly introspective and positioned critique of anthropology as an academic discipline and a sociopolitical practice . [A] call to action for anthropologists to rethink the discipline as a living practice with the potential to shape more than just the future of academia." "[A] highly introspective and positioned critique of anthropology as an academic discipline and a sociopolitical practice . [A] call to action for anthropologists to rethink the discipline as a living practice with the potential to shape more than just the future of academia." Alicja Staniszewska, Suomen Antropologi.