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A Metadata Analysis of Anthropological Scholarship about Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This article presents the results of a metadata and content analysis of anthropological research about Haiti and the Dominican Republic available in the Anthropological Literature database and in the Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology. This analysis shows that anthropological knowledge about Haiti and/or the Dominican Republic, produced in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is included less than scholarship published outside the island. In addition, our analysis indicates that research that pertains to both countries, or that considers transnational and/or inter-island processes has been infrequent. Furthermore, that which exists is not as discoverable or visible as research that focuses on each individual country. We consider how databases operate to create an archive of anthropological thought that excludes scholarship from the Global South.

Source: Archipelagos

DOI: 10.17132/2689-842x.1003

Authors: Tess Kulstad González, Pauline Kulstad González, Zoe Grubbs, Hongyuan Zhang

Institutions: Grinnell College, Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean

Language: English

Topic: scientometrics and bibliometrics research

Subfield: Library and Information Sciences

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7203760106

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