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'''Main Argument:''' Ethnicity should not be seen in terms of groups; rather, we must re-examine our concept of ethnicity. Instead of thinking of ethnicity, race, and nation as tangible, we should instead think of them as relational and dynamic, with real consequences independent of their actual existence. Furthermore, we must think of groupness as an event, and distinguish between groups and categories–this distinction allows us to see group-making as a project with strategies for its perpetuation. | '''Main Argument:''' Ethnicity should not be seen in terms of groups; rather, we must re-examine our concept of ethnicity. Instead of thinking of ethnicity, race, and nation as tangible, we should instead think of them as relational and dynamic, with real consequences independent of their actual existence. Furthermore, we must think of groupness as an event, and distinguish between groups and categories–this distinction allows us to see group-making as a project with strategies for its perpetuation. | ||
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**Not just agreeing on a definition, but critically examining how we conceptualize it | **Not just agreeing on a definition, but critically examining how we conceptualize it | ||
*Ethnicity, race, and nation should not be thought of as substantive, concrete things, but as relational and dynamic | *Ethnicity, race, and nation should not be thought of as substantive, concrete things, but as relational and dynamic | ||
**We need to think of them in terms of their institutions, “cognitive schemas,” events, political projects, etc.–in other words, as processes | **We need to think of them in terms of their institutions, “cognitive schemas,” events, political projects, etc.–in other words, as processes | ||
**Our basic analytical category is not the group but groupness | **Our basic analytical category is not the group but groupness | ||
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*While existing cultural structures and ways of thinking due to historical or political action constrain group-making, there are still many strategies for group-making | *While existing cultural structures and ways of thinking due to historical or political action constrain group-making, there are still many strategies for group-making | ||
**Dramatic events can serve to galvanize a group | **Dramatic events can serve to galvanize a group | ||