It is down to how the terminology is embedded. Many scholars or people interested in history encounter the term 'Anglo-Saxon' in the context of documents, annals etc. and are unaware of how it has been misused. In some circumstances it's a case of ignorance & how to adjust usage.
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @FlorenceHRS and
It’s in three different sources for the period and one isn’t even English, it’s continental. The term is historically inaccurate but became embedded because of the racist and white nationalist roots of the field.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @FlorenceHRS and
Exactly what I'm writing about in my book. It's entirely contrived but deeply embedded. I respect the work of everyone trying to root the term out and am trying to bring the historicity of the term to light through my talks, lecturing, writing and on different platforms.
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Replying to @DrJaninaRamirez @AdmiralHip and
Many scholars STILL use this term and are not racist. The term is completely different in a UK context and Dr J is right... terminology is deeply embedded in scholarship. This level of bullying by those accusing folk of racism has to stop.
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Replying to @Alison_Douglaz @DrJaninaRamirez and
This discussion is completely unrelated to whether any individual scholars are racist, it is about the inherent racism embedded in the term 'Anglo-Saxon'.
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @Alison_Douglaz and
Scholarly discussion about the social implications and accuracy of our terminology is not 'bullying', and painting it as such is quashing not only intellectual progress but public understandings of history.
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @DrJaninaRamirez and
With all due respect, I have seen bullying to folk who are scholarly and respectful. All for using the term Anglo-Saxon in an early medieval, material culture context. This is not ok.
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Replying to @Alison_Douglaz @DrJaninaRamirez and
With all due respect, no matter how 'respectful' a scholar's tone is, deciding to use a racist term after being informed of its inherent racism is not, in fact, respectful.
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Replying to @FlorenceHRS @DrJaninaRamirez and
Aha, but thisis where we disagree - respectfully. I am a scholar of material culture and I use this term because, in my view it is the only reasonable term for that period.
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Replying to @Alison_Douglaz @DrJaninaRamirez and
Then yes, we do disagree. Opting to uncritically use a term that not only has racist origins and racist applications but is also inaccurate and largely anachronistic is not only harmful but is, in my opinion, bad scholarship.
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I heavily agree with this. It is far from an accurate term for the period, and archaeology can and has moved on from other terminology in the past. They can let this one go too.
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