Abstract
Violence is not only a matter of bodily harm but can also be inflicted through structures. Contrary to violence in wars or police operations, direct effects of such structural violence are difficult to document. I discuss the notion of structural violence as developed by Johan Galtung. The paper then shows how current theoretical discourses in archaeology that are inspired by phenomenology and embodiment make the recognition of structural violence impossible, both in the present practices of archaeologists and as a facet of past life. I then illustrate structural violence in the field of academics in a description of the hurdles for foreign students who want to pursue studies in the United States. These problems need to be understood in the frame of a much larger network of similar effects. I conclude that Western academic practices are one of the many ways that reproduce the violently unequal structures of our present world.
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