Overview
Covers the state of the art and subjects of debate in the history of ethnography and in the role of ethnography for anthropological knowledge
Provides insight into the ethnographic tradition in the USA, UK, France, and Italy
Draws connections between ethnographic traditions to explore some of the most prevalent trends in anthropological theory and practice
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Grounds for Sociocultural Anthropology: USA, UK, FR, IT
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Anthropology (Theory) vs Ethnography (Fieldwork)
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Visual, Dialogical, Sensorial, Multi-sited Ethnography
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About this book
This volume presents both a historical exploration of ethnography and a thematic discussion of major trends that, over different periods, have oriented and re-oriented research practice. As it overviews ethnography from different geographic and thematic perspectives, it further explores new lines of ethnographic research, including as feminist ethnography and visual research, that uncover non-traditional routes to anthropological knowledge.
As the great ethnographer E. E. Evans-Pritchard wrote, “Anyone who is not a complete idiot can do fieldwork… but will [his contribution] be to theoretical, or just to factual knowledge?” As Evans-Pritchard highlights and as this book argues, successful ethnography must be connected to a sophisticated theoretical reflection rooted in social and cultural anthropology.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Vincenzo Matera is Full Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology in the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna (Ravenna Campus), Italy.
Angela Biscaldi is Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology in the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Milano, Italy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethnography
Book Subtitle: A Theoretically Oriented Practice
Editors: Vincenzo Matera, Angela Biscaldi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51720-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51719-9Published: 05 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-51722-9Published: 05 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-51720-5Published: 04 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 429
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethnography, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Research Methodology