ISBN:
9780520342392
,
0520342399
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 275 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gupta, Akhil Anthropological Locations
Keywords:
Anthropology Fieldwork
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Anthropology Methodology
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Anthropology Philosophy
;
Anthropologie - Recherche sur le terrain
;
Anthropologie - Méthodologie
;
Anthropologie - Philosophie
;
73.03 methods and techniques of ethnology
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Anthropology - Fieldwork
;
Anthropology - Methodology
;
Anthropology - Philosophy
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Culturele antropologie
;
Methodologie
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Veldwerk
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Anthropology - Fieldwork - Congresses
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Anthropology - Methodology - Congresses
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Anthropology - Philosophy - Congresses
;
Anthropologie - Recherche sur le terrain
;
Anthropologie - Méthodologie
;
Congresses (form)
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on "fieldwork"--The long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. In an era when anthropologists are studying topics that resist geographical localization, this book initiates a long-overdue discussion of the political and epistemological implications of the disciplinary commitment to fieldwork. These innovative, stimulating essays--carefully chosen to form a coherent whole--interrogate the notion of "the field," showing how the concept is historically constructed and exploring the consequences of its dominance. The essays discuss anthropological work done in places (in refugee camps, on television) or among populations (gays and lesbians, homeless people in the United States) that challenge the traditional boundaries of "the field." The contributors suggest alternative methodologies appropriate for contemporary problems and ultimately propose a reformation of the discipline of anthropology
Description / Table of Contents:
Discipline and practice: "the field" as site, method, and location in anthropology / Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson -- After Ishmael: the fieldwork tradition and its future / Henrika Kuklick -- Locating the past / Mary Des Chene -- News and culture: transitory phenomena and the fieldwork tradition / Liisa H. Malkki -- African studies as American institution / Deborah Amory -- The waxing and waning of "subfields" in North American sociocultural anthropology / Jane F. Collier -- Anthropology and the cultural study of science: from citadels to string figures / Emily Martin -- "You can't take the subway to the Field!": "village" epistemologies in the global village / Joanne Passaro -- The virtual anthropologist / Kath Weston -- Spatial practices: fieldwork, travel, and the disciplining of anthropology / James Clifford.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-259) and index
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