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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 275 p.
- Note
- "This volume grows out of a conference, Anthropology and "the Field": Boundaries, Areas, and Grounds in the Constitution of a Discipline, which was held on February 19 and 20, 1994, at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz" -- p. vii
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780520206809
- Label
- Anthropological locations : boundaries and grounds of a field science
- Title
- Anthropological locations
- Title remainder
- boundaries and grounds of a field science
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
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- DLC
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN34.3.F53
- LC item number
- A56 1997
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Gupta, Akhil
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- Anthropological locations : boundaries and grounds of a field science, edited by Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson
- Note
- "This volume grows out of a conference, Anthropology and "the Field": Boundaries, Areas, and Grounds in the Constitution of a Discipline, which was held on February 19 and 20, 1994, at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz" -- p. vii
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-259) and index
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- 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
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- ocm35714702
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 275 p.
- Isbn
- 9780520206809
- Lccn
- 96046305
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- Anthropological locations : boundaries and grounds of a field science, edited by Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson
- Note
- "This volume grows out of a conference, Anthropology and "the Field": Boundaries, Areas, and Grounds in the Constitution of a Discipline, which was held on February 19 and 20, 1994, at Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz" -- p. vii
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-259) and index
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- volume
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- nc
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- 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
- Control code
- ocm35714702
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 275 p.
- Isbn
- 9780520206809
- Lccn
- 96046305
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- unmediated
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