Anthropological locations
Gupta, Akhil
Anthropological locations : boundaries and grounds of a field science / Akhil Gupta & James Ferguson - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997. - viii, 275 p. ; 24 cm
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Discipline and Practice: "The Field" as Site, Method, and Location in Anthropology Akhil Gupta andjamesFerguson 2. Mter Ishmael: The Fieldwork Tradition and Its Future Henrika Kuklick 3* Locating the Past Mary Des Chene 4* News and Culture: Transitory Phenomena and the Fieldwork Tradition Liisa H. Malkki 5* Mrican Studies as American Institution Deborah Amory 6. The Waxing and Waning of "Subfields" in North American Sociocultural Anthropology ]aneF. Collier 7* Anthropology and the Cultural Study of Science: From Citadels to String Figures Emily Martin 8. "You Can't Take the Subway to the Field!": "Village" Epistemologies in the Global Village Joanne Passaro g. The Virtual Anthropologist Kath Weston 10. Spatial Practices: Fieldwork, Travel, and the Disciplining of Anthropology James Clifford REFERENCES CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most on "fieldwork" - the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. The essays in this text explore the notion of "field", show how the concept is historically constructed and explore the consequences of its dominance.
9780520206809
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Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Antropología -- Trabajo de campo.
Metodología en antropología.
Filosofía de la antropología.
Antropología -- Metodología.
Antropología -- metodología -- estudios y conferencias.
Antropología -- filosofía -- estudios y conferencias.
301.0723 GUP
Anthropological locations : boundaries and grounds of a field science / Akhil Gupta & James Ferguson - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997. - viii, 275 p. ; 24 cm
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1. Discipline and Practice: "The Field" as Site, Method, and Location in Anthropology Akhil Gupta andjamesFerguson 2. Mter Ishmael: The Fieldwork Tradition and Its Future Henrika Kuklick 3* Locating the Past Mary Des Chene 4* News and Culture: Transitory Phenomena and the Fieldwork Tradition Liisa H. Malkki 5* Mrican Studies as American Institution Deborah Amory 6. The Waxing and Waning of "Subfields" in North American Sociocultural Anthropology ]aneF. Collier 7* Anthropology and the Cultural Study of Science: From Citadels to String Figures Emily Martin 8. "You Can't Take the Subway to the Field!": "Village" Epistemologies in the Global Village Joanne Passaro g. The Virtual Anthropologist Kath Weston 10. Spatial Practices: Fieldwork, Travel, and the Disciplining of Anthropology James Clifford REFERENCES CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most on "fieldwork" - the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. The essays in this text explore the notion of "field", show how the concept is historically constructed and explore the consequences of its dominance.
9780520206809
International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
Social Sciences
Sociology and anthropology
Antropología -- Trabajo de campo.
Metodología en antropología.
Filosofía de la antropología.
Antropología -- Metodología.
Antropología -- metodología -- estudios y conferencias.
Antropología -- filosofía -- estudios y conferencias.
301.0723 GUP
