Anthropology in the Meantime

Experimental Ethnography, Theory, and Method for the Twenty-First Century

AvMichael M. J. Fischer

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

In Anthropology in the Meantime Michael M. J. Fischer draws on his real world, multi-causal, multi-scale, and multi-locale research to rebuild theory for the twenty-first century. Providing a history and inventory of experimental methods and frameworks in anthropology from the 1920s to the present, Fischer presents anthropology in the meantime as a methodological injunction to do ethnography that examines how the pieces of the world interact, fit together or clash, generate complex unforeseen consequences, reinforce cultural references, and cause social ruptures. Anthropology in the meantime requires patience, constant experimentation, collaboration, the sounding-out of affects and nonverbal communication, and the conducting of ethnographically situated research over longitudinal time. Perhaps above all, anthropology in the meantime is no longer anthropology of and about peoples; it is written with and for the people who are its subjects. Anthropology in the Meantime presents the possibility for creating new narratives and alternative futures.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-09-10
Mått:233 x 161 x 24 mm
Vikt:635 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Experimental Futures
Antal sidor:464
Förlag:Duke University Press
ISBN:9781478000556

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Michael M. J. Fischer is Andrew Mellon Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the author of eight books, including Anthropological Futures; Mute Dreams, Blind Owls, and Dispersed Knowledges; and Emergent Forms of Life and the Anthropological Voice, all also published by Duke University Press.

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"Anthropology in the Meantime is a rich collection of essays in tune with the central debates in contemporary cultural anthropology. . . . It serves as a survey of the present state of the field, identifying the tensions and re-inscribing them in the long tradition of anthropological scholarship. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates and above." - A. Ponce de Leon (Choice) " [This book] maintains a productive line that brings one back to the spirit, above all, of ethnographic exploration as idea and method mining. ... I believe it arrives at a perfect moment. [Fischer] contributes to various contemporary discussions within anthropology on religion, film, politics, postcolonialism, and gender/sexuality." - Joseph Russo (Anthropological Quarterly) “This wonderful and well-researched collection of essays on third ethnographic spaces offers a pragmatic vision for anthropology in the Kantian spirit of the formation of a world society. A must read indeed in times of rapid change.” - Michelangelo Paganopoulos (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute)

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue: Changing Modes of Ethnographic Authority 1Part I. Ethnography in the Meantime1. Experimental Ethnography in Ink, Light, Sound, and Performance 392. Ontology and Metaphysics Are False Leads 493. Pure Logic and Typologizing Are False Leads 79Part II. Ground-Truthing4. Violence and Deep Play 995. Amazonian Ethnography and the Politics of Renewal 1146. Ethnic Violence, Galactic Polities, and the Great Transformation 130Part III. Tone and Tuning7. Health Care in India 1618. Hospitality 1869. Anthropology and Philosophy 198Part IV. Temporalities and Recursivities10. Changing Media of Ethnographic Writing 23311. Recalling Writing Culture 25812. Anthropological Modes of Concern 276Epilogue: Third Spaces and Ethnography in the Anthropocene 298Acknowledgments 345Notes 349Bibliography 391Index 429