A historian/anthropologist amongst the Garos of Bangladesh / Ellen Bal -- Power and authority in the field / Ali Khan -- Story of my research in Bhutan / A.C. Sinha -- Remembering fieldwork histories / Mandy Sadan -- Fields of working knowledge / Ben Campbell -- Reflections on f…
Fieldwork in South Asia is a valuable attempt to listen and learn from the memories and significant moments of fieldwork done by anthropologists, sociologists, and even historians from South Asia. The essays lead towards a deeper understanding of concerns of fieldwork located in…
"Contemporary Ethnographies is a call to use ethnography in imaginative ways, adjusting to rapidly evolving social circumstances. The book is based on a reflexive and theoretically grounded exploration of the author's two main research projects - the study of the spiritist posse…
"Contemporary Ethnographies is a call to use ethnography in imaginative ways, adjusting to rapidly evolving social circumstances. The book is based on a reflexive and theoretically grounded exploration of the author's two main research projects - the study of the spiritist posse…
"Contemporary Ethnographies is a call to use ethnography in imaginative ways, adjusting to rapidly evolving social circumstances. The book is based on a reflexive and theoretically grounded exploration of the author's two main research projects - the study of the spiritist posse…
"Contemporary Ethnographies is a call to use ethnography in imaginative ways, adjusting to rapidly evolving social circumstances. The book is based on a reflexive and theoretically grounded exploration of the author's two main research projects - the study of the spiritist posse…
Anthropologists are affected by and affect others through emotional engagement; they manage 'emotions' or allow them to unfold as vehicles of understanding. The contributors to this volume argue that participant observation is an embodied relational process mediated by emotions.…
"This book is based upon more than two years of ethnographic fieldwork and personal experiences with the Teetł'it Gwich'in community in northern Canada. The author provides insight into Gwich'in understandings of life as well as into historical and political processes that have …
This book is based upon more than two years of ethnographic fieldwork and personal experiences with the Teet'it Gwich'in community in northern Canada. The author provides insight into Gwich'in understandings of life as well as into historical and political processes that have ta…
Whilst exploring the ethics of ethnography, this book illustrates the relevance of performance ethnography across disciplinary boundaries, exploring links between theory & method, various theoretical concepts & a number of methodological techniques.