Critical Journeys
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Anglican Shrine
Anthony Good
Anthropological Knowledge
Anthropological Products
anthropologist identity formation
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Barbara Bodenhorn
Bengali Christians
Bengali Hindus
British Asylum Courts
Buddhist Monasticism
Calcutta Middle Class Families
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Dalai Lama
Elisabeth Hsu
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ethnographic methodology
Expert Witness Reports
fieldwork experiences
Global Networking Activities
Henrike Donner
knowledge production anthropology
Mahila Samiti
Martin A. Mills
Maya Unnithan-Kumar
Multi-sited Ethnographer
multidisciplinary research
Multidisciplinary Setting
Narmala Halstead
Party's Women's Group
Party’s Women’s Group
Personal Locator Beacons
PhD Fieldwork
politics of location
Rachael Gooberman-Hill
reflexive practice
Simon Coleman
Social Reproduction
Solomon Islands
South Asian Forms
Tamil Nadu
Tamilnadu
UK's Medical Research Council
UK’s Medical Research Council
Young Man
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- ISBN 9780754648093
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Through an 'ethnography of ethnographers', this volume explores the varied ways in which anthropologists become and remain attracted to the discipline. The contributors reflect on the initial preconceptions, assumptions and expectations of themselves as young anthropologists, and on the ways in which early decisions are made about fieldwork and about the selection of field locations. They question how fieldworkers come to understand what anthropology is, both as a profession and as a personal experience, through their commitments in the field, in academic departments and in contexts where their 'specialist knowledge' is called upon and applied. They discuss the nature of reflexivity that emerges out of anthropological practices, and the ways in which this reflexivity affects ethnographic practices. Providing reflections on fieldwork in such diverse places as Alaska, Melanesia, New York and India, the volume critically reflects on the field as a culturally constructed site, with blurred boundaries that allow the personal and the professional to permeate each other. It addresses the 'politics of location' that shape the anthropologists' involvement in 'the field', in teaching rooms, in development projects and in activist engagements. The journeys described extend beyond 'the field' and into inter-disciplinary projects, commissions, colleges and personal spheres. These original and critical contributions provide fascinating insights into the relationship between anthropologists and the nature of the discipline.
Geert De Neve is a Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Tamilnadu, India. He is interested in issues of anthropology and globalisation, as well as processes of migration, modernity and social transformation. He has published various articles on these topics, and co-edited a book. Maya Unnithan-Kumar is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Rajasthan in North West India and more recently in the UK. Her research interests include kinship, gender and caste in South Asian anthropology, and childbirth, maternal health and reproductive rights in the Anthropology of Reproduction. Maya has published a number of articles, a monograph and several co-edited volumes on these topics.
