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Australian ethnography
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Christ Child
Correlative Positioning
cultural constructionism
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ethnographic methodology
Existential Philosophy
Haus Tambaran
Heideggerian approach to anthropology
Hindmarsh Island
Human Action Proceeds
John Kasaipwalova
Lower Murray Region
Martin Heidegger's work
Melanesian ethnography
modern anthropology
Ngarrindjeri Women
North East Arnhem Land
Pearl Shells
phenomenological analysis
Played Back
Productionist Metaphysic
representational practices
Roger Van Der Weyden
Salt Water Fish
sociocultural ontology
South Australian
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Museum
Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act
subjectivity in fieldwork
Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection
Totemic Spirits
Vice Versa
visual anthropology
Western Apache
Woman's Song
Woman’s Song
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9781859737217
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is the first book to explore the relationship between Martin Heideggers work and modern anthropology. Heidegger attracts much scholarly interest among social scientists, but few have explored his ideas in relation to current anthropological debates. The disciplines modernist foundations, the nature of cultural constructionism and of art even what an anthropology of art must include are all informed and illuminated by Heideggers work. The author argues that many contemporary anthropologists, in their concern to return subjectivity and voice to their interlocutors, neglect to recognize that language and other representational practices conceal the world and human subjectivity as much as reveal it. The author also suggests that Heideggers critique of western technology provides the basis for a return to anthropologys sociological foundations. Emerging from over ten years of original research, and drawing on a rich knowledge of Australian and Melanesian ethnography, this book reassesses the underlying framework of modern and, particularly, visual anthropology. Innovative and provocative, it will be of interest to all anthropologists, philosophers and students of art and culture.
James F. Weiner is Visiting Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
