How do we know? : evidence, ethnography, and the making of anthropological knowledge / edited by Liana Chua, Casey High, and Timm Lau.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chua, Liana.

High, Casey.

Lau, Timm.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Philosophy.

Anthropology.

Ethnology.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its inception, modern anthropology has stood at the confluence of two mutually constitutive modes of knowledge production: participant-observation and theoretical analysis. This unique combination of practice and theory has been the subject of recurrent intellectual and methodological debate, raising questions that strike at the very heart of the discipline. How Do We Know? is a timely contribution to emerging debates that seek to understand this relationship through the theme of eviden...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; OLD AND NEW REFLECTIONS; "WE SING ABOUT WHAT WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT"; AUDIO-VISUAL EVIDENCE AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; END OF THE SPEAR; PRAGMATIC EVIDENCE AND THE POLITICS OF EVERYDAY PRACTICE; THE VODOU PRIEST WHO LOST HIS SPIRIT; ENMITIES AND INTROSPECTION; UNDERSTANDING TIBETAN SHAME AND HIERARCHY THROUGH EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE IN FIELDWORK; VIRTUAL RETURNS; AFTERWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4438-1029-0

OCLC:

830168486