1 option
Wisdom from the edge : writing ethnography in turbulent times / Paul Stoller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoller, Paul, author.
- Series:
- Expertise. Cultures and technologies of knowledge.
- Cornell scholarship online.
- Expertise. Cultures and technologies of knowledge
- Cornell scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology--Authorship.
- Ethnology.
- Ethnology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Ethnology--Philosophy.
- Ethnologists--Attitudes.
- Ethnologists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- 'Wisdom From the Edge' describes what anthropologists can do to contribute to the social and cultural changes that shape a social future of wellbeing and viability. Paul Stoller shows how anthropologists can develop sensuously described ethnographic narratives to communicate powerfully their insights to a wide range of audiences.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Writing ethnography in troubled times
- Imaging knowledge: artful practice in slow research
- In the shade of the jujube tree
- Sensory dimensions of spirit possession
- Tasting harmony in the world
- Peripheral knowledge and the imponderables of the between
- The world according to Rouch
- Wisdom from the edge of the village.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on December 13, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781501770883
- 1501770888
- 9781501770678
- 1501770675
- OCLC:
- 1369676550
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.