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9780824847593: At Home and in the Field: Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands
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ISBN 10 : 0824847598 ISBN 13 : 9780824847593
Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2015

Synopsis

Crossing disciplinary boundaries, At Home and in the Field is an anthology of twenty-first century ethnographic research and writing about the global worlds of home and disjuncture in Asia and the Pacific Islands. These stories reveal novel insights into the serendipitous nature of fieldwork. Unique in its inclusion of "homework"--ethnography that directly engages with issues and identities in which the ethnographer finds political solidarity and belonging in fields at home--the anthology contributes to growing trends that complicate the distinction between "insiders" and "outsiders." The obligations that fieldwork engenders among researchers and local communities are exemplified by contributors who are often socially engaged with the peoples and places they work. In its focus on Asia and the Pacific Islands, the collection offers ethnographic updates on topics that range from ritual money burning in China to the militarization of Hawai'i to the social role of text messages in identifying marriage partners in Vanuatu to the cultural power of robots in Japan. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous, these cultural encounters will resonate with readers and provide valuable talking points for exploring the human diversity that makes the study of ourselves and each other simultaneously rewarding and challenging.

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À propos des auteurs

Suzanne S. Finney is president of the Maritime Archaeology and History of the Hawaiian Islands Foundation.

Mary Mostafanezhad is professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Guido Carlo Pigliasco is adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i and a foreign-law consultant to the State of Hawai'i.

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Éditeur
University of Hawai'i Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0824847598
ISBN 13 
9780824847593
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
328
Éditeur
Finney Suzanne, Mostafanezhad Mary, Pigliasco Guido Carlo, Young Forrest Wade
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0824853792 ISBN 13 :  9780824853792
Editeur : University of Hawai'i Press, 2015
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