Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845204034 ISBN 13 : 9781845204037

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Are reports of the death of conventional fieldwork in anthropology greatly exaggerated? This book takes a critical look at the latest developments and key issues in fieldwork. The nature of 'locality' itself is problematic for both research subjects and fieldworkers, on the grounds that it must now be maintained and represented in relation to widening (and fragmenting) social frames and networks.

Such developments have raised questions concerning the nature of ethnographic presence and scales of comparison. From the social space of a cybercafe to cities in India, the Uk and South Africa among others, this book features a wide range of ethnographic studies that provide new ways of looking at the concepts of 'locality' and 'site'. It shows that rather than taking key fieldwork processes such as globalization and mobility for granted, anthropologists are well-placed to examine and critique the totalizing assumptions behind these notions.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Simon Coleman is Professor of Anthropology, University of Sussex.

PETER COLLINS is Associate Professor in Linguistics and Head of the Linguistics Department at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845204034
• ISBN 13: 9781845204037
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
• Éditeur: Coleman Simon
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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