Anthropological Locations

Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on "fieldwork"--the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. In an era when anthropologists are studying topics that resist geographical localization, this book initiates a long-overdue discussion of the political and epistemological implications of the disciplinary commitment to fieldwork. These innovative, stimulating essays--carefully chosen to form a coherent whole--interrogate the notion of "the field," showing how the concept is historically constructed and exploring the consequences of its dominance. The essays discuss anthropological work done in places (in refugee camps, on television) or among populations (gays and lesbians, homeless people in the United States) that challenge the traditional boundaries of "the field." The contributors suggest alternative methodologies appropriate for contemporary problems and ultimately propose a reformation of the discipline of anthropology.

ISBN 0520206800   Pages 287 ISBN13 9780520206809 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher The University Press Group Ltd   Weight (grammes) 428 Imprint University of California Press   Published in CA Format Paperback   Height (mm) 229 Publication date 28 Aug 1997   Width (mm) 152 Library of Congress GN34.3.F53   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 301   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Acknowledgments
1		Discipline and Practice: "The Field" as Site, Method, and Location in Anthropology by Akhil Gupta and James Ferguson		1
2		After Ishmael: The Fieldwork Tradition and Its Future by Henrika Kuklick		47
3		Locating the Past by Mary Des Chene		66
4		News and Culture: Transitory Phenomena and the Fieldwork Tradition Liisa H. Malkki		86
5		African Studies as American Institution by Deborah Amory		102
6		The Waxing and Waning of "Subfields" in North American Sociocultural Anthropology by Jane F. Collier		117
7		Anthropology and the Cultural Study of Science: From Citadels to String Figures by Emily Martin		131
8		"You Can't Take the Subway to the Field!": "Village" Epistemologies in the Global Village by Joanne Passaro		147
9		The Virtual Anthropologist by Kath Weston		163
10		Spatial Practices: Fieldwork, Travel, and the Disciplining of Anthropology by James Clifford		185
		References		223
		Contributors		261
		Index		265

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