ANTHROPOLOGICAL LOCATIONS

Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on fieldworkthe 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 innova tive, stimulating essayscarefully chosen to form a coherent wholeinterrogate the notion of the field, showing how the concept is h istorically ...[Read more]