Up Close and Personal

On Peripheral Perspectives and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-85745-846-9
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 566 g

Reihe: Methodology & History in Anthropology

Combining rich personal accounts from twelve veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to major paradigm shifts. Particular focus is given to how ‘peripheral perspectives’ can help re-shape the discipline and the ways that anthropologists think about contemporary culture and society. From urban Maori communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand to the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, from Arnhem Land in Australia to the villages of Yorkshire, these accounts take us to the heart of the anthropological endeavour, decentring mainstream perspectives, and revealing the intimate relationships and processes that create anthropological knowledge.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shore, Cris

Trnka, Susanna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Theorie und Methoden der Ethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction: Observing Anthropologists: Professional Knowledge, Practice and Lives

Cris Shore and Susanna Trnka

Chapter 1. Suffering, Selfhood and Anthropological Encounters

Michael Jackson

Chapter 2. Anthropology, Ontology and the Maori World

Anne Salmond

Chapter 3. Building Bridges: Maori and Pakeha Relations

Joan Metge

Chapter 4. 'Culture’, ‘Race’ and ‘Me’: living the anthropology of Indigenous Australians

Gillian Cowlishaw

Chapter 5. Finding One’s Way in Arnhem Land

Nicolas Peterson

Chapter 6. Art as Action: The Yolngu

Howard Morphy

Chapter 7. Rethinking Nature and Nativeness

David Trigger

Chapter 8. More than Local, Less than Global: Anthropology in the Contemporary World

Christopher  Pinney

Chapter 9. Beyond Selling Out: Art, Tourism and Indigenous Self-Representation

Nelson Graburn

Chapter 10. Sovereign Individuals and the Ontology of Selfhood

Nigel Rapport

Chapter 11. Hidden Histories and Political Transformations

Susan Wright

Chapter 12. Gender Ideology, Property Relations and Melanesia: The Field of “M”

Marilyn Strathern

Conclusion: Looking Ahead: Anthropology, Past Connections, Future Directions

Cris Shore and Susanna Trnka

Über Autor(innen)

Trnka, Susanna
Susanna Trnka is an Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland.

Shore, Cris
Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland.

Cris Shore is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland.