Beyond Writing Culture

Current Intersections of Epistemologies and Representational Practices
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84545-675-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Two decades after the publication of Clifford and Marcus’ volume Writing Culture, this collection provides a fresh and diverse reassessment of the debates that this pioneering volume unleashed. At the same time, Beyond Writing Culture moves the debate on by embracing the more fundamental challenge as to how to conceptualise the intricate relationship between epistemology and representational practices rather than maintaining the original narrow focus on textual analysis. It thus offers a thought-provoking tapestry of new ideas relevant for scholars not only concerned with ‘the ethnographic Other’, but with representation in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zenker, Olaf

Kumoll, Karsten

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Prologue: Opening Doors Beyond Writing Culture

Olaf Zenker and Karsten Kumoll

Chapter 2. Textualization, Mystification and the Power of the Frame

Vincent Crapanzano

Chapter 3. Reading James Clifford: On Ethnographic Allegory

Steffen Strohmenger

Chapter 4. Indigenous Research and the Politics of Representation: Notes on the Cultural Theory of Marshall Sahlins

Karsten Kumoll

Chapter 5. From the Spirit’s Point of View: Ethnography, Total Truth and Speakership

Thomas G. Kirsch

Chapter 6. Interlogue: ‘Writing Cultures’ and the Quest for Knowledge

Rozita Dimova

Chapter 7. Language Matters: Reflexive Notes on Representing the Irish Language Revival in Catholic West Belfast

Olaf Zenker

Chapter 8. Ethnographic Cognition and Writing Culture

Christophe Heintz

Chapter 9. Hard Truths: Addressing a Crisis in Ethnography

Stephen P. Reyna

Chapter 10. The Migration of the ‘Culture’ Concept from Anthropology to Sociology at the Fin de siècle

John H. Zammito

Chapter 11. Epilogue: How Do Paradigm Shifts Work in Anthropology? On the Relationship of Theory and Experience

Günther Schlee

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kumoll, Karsten
Karsten Kumoll is Programme Manager at the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat), advising the Federal and State (Länder) governments on the system of higher education and research. He obtained his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Freiburg. Its subject was Marshall Sahlins’ complete works and it was subsequently published as: Kultur, Geschichte und die Indigenisierung der Moderne: Eine Analyse des Gesamtwerks von Marshall Sahlins (Bielefeld, 2007).

Zenker, Olaf
Olaf Zenker is Junior Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin. He received his PhD from the Martin Luther University and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany, and obtained his habilitation from the University of Bern, Switzerland. His publications include the co-edited volume Irish/ness Is All Around Us: Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland (Berghahn Books, 2013).

Olaf Zenker is Junior Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin. He received his PhD from the Martin Luther University and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle/Saale, Germany, and obtained his habilitation from the University of Bern, Switzerland. His publications include the co-edited volume Irish/ness Is All Around Us: Language Revivalism and the Culture of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland (Berghahn Books, 2013).