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Critical Journeys - The Making of Anthropologists (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Critical Journeys - The Making of Anthropologists (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Through an 'ethnography of ethnographers', this volume explores the
varied ways in which anthropologists become and remain attracted to
the discipline. The contributors reflect on the initial
preconceptions, assumptions and expectations of themselves as young
anthropologists, and on the ways in which early decisions are made
about fieldwork and about the selection of field locations. They
question how fieldworkers come to understand what anthropology is,
both as a profession and as a personal experience, through their
commitments in the field, in academic departments and in contexts
where their 'specialist knowledge' is called upon and applied. They
discuss the nature of reflexivity that emerges out of
anthropological practices, and the ways in which this reflexivity
affects ethnographic practices. Providing reflections on fieldwork
in such diverse places as Alaska, Melanesia, New York and India,
the volume critically reflects on the field as a culturally
constructed site, with blurred boundaries that allow the personal
and the professional to permeate each other. It addresses the
'politics of location' that shape the anthropologists' involvement
in 'the field', in teaching rooms, in development projects and in
activist engagements. The journeys described extend beyond 'the
field' and into inter-disciplinary projects, commissions, colleges
and personal spheres. These original and critical contributions
provide fascinating insights into the relationship between
anthropologists and the nature of the discipline.
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