In this compact volume two of anthropology's most influential
theorists, Paul Rabinow and George E. Marcus, engage in a series of
conversations about the past, present, and future of
anthropological knowledge, pedagogy, and practice. James D. Faubion
joins in several exchanges to facilitate and elaborate the
dialogue, and Tobias Rees moderates the discussions and contributes
an introduction and an afterword to the volume. Most of the
conversations are focused on contemporary challenges to how
anthropology understands its subject and how ethnographic research
projects are designed and carried out. Rabinow and Marcus reflect
on what remains distinctly anthropological about the study of
contemporary events and processes, and they contemplate productive
new directions for the field. The two converge in Marcus's emphasis
on the need to redesign pedagogical practices for training
anthropological researchers and in Rabinow's proposal of
collaborative initiatives in which ethnographic research designs
could be analyzed, experimented with, and transformed.
Both Rabinow and Marcus participated in the milestone collection
"Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography."
Published in 1986, "Writing Culture" catalyzed a reassessment of
how ethnographers encountered, studied, and wrote about their
subjects. In the opening conversations of "Designs for an
Anthropology of the Contemporary," Rabinow and Marcus take stock of
anthropology's recent past by discussing the intellectual scene in
which "Writing Culture" intervened, the book's contributions, and
its conceptual limitations. Considering how the field has developed
since the publication of that volume, they address topics including
ethnography's self-reflexive turn, scholars' increased focus on
questions of identity, the "Public Culture" project, science and
technology studies, and the changing interests and goals of
students. "Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary" allows
readers to eavesdrop on lively conversations between
anthropologists who have helped to shape their field's recent past
and are deeply invested in its future.
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