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"Anthropology and the Politics of Representation" examines the
inherently problematic nature of representation and description of
living people, specifically in ethnography and more generally in
anthropological work as a whole. In "Anthropology and the Politics
of Representation" volume editor Gabriela Vargas-Cetina brings
together a group of international scholars who, through their
fieldwork experiences, reflect on the epistemological, political,
and personal implications of their own work. To do so, they focus
on such topics as ethnography, anthropologists' engagement in
identity politics, representational practices, the contexts of
anthropological research and work, and the effects of personal
choices regarding self-involvement in local causes that may extend
beyond purely ethnographic goals.
Such reflections raise a number of ethnographic questions: What
are ethnographic goals? Who sets the agenda for ethnographic
writing? How does fieldwork change the anthropologist's identity?
Do ethnography and ethnographers have an impact on local lives and
self-representation? How do anthropologists balance longheld
respect for cultural diversity with advocacy for local people? How
does an author choose what to say and write, and what not to
disclose? Should anthropologists support causes that may require
going against their informed knowledge of local lives?
Contributors
Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz / Beth A. Conklin
/ Les W. Field / Katie Glaskin / Frederic W.
Gleach / Tracey Heatherington / June C.
Nash / Bernard C. Perley / Vilma Santiago-
Irizarry / Timothy J. Smith / Sergey
Sokolovskiy / David Stoll / Gabriela Vargas-
Cetina / Thomas M. Wilson
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