My Anthropological Journeys

My Anthropological Journeys

Author: Promode Kumar Misra

Publisher: Mittal Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9788170998884

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This Book Is About The Enterprise Of Anthropology But It Is Focussed On The Vitality Of Culture. It Is Targeted Towards Students Of Anthropology, Professionals, Policy Makers And General Readers.


Enlightening Encounters

Enlightening Encounters

Author: Stephen Gudeman

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2022-10-14

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1800736053

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One of the world's top anthropologists recounts his formative experiences doing fieldwork in this accessible memoir ideal for anyone interested in anthropology. Drawing on his research in five Latin American countries, Steve Gudeman describes his anthropological fieldwork, bringing to life the excitement of gaining an understanding of the practices and ideas of others as well as the frustrations. He weaves into the text some of his findings as well as reflections on his own background that led to better fieldwork but also led him astray. This readable account, shorn of technical words, complicated concepts, and abstract ideas shows the reader what it is to be an anthropologist enquiring and responding to the unexpected. From the Preface: Growing up I learned about making do when my family was putting together a dinner from leftovers or I was constructing something with my father. In fieldwork I saw people making do as they worked in the fields, repaired a tool, assembled a meal or made something for sale. Much later, I realized that making do captures some of my fieldwork practices and their presentation in this book.


Anthropological Journeys

Anthropological Journeys

Author: Meenakshi Thapan

Publisher: Orient Blackswan

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9788125012214

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This collection of papers raises methodological issues and questions concerning the traditional nature of anthropology, and addresses current issues and debates in sociology and social anthropology. The essays in this volume, by well-known anthropologists take up these and other issues arising out of their own fieldwork experience. The result is a rigorous and deeply moving analysis that leads to an unlearning of inappropriate and insensitive methods that obscure rather than explain the lives of people.


Native Tours

Native Tours

Author: Erve Chambers

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2019-06-20

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1478639830

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Previous editions of Native Tours provided a much-needed overview and analysis of anthropology's contributions to tourism as an emerging field of study. Such a cultural perspective illuminated key ideas surrounding worldwide host–guest relations and informed discussions of political and economic influences and the impacts, both negative and positive, of tourism as one of the world's largest industries. Applying a characteristically uncluttered, authoritative writing style alongside an exceptional command of the relevant literature, Chambers updates, refines, and extends his earlier work. He retains a focus on the social, cultural, economic, and environmental consequences of tourism, and provides a framework for understanding tourism initiatives in their particular circumstances. Three detailed case studies originating in the American Southwest, the Tirolean Alps, and Belize illustrate the varied costs and benefits of tourism.


Momentous Mobilities

Momentous Mobilities

Author: Noel B. Salazar

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2018-07-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1785339354

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Imagining mobility -- Chile : traveling to and from the end of the world -- Indonesia : Merantau and modernity -- Tanzania : the Maasai as icons of mobility -- Enacting mobility -- Education : leaving to learn -- Labor : capitalizing on movement -- Life's "pilgrimage" : travel, travail, transformation


World Watching

World Watching

Author: Ulf Hannerz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 0429852010

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This book reflects on the author’s distinguished scholarly career over half a century, linking personal biography to changes in the discipline of anthropology. Ulf Hannerz presents a number of important essays and a brand new chapter that allow readers to track developments in his own thinking and interests as well as broader changes in the field. In doing so he provides students with valuable insight into the research process and the building of an anthropological career. Featuring work conducted in the United States, Africa, Sweden, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands, the book spans a period in which anthropology adapted to new global circumstances and challenges. Hannerz covers the emergence of the fields of urban anthropology, transnational anthropology, and media anthropology in which he has played a significant role. The chapters demonstrate interdisciplinary openings toward other fields and bear witness to anthropology’s connections to world history and to public debates.


The Vulnerable Observer

The Vulnerable Observer

Author: Ruth Behar

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2014-10-28

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 0807046485

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Eloquently interweaving ethnography and memoir, award-winning anthropologist Ruth Behar offers a new theory and practice for humanistic anthropology. She proposes an anthropology that is lived and written in a personal voice. She does so in the hope that it will lead us toward greater depth of understanding and feeling, not only in contemporary anthropology, but in all acts of witnessing.


Intersecting Journeys

Intersecting Journeys

Author: Ellen Badone

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 0252090438

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The appeal of sacred sites remains undiminished at the start of the twenty-first century, as unprecedented numbers of visitors travel to Lourdes, Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and even Star Trek conventions. Ethnographic analysis of the conflicts over resources and meanings associated with such sites, as well as the sense of community they inspire, provides compelling evidence re-emphasizing the links between pilgrimage and tourism. As the papers in this collection demonstrate, studies of these forms of journeying are at the forefront of postmodern debates about movement and centers, global flows, social identities, and the negotiation of meanings.


Bone Voyage

Bone Voyage

Author: Stanley Rhine

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780826319685

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A lively account of the role of the forensic anthropologist in the Office of the Medical Investigator--recovering bodies, establishing identities, and solving the puzzles of death.


Expeditionary Anthropology

Expeditionary Anthropology

Author: Martin Thomas

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2018-01-29

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1785337734

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The origins of anthropology lie in expeditionary journeys. But since the rise of immersive fieldwork, usually by a sole investigator, the older tradition of team-based social research has been largely eclipsed. Expeditionary Anthropology argues that expeditions have much to tell us about anthropologists and the people they studied. The book charts the diversity of anthropological expeditions and analyzes the often passionate arguments they provoked. Drawing on recent developments in gender studies, indigenous studies, and the history of science, the book argues that even today, the ‘science of man’ is deeply inscribed by its connections with expeditionary travel.