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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Heidi Armbruster; Anna Lærke |
| ISBN: | 9781845454210 1845454219 |
| OCLC Number: | 236082404 |
| Description: | vi, 261 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : the ethics of taking sides / Heidi Armbruster -- Starting from below : fieldwork, gender and imperialism now / Nancy Lindisfarne -- Arriving in nowhere land : studying an Islamic Sufi order in London / Tayfun Atay -- Friendships and encounters on the political left in Bangladesh / Nayanika Mookherjee -- Doing fieldwork within fear and silences / Panagiotis Geros -- Memory, ethics, politics : researching a beleaguered community / Heidi Armbruster -- Confessions of a down beat anthropologist / Anna Lærke -- We will not integrate! Multiple belongings, political activism and anthropology in Austria / Sabine Strasser -- Taking sides in the oilfields : for a politically engaged anthropology / Heike Schaumberg -- Ranting and silence : the contrdicitions of writing for activists and academics / Jonathan Neale. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Heidi Armbruster and Anna Lærke. |
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"A grippingly honest account of the dilemmas of being an engages anthropologist in a world where taking sides has become increasingly complex. These courageous authors strip back the mask of objectivity in fieldwork and confront head-on the limits of empathy and the sometimes disturbing ethical conditions under which they obtained their knowledge. An original and powerful call for partiality despite the pitfalls. A must-read for all aspiring anthropologists." * Jenny B. White, Boston University "An ambitious and satisfying collection that conjoins anthropologists' political and ethical commitments to the worlds they study, inhabit and engage. Taking Sides shows the limits of some strands of postmodern reflexivity, moves political contexts to the fore, and illustrates how anthropology can move beyond critical analysis to praxis." * David Price, Associate Professor of anthropology and sociology at St. Martin's University, in Lacey, Washington An outstanding collection of essays that both instruct and provoke. They exemplify the virtues of politically engaged anthropology and invite the reader to reflect critically on what it means to be a scholar in today's conflict-torn world. Illuminating for the specialist and the non-specialist alike.A" * Alex Callinicos, Professor of European Studies French Department King's College London Strand Read more...
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- Anthropological ethics.
- Anthropology -- Research.
- Anthropology -- Fieldwork.
- Feldforschung.
- Ethik.
- Werturteil.
- Parteilichkeit.
- Anthropologie.
- Ethnologie.
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