LEADER 03817nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910821208003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-07041-X 010 $a9786612070419 010 $a0-226-88753-7 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226887531 035 $a(CKB)1000000000747327 035 $a(EBL)432310 035 $a(OCoLC)435820218 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000208952 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188792 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208952 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10265426 035 $a(PQKB)10319240 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000121872 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432310 035 $a(DE-B1597)523734 035 $a(OCoLC)1058483863 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226887531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432310 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10288715 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL207041 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000747327 100 $a20080411d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNavigators of the contemporary $ewhy ethnography matters /$fDavid A. Westbrook 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (163 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-88751-0 311 $a0-226-88752-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter 1. The Venture -- $tChapter 2. Culture Everywhere and Nowhere -- $tChapter 3. Conversation as Another Kind of Solution -- $tChapter 4. This Book and Other Books -- $tChapter 5. What? -- $tChapter 6. Where? -- $tChapter 7. Who? -- $tChapter 8. When? -- $tChapter 9. How? -- $tChapter 10. Why? -- $tChapter 11. Rupture and Continuity -- $tChapter 12. Theory -- $tChapter 13. Fieldwork -- $tChapter 14. Writing -- $tChapter 15. One Discipline among Others -- $tChapter 16. The Intellectual's Situation -- $tChapter 17. The Imaginary and the Political -- $tChapter 18. Ethnography and the Bureaucratic University -- $tChapter 19. From Science to Romance -- $tChapter 20. Reprise 330 $aAs the image of anthropologists exploring exotic locales and filling in blanks on the map has faded, the idea that cultural anthropology has much to say about the contemporary world has likewise diminished. In an increasingly smaller world, how can anthropology help us to tackle the concerns of a global society? David A. Westbrook argues that the traditional tool of the cultural anthropologist-ethnography-can still function as an intellectually exciting way to understand our interconnected, yet mysterious worlds. Navigators of the Contemporary describes the changing nature of ethnography as anthropologists use it to analyze places closer to home. Westbrook maintains that a conversational style of ethnography can help us look beyond our assumptions and gain new insight into arenas of contemporary life such as corporations, financial institutions, science, the military, and religion. Westbrook's witty, absorbing book is a friendly challenge to anthropologists to shed light on the present and join broader streams of intellectual life. And for those outside the discipline, his inspiring vision of ethnography opens up the prospect of understanding our own world in much greater depth. 606 $aEthnology$xPhilosophy 606 $aEthnology$zUnited States 606 $aApplied anthropology$xPhilosophy 615 0$aEthnology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEthnology 615 0$aApplied anthropology$xPhilosophy. 676 $a305.8001 700 $aWestbrook$b David A$01202588 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821208003321 996 $aNavigators of the contemporary$94068454 997 $aUNINA