The anthropology of expeditions : travel, visualities, afterlives / / Joshua A. Bell and Erin L. Hasinoff, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York City : , : Bard Graduate Center, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.80074
• Soggetto topico: Anthropological museums and collections; Anthropological archives; Scientific expeditions
• Classificazione: SOC002000
• Persona (resp. second.): BellJoshua A.; HasinoffErin L.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Anthropology of Expeditions - Erin L. Hasinoff and Joshua A. Bell; One. Science as Adventure - Henrika Kuklick; Part One. Travel and Assemblage; Two. A Most Singular and Solitary Expeditionist: Berthold Laufer Collecting China - Laurel Kendall; Three. Adventurers: Race, Love, and the Transmutation of Souls in Joseph Rock's Arnold Arboretum Expedition to Gansu - Erik Mueggler; Part Two. Visualities ; Four. In the Field/ En Plein Air: The Art of Anthropological Display at the American Museum of Natural History, 1905-30 - Ira JacknisFive. Sculpting the Network: Recognizing Marguerite Milward's Sculptural Legacy - Mark Elliott; Part Three. Afterlives and Reassemblage; Six. The Sticky Afterlives of "Sweet" Things: Performances and Silences of the 1928 USDA Sugarcane Expedition Collections - Joshua A. Bell; Seven. The Unexpected Afterlives of Himalayan Collections: From Data Cemetery to Web Portal - Mark Turin; Afterword - Chris Gosden; Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "In the West at the turn of the twentieth century, public understanding of science and the world was shaped in part by expeditions to Asia, North America, and the Pacific. The Anthropology of Expeditions draws together contributions from anthropologists and historians of science to explore the role of these journeys in natural history and anthropology between approximately 1890 and 1930. By examining collected materials as well as museum and archive records, the contributors to this volume shed light on the complex social life and intimate work practices of the researchers involved in these expeditions. At the same time, the contributors also demonstrate the methodological challenges and rewards of studying these legacies and provide new insights for the history of collecting, history of anthropology, and histories of expeditions. Offering fascinating insights into the nature of expeditions and the human relationships that shaped them, The Anthropology of Expeditions sets a new standard for the field. "--
• Titolo autorizzato: The anthropology of expeditions
• ISBN: 1-941792-01-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814741803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bard Graduate Center cultural histories of the material world.