Knowing how to know [[electronic resource] ] : fieldwork and the ethnographic present / / edited by Narmala Halstead, Eric Hirsch and Judith Okely
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| Titolo: |
Knowing how to know [[electronic resource] ] : fieldwork and the ethnographic present / / edited by Narmala Halstead, Eric Hirsch and Judith Okely
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.800723 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ethnology - Fieldwork |
| Ethnology - Authorship | |
| Ethnology - Philosophy | |
| Ethnologists - Attitudes | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
HalsteadNarmala
HirschEric <1956->
OkelyJudith <1941->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Title page-Knowing How to Know; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1-Knowing, Not knowing, knowing anew; Chapter 2-The Transformation of Indigenous Knowledge into Anthropological Knowledge; Chapter 3-Knowing without notes; Chapter 4-To know the dancer; Chapter 5-Knowledge as gifts of self and other; Chapter 6-Knowledge from the body; Chapter 7-What is sacred about that pile of stones at Mt. Tendong?; Chapter 8-Learning to see; Chapter 9-Rescuing theory from the nation; Notes on contributors; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume examines some crucial issues in the conduct of fieldwork and ethnography and provides new insights into the problems of constructing anthropological knowledge. How is anthropological knowledge created from fieldwork, whose knowledge is this, who determines what is of significance in any ethnographic context, and how is the fieldsite extended in both time and place?. Nine anthropologists examine these problems, drawing on diverse case studies. These range from the dilemmas of the religious refashioning of the ethnographer in contemporary Indonesia to the embodied knowledge of ballet |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Knowing how to know |
| ISBN: | 1-84545-477-4 |
| 1-282-62704-X | |
| 9786612627040 | |
| 0-85745-069-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910494598803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
EASA series ; ; v. 9.