Up Close and Personal : : On Peripheral Perspectives and the Production of Anthropological Knowledge / / ed. by Cris Shore, Susanna Trnka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Cowlishaw, Gillian,; Graburn, Nelson,; Jackson, Michael,; Metge, Joan,; Morphy, Howard,; Peterson, Nicolas,; Pinney, Christopher,; Rapport, Nigel,; Salmond, Anne,; Shore, Cris,; Strathern, Marilyn,; Trigger, David,; Trnka, Susanna,; Wright, Susan,
• HerausgeberIn: Shore, Cris,; Trnka, Susanna,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Methodology & History in Anthropology ; 25
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.)

Combining rich personal accounts from twelve veteran anthropologists with reflexive analyses of the state of anthropology today, this book is a treatise on theory and method offering fresh insights into the production of anthropological knowledge, from the creation of key concepts to major paradigm shifts. Particular focus is given to how ‘peripheral perspectives’ can help re-shape the discipline and the ways that anthropologists think about contemporary culture and society. From urban Maori communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand to the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, from Arnhem Land in Australia to the villages of Yorkshire, these accounts take us to the heart of the anthropological endeavour, decentring mainstream perspectives, and revealing the intimate relationships and processes that create anthropological knowledge.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Preface ANTHROPOLOGISTS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction OBSERVING ANTHROPOLOGISTS Professional Knowledge, Practice and Lives -- Michael Jackson -- Chapter 1 SUFFERING, SELFHOOD AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL ENCOUNTERS -- Anne Salmond -- Chapter 2 ANTHROPOLOGY, ONTOLOGY AND THE MAORI WORLD -- Joan Metge -- Chapter 3 BUILDING BRIDGES Maori and Pakeha Relations -- Gillian Cowlishaw -- Chapter 4 ‘CULTURE’, ‘RACE’ AND ‘ME’ Living the Anthropology of Indigenous Australians -- Nicolas Peterson -- Chapter 5 FINDING ONE’S WAY IN ARNHEM LAND -- Howard Morphy -- Chapter 6 ART AS ACTION The Yolngu -- David Trigger -- Chapter 7 RETHINKING NATURE AND NATIVENESS -- Christopher Pinney -- Chapter 8 MORE THAN LOCAL, LESS THAN GLOBAL Anthropology in the Contemporary World -- Nelson Graburn -- Chapter 9 BEYOND SELLING OUT Art, Tourism and Indigenous Self-representation -- Nigel Rapport -- Chapter 10 SOVEREIGN INDIVIDUALS AND THE ONTOLOGY OF SELFHOOD -- Susan Wright -- Chapter 11 HIDDEN HISTORIES AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS -- Marilyn Strathern -- Chapter 12 GENDER IDEOLOGY, PROPERTY RELATIONS AND MELANESIA The Field of ‘M’ -- Conclusion LOOKING AHEAD Past Connections and Future Directions -- INDEX