Philosophy on Fieldwork: Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis eBook

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Philosophy on Fieldwork
Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis
How do we teach analysis in anthropology and other field-based sciences? How can we engage analytically and interrogatively with philosophical ideas and concepts in our fieldwork? And how can students learn to engage critical ideas from philosophy to better understand the worlds they study? Philosophy on Fieldwork provides “show-don’t-tell” answers to these questions. In twenty-six “master class” chapters, philosophy meets anthropological critique as leading anthropologists introduce the thinking of one foundational philosopher – from a variety of Western traditions and beyond – and apply this critically to an ethnographic case. Nils Bubandt, Thomas Schwarz Wentzer and the contributors to this volume reveal how the encounter between philosophy and fieldwork is fertile ground for analytical insight to emerge. Equally, the philosophical concepts employed are critically explored for their potential to be thought “otherwise” through their frictional encounter with the worlds in the field, allowing non-Western and non-elite life experience and ontologies to “speak back” to both anthropology and philosophy. This is a unique and concrete guidebook to social analysis. It answers the critical need for a “how-to” textbook in fieldwork-based analysis as each chapter demonstrates how the ideas of a specific philosopher can be interrogatively applied to a concrete analytical case study. The straightforward pedagogy of Philosophy on Fieldwork makes this an accessible volume and a must-read for both students and seasoned fieldworkers interested in exploring the contentious middle ground between philosophy and anthropology.

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9781003086253, 9781350108325, 9781000189117, 9781000185669

Philosophy on Fieldwork: Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis 1st Edition is written by Nils Bubandt and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Philosophy on Fieldwork are 9781000182484, 1000182487 and the print ISBNs are 9781350108318, 1350108316. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781003086253, 9781350108325, 9781000189117, 9781000185669.