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Anthropological Locations Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science

Paperback • 1997 • English

Anthropological Locations Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science

By Akhil Gupta, James Ferguson

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Among the social sciences, anthropology relies most fundamentally on "fieldwork"—the long-term immersion in another way of life as the basis for knowledge. In an era when anthropologists are studying topics that resist geographical localization, this book initiates a long-overdue discussion of the political and epistemological implications of the disciplinary commitment to fieldwork. These innovative, stimulating essays—carefully chosen to form a coherent whole—interrogate the notion of "the fi...Show more

Social research and statistics
Anthropology
Social and cultural anthropology

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ISBN

9780520206809

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

Anthropological Locations Boundaries and Grounds of a Field Science

Format

Paperback

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