Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology

Hardback

Main Details

Title Locating the Field: Space, Place and Context in Anthropology
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Peter Collins
Edited by Professor Simon Coleman
SeriesASA Monographs
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:220
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9781845204020
ClassificationsDewey:301.0723
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Berg Publishers
Publication Date 1 June 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Are reports of the death of conventional fieldwork in anthropology greatly exaggerated? This book takes a critical look at the latest developments and key issues in fieldwork. The nature of 'locality' itself is problematic for both research subjects and fieldworkers, on the grounds that it now must be maintained and represented in relation to widening (and fragmenting) social frames and networks. Such developments have raised questions concerning the nature of ethnographic presence and scales of comparison. From the social space of a cybercaf to cities in India, the UK and South Africa among others, this book features a wide range of ethnographic studies that provide new ways of looking at the concepts of 'locality' and 'site'. It shows that rather than taking key fieldwork processes such as globalization and mobility for granted, anthropologists are well-placed to examine and critique the totalizing assumptions behind these notions.

Author Biography

Simon Coleman is Professor of Anthropology, University of Sussex. Peter Collins is Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Durham.

Reviews

'Unlike many edited collections, this is a coherent volume. Its authors confront the place of anthropology in today's academy, focus on methodological questions, and provide persuasive counter examples to more simplistic paradigms.' Sharon R. Roseman, Memorial University of Newfoundland