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Wisdom from the edge : writing ethnography in turbulent times / Paul Stoller.
Series: Expertise seriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023Description: xvii, 186 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- 9781501770661 (paperback)
- 305.8 STO 23/eng/20230210
Contents:
Summary: "This book presents a blueprint for doing anthropology in troubled times. It instructs readers on how to convey important anthropological insights-indigenous wisdom-to a general audience in search of solutions to cotemporary social problems."-- Provided by publisher.
Introduction: Writing ethnography in troubled times -- Imaging knowledge: artful practice in slow research -- In the shade of the jujube tree -- Sensory dimensions of spirit possession -- Tasting harmony in the world -- Peripheral knowledge and the imponderables of the between -- The world according to Rouch -- Wisdom from the edge of the village.
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. | New Arrival - Display Area | 305.8 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | PB | Not For Loan | Recommended by Dr. Atreyee Majumder | 40736 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Writing ethnography in troubled times -- Imaging knowledge: artful practice in slow research -- In the shade of the jujube tree -- Sensory dimensions of spirit possession -- Tasting harmony in the world -- Peripheral knowledge and the imponderables of the between -- The world according to Rouch -- Wisdom from the edge of the village.
"This book presents a blueprint for doing anthropology in troubled times. It instructs readers on how to convey important anthropological insights-indigenous wisdom-to a general audience in search of solutions to cotemporary social problems."-- Provided by publisher.