Theory can be more than it used to be
Subtitle: learning anthropology's method in a time of transition
By: edited by Dominic Boyer, James D. Faubion, and George E. Marcus
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Ithaca; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9781501700088; 9781501700071
Subjects: Anthropology; Methodology; Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ethnography, fieldwork, theorization; title: Portable analytics and lateral theory / Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe; title: On programmatics / James D. Faubion; title: The ambitions of theory work in the production of contemporary anthropological research / George E. Marcus; title: Theorizing the present ethnographically / Andreas Glaeser; title: Trans-formations of biology and of theory / Kaushik Sunder Rajan; title: Figuring out theory: ethnographic sketches / Kim Fortun; title: Pedagogy, training, analytical method; title: Responses; title: Theory as parallax and provocation / Andrea Ballestero; title: Undisciplined engagements: anthropology, ethnography, theory / Lisa Breglia; title: Theory-making: from the raw to the cooked / Jessica Marie Falcone; title: People in glass cages (shouldn't throw theoretical stones) / Jamer Hunt; title: Ethnography and social theory: a dialectic to hang our hats on / Townsend Middleton; title: Theory as method / Deepa S. Reddy; title: Dialogue; title: Encountering and engaging theory (or not); title: Theory in the positive sense of the term; title: Teaching theory and analytical method; title: Afterword: on the need to reinvent anthropolgical teaching and training in theory / Dominic Boyer.