In an increasingly globalized world how is the nature of ethnographic fieldwork changing? In this volume anthropologists give a thorough appraisal of what fieldwork is, and what it should be.
In an increasingly globalized world how is the nature of ethnographic fieldwork changing? In this volume anthropologists give a thorough appraisal of ...
'Community' is one of social science's longest-standing concepts. The assumption, of much social science, has been that it is in communities -- and to communities -- that human individuals, as social and cultural beings, belong. Communities are said to embody that interactive environment from which individuals' identities and senses of self derive, and in which they continue to dwell. The trouble with 'community' is that this is not necessarily so; the personal social networks of individuals' actual experience crosscut collective categories, situations and institutions. Communities can prove...
'Community' is one of social science's longest-standing concepts. The assumption, of much social science, has been that it is in communities -- and to...
In this follow up to their widely read earlier volume, "The Trouble with Community," Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport ask: 'Do notions of community remain central to our sense of who we are, in the dislocating context of globalization, or can we see beyond community closures to a human whole?' This volume explores the variable nature of contemporary sociality. It focuses on the ethical, organizational and emotional claims and opportunities sought or fashioned for mobilizing and evading social collectivities in a world of mobile subjects. Here is an examination of the tensions and interactions...
In this follow up to their widely read earlier volume, "The Trouble with Community," Vered Amit and Nigel Rapport ask: 'Do notions of community remain...
People travel as never before. However, anthropological research has tended to focus primarily on either labor migration or on tourism. In contrast, this collection of essays explores a diversity of circumstances and impetuses towards contemporary mobility. It ranges from expatriates to peripatetic professionals to middle class migrants in search of extended educational and career opportunities to people seeking self development through travel, either by moving after retirement or visiting educational retreats. These situations, however, converge in the significant resources, variously of...
People travel as never before. However, anthropological research has tended to focus primarily on either labor migration or on tourism. In contras...
"I don't know of a book that explores sociality] so centrally and effectively. . . Each chapter and concept has multiple applications across a range of research and conceptualization. . .Overall, I enjoyed reading this unpacking of sociality through different lenses very much, and I am sure others will too." - Caroline Knowles, Goldsmiths, University of London
As issues and circumstances investigated by anthropologists are becoming ever more diverse, the need to address social affiliation in contemporary situations of mobility, urbanity, transnational connections, individuation, media,...
"I don't know of a book that explores sociality] so centrally and effectively. . . Each chapter and concept has multiple applications across a range ...
