This text considers the relationship between three western modernist institutions: anthropology; the nation state; and the universal exhibition. It looks at the ways in which these institutions are linked, how they are engaged in the objectification of culture, and how they have themselves become objects of cultural theory, the targets of critics who claim that despite their continuing visibility these are all institutions with questionable viability in the late 20th century. Through analysis of the Universal Exhibition held in Seville in 1992, the themes of culture, nationality and...
This text considers the relationship between three western modernist institutions: anthropology; the nation state; and the universal exhibition. It lo...
Deborah Cameron, Elizabeth Frazer, Penelope Harvey
Originally published in 1992. This book discusses the possibilities of developing the research process in social science so that it benefits the subjects as well as the researcher. The authors distinguish between ‘ethical’, ‘advocate’ and ‘empowering’ approaches to the relationship between researcher and researched, linking these to different ideas about the nature of knowledge, action, language, and social relations. They then use a series of empirical case studies to explore the possibilities for ‘empowering research’. The book is the product of dialogue between...
Originally published in 1992. This book discusses the possibilities of developing the research process in social science so that it benefits t...
