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> From: "Gibert M." <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 9 January 2009 14:22:07 GMT
> To: "[log in to unmask]" <ANTHROPOLOGY-
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> Subject: Taking Sides. Ethics, Politics and Fieldwork in Anthropology
>
>
> A new book that may be of interest to ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS
> subscribers,
>
> Taking Sides. Ethics, Politics and Fieldwork in Anthropology
> Editors: Heidi Armbruster & Anna Laerke
> Berghahn Books. 2008.
> Use attached flyer for 20% discount
>
>
> "A grippingly honest account of the dilemmas of being an engaged
> anthropologist in a world where taking sides has become increasingly
> complex. These courageous authors strip back the mask of
> objectivity in
> fieldwork and confront head-on the limits of empathy and the sometimes
> disturbing ethical conditions under which they obtained their
> knowledge.
> An original and powerful call for partiality despite the pitfalls. A
> must-read for all aspiring anthropologists." * Jenny B. White,
> Boston
> University
>
> "An ambitious and satisfying collection that conjoins anthropologists'
> political and ethical commitments to the worlds they study, inhabit
> and
> engage. Taking Sides shows the limits of some strands of postmodern
> reflexivity, moves political contexts to the fore, and illustrates how
> anthropology can move beyond critical analysis to praxis." * David
> Price, Associate Professor of anthropology and sociology at St.
> Martin's
> University, in Lacey, Washington
>
> "An outstanding collection of essays that both instruct and provoke.
> They exemplify the virtues of politically engaged anthropology and
> invite the reader to reflect critically on what it means to be a
> scholar
> in today's conflict-torn world. Illuminating for the specialist and
> the
> non-specialist alike." * Alex Callinicos, Professor of European
> Studies French Department King's College London Strand
>
>
> Description:
>
> Concerns with research ethics have intensified over recent years, in
> large part as a symptom of "audit cultures" (M. Strathern) but also
> as a
> serious matter of engagement with the ethical complexities in
> contemporary research fields. This volume, written by a new generation
> of scholars engaged with contemporary global movements for social
> justice and peace, reflects their efforts in trying to integrate their
> scholarly pursuits with their understanding of social science,
> politics
> and ethics, and what political commitment means in practice and in
> fieldwork. This is a book of argument and analysis, written with
> passion, clarity and intellectual sophistication, which touches on
> issues of vital significance to social scientists and activists in
> general.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr Marie-Pierre Gibert
> Research Fellow AHRC Programme Diasporas, Migration and Identities.
> Project: Diaspora as Social and Cultural Practice: a Study of
> Transnational
> Networks across Europe and Africa.
>
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