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Hi Jamie,
Fascinating theme! Since Simona also expressed interest in the questions
you raised, I'm replying on the list - hope other members don't mind...
The works that immediately come to my mind are the works of Michael
Taussig (Walter Benjamin's grave, for instance), and Allen Shelton's
Dreamworlds of Alabama. As for archives as potential ethnographic field
sites, Carolyn Steedman's Dust is a wonderful piece to think with. One
of the things I value about these works is that instead of extending the
ethnographic present back in time, they are able to convey a sense of
malleability of the past.
Hope this helps!
All best,
Endre
on 08/08/2012 18:55 Simona Ciotlaus said the following:
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> Hello Jamie and list-members,
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> I am also interested in the issue Jamie raised and I assume there are
> others as well, so it would be very helpful if people replied on the list.
> many thanks, Simona
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> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, James Furniss
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>> Hi Everyone,
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>> I would be really grateful if anyone has references they could share of
>> 'diachronic ethnographies' or ethnography that is not merely interested in
>> the fieldwork 'present' but also goes back in time. My objective is to be
>> able to justify using archives and going back in time as 'anthropology' in
>> the proper sense. On what basis can someone adopting such approaches claim
>> to be doing anthropology? What would would anthropology's 'value-added' be
>> here? What is different from when done by a historian?
>>
>> I am thinking of examples like Emily Martin's Flexible Bodies (1995) where
>> she looks at Americans' changing ideas about health and immunity since the
>> 1940s, and at different locations in American society. Another different
>> type of example would be Paul Dresch's Tribes, Government and History in
>> Yemen (1989) where he tacks back in forth between chapters based on
>> fieldwork and narrated in the 'ethnographic present' and chapters which are
>> historical and documentary.
>>
>> Probably best to reply off list and spare those who don't share this
>> interest...
>>
>> With thanks!
>>
>> jamie
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