What is analysis? Between theory, ethnography, and method

  • Martin Holbraad
  • , Sarah Green
  • , Alberto Corsín Jiménez
  • , Veena Das
  • , Nurit Bird-David
  • , Eduardo Kohn
  • , Ghassan Hage
  • , Laura Bear
  • , Hannah Knox
  • , Bruce Kapferer

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Abstract

Recent years in anthropology have seen a noticeable trend, moving from debates about theory to a concern with method. So while some generations ago we would tend to identify ourselves as anthropologists with reference to particular theoretical paradigms-for example, Marxism, (post-)structuralism, cognitivism, cultural materialism, interpretivism-these days our tendency is to align ourselves, often eclectically, with proposals conceived as methodological: entanglements, assemblages, ontologies, technologies of description, epistemic partnerships, problematizations, collaborative anthropology, the art of noticing, and so on.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-30
Number of pages30
JournalSocial Analysis
Volume62
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2018

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© Berghahn Books.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cultural Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • General Arts and Humanities

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