Knowledge and Ethics in Anthropology: Obligations and Requirements by Lisette Jo

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Inspired by the work of world-renowned anthropologist Marilyn Strathern, this collection of essays features contributions from a range of internationally recognized scholars – including Strathern herself – which examine a range of methodologies and approaches to the anthropology of knowledge.

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Inspired by the work of world-renowned anthropologist Marilyn Strathern, this collection of essays features contributions from a range of internationally recognized scholars – including Strathern herself – which examine a range of methodologies and approaches to the anthropology of knowledge.The book investigates the production of knowledge through a variety of themes, centered on the question of the researcher's obligations and the requirements of knowledge. These range from the obligation to connect with local culture and existing anthropological knowledge, to the need to draw conclusions and circulate what has been learned. Taking up themes that are relevant for anthropology as a whole – particularly the topic of knowledge and the ethics of knowing others, as well as the notion of the local in a global world – Knowledge and Ethics in Anthropology is key reading for students and scholars alike. A thorough introduction to the key concepts and terms used in Strathern's work is provided, making this a fantastic resource for anyone encountering her work for the first time.

Author Biography

Lisette Josephides is Professor of Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Obligations and Requirements: The Contexts of Knowledge - Lisette Josephides, Queen's University Belfast, UKPart One: Epistemology, Subjectivity and the Ethics of Knowing Others2. Together We Are Two: The Disjunctive Synthesis in Affirmative Mode - Lisette Josephides, Queen's University Belfast, UK3. Desire, Agency and Subjectivity: A Renewal of Theoretical Thinking - Henrietta L. Moore, Cambridge University, UK4. Apologetics of an Apology and an Apologia - Andrew Moutu, Director of PNG Museum and Art Gallery, Papua New GuineaPart Two: Persons, Sociality, and Value: Partibility as Sacrifice, Consumption and Investment 5. Partible Personhood and Sacrifice in Melanesian Christianity: The New Melanesian Ethnography and the Paradox of Contemporary Religious Efflorescence - Mark Mosko, Australian National University, Australia6. Priceless Value: From No Money on Our Skins to a Moral Economy of Investment - Karen Sykes, University of Manchester, UKPart Three: Mobilizing Power and Belonging: The Local in a Global World7. 'Cutting the Network': Mobilisations of Ethnicity/Appropriations of Power in Multinational Corporations - Mitchell W Sedgwick, Oxford Brookes, UK8. 'Real Britons': Idiom and Injunctions of Belonging for a Cosmopolitan Society - Nigel Rapport, University of St Andrews, UKPart Four: Knowledge Exchange and the Creativity of Relationships / Contextualizing and Recontextualizing Knowledge9. Dialogue: Between Marilyn Strathern, University of Durham, UK, Nigel Rapport, University of St Andrews, UK, and Lisette Josephides, Queen's University Belfast, UKBibliographyIndex

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This volume explores the anthropology of knowledge. Inspired by eminent scholar Marilyn Strathern, leading anthropologists explore key theoretical themes of subjectivity, ethics and gender through global ethnographies.

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This new collection of essays is inspired by the work of world-renowned anthropologist Marilyn Strathern and draws together the work of internationally recognized scholars, including Strathern herself, to examine a range of methodologies and approaches to the anthropology of knowledge...The book looks at the production of knowledge through a variety of different themes, all centered around the idea of the ethnographers' obligations and requirements, from the obligations of the anthropologist to connect with local culture and existing anthropological knowledge during research, to the need to draw conclusions and circulate what has been learned. Suitable for those approaching Strathern's ideas for the first time as well as experienced scholars, the book features a thorough introduction to the key concepts and terms used in Strathern's work...Taking up themes that are relevant for anthropology as a whole, particularly the topic of knowledge and the ethics of knowing others, as well as the notion of local in a global world, this will be key reading for upper-level undergraduates and graduates studying methods, knowledge production, gender and ethics.

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This volume explores the anthropology of knowledge. Inspired by eminent scholar Marilyn Strathern, leading anthropologists explore key theoretical themes of subjectivity, ethics and gender through global ethnographies.

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Exciting new insight and application of the work of Marilyn Strathern, world-renowned anthropologist, also featuring a dialogue with Strathern herself

Details ISBN0857855379 Short Title KNOWLEDGE & ETHICS IN ANTHROPO Language English ISBN-10 0857855379 ISBN-13 9780857855374 Media Book Format Hardcover Subtitle Obligations and Requirements DOI CBID179462 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Lisette Josephides DEWEY 301 Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-11-19 Pages 248 Illustrations black & white illustrations Author Lisette Josephides Affiliation Queen's University Belfast, UK Series Criminal Practice Series UK Release Date 2015-11-19 Imprint Berg Publishers AU Release Date 2015-11-19 NZ Release Date 2015-11-19 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternative 9780857855442 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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