Shifting Grounds Experiments in Doing Ethnography |
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| Editor:
| Greverus, Ina-Maria
Romhild, Regina
Welz, Gisela
Wulff, Helena |
| Author:
| MacDonald, Sharon |
| ISBN: | 978-3-8258-6113-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2003 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $91.00 |
Book Description:
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Prompted by relentless social, political, and cultural reconfigurations in Europe, Shifting Ground seeks to explore the challenges that these changes pose to ethnographic fundamentals. In doing so, this work takes a broad and inclusive approach to define modern ethnography, considering questions of theory and practice in and beyond the field, and provocatively reflecting on what constitutes ethnography itself. Ina-Maria Greverus is professor...
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Prompted by relentless social, political, and cultural reconfigurations in Europe, Shifting Ground seeks to explore the challenges that these changes pose to ethnographic fundamentals. In doing so, this work takes a broad and inclusive approach to define modern ethnography, considering questions of theory and practice in and beyond the field, and provocatively reflecting on what constitutes ethnography itself.
Ina-Maria Greverus is professor emeritus and Founding Chair of the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Frankfurt. Sharon MacDonald is reader in social anthropology and sociology at the University of Sheffield. Regina Rmhild is assistant professor at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Frankfurt. Gisela Welz is professor and chair of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology at the University of Frankfurt. Helena Wulff is senior lecturer in the department of social anthropology at Stockholm University.