2006•Unpublished venueRequires access
The World of the Anthropologist
Marc Augé, Jean Paul Colleyn, John Howe
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Abstract
Introduction 1. Understanding the Contemporary World * Confusions over terms * The stakes of anthropology * The contemporary world 2. Objects of Anthropology * From salvage ethnography to general anthropology * Diversification of domains * Construction of objects * Kinship * Economy, environment, ecology * Anthropology of politics * Anthropology of religion * Anthropology of performance * Ethnographic film and visual anthropology * Applied anthropology * Ethnographies and anthropology of science * Inside and outside the field of anthropology 3. The Field 4. Reading 5. Writing 6. Avoiding Blind Alleys