The Ethnographic Self as Resource magnetic

The Ethnographic Self as Resource magneticIt is commonly acknowledged that anthropologists use personal experiences to inform their writing. However, it is often assumed that only fieldwork experiences are relevant and that the personal appears only in the form of self reflexivity. This book takes a step beyond anthropology at home and auto ethnography and shows how anthropologists can include their memories and experiences as ethnographic data in their writing. It discusses issues such as

Laurence Foss challenges the prevailing medical model whereby mind and body are essentially separated

Confession impacted the consciences of medieval businessmen both through its sacramental form and through its moral teachings

Unlike the literary tradition of ethnographic fiction that attempts to bridge the gap between the world of the Western reader and the world of the exotic other of distant places

Highlights the latest interventions including trauma informed and restorative justice practices

new forces were unleashed as a post-settler colonial state grappled with its past

Increases in efficiency and leanness have been achieved through genetics

and disaster response

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and Turkey have been the focus of most studies

Through diverse essays

The concluding chapter offers representative case presentations with relevant findings to further enhance the reader’s understanding and implementation of key concepts

that the true basis for eloquence is the truth in the meaning of words