Search After Method: Sensing, Moving, and Imagining in Anthropological Fieldwork (Methodology & History in Anthropology Book 40)

Reigniting a tradition of learning from experience, Search After Method is a plea for livelier forms of anthropology. The anthropologists in the collection recount their experiences of working in the field, framed within a range of anthropological debates. The book thus provides accounts of lived experiences from both extensive and contemporary fieldwork as well as offering solutions for how to evolve the art of anthropological research beyond what is currently imagined. CONTENTS FIGURES FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION: LINES OF FLIGHT PART I Sensing Chapter 1 SONOROUS SENSATIONS: PLANT, PEOPLE, AND ELEMENTAL STIRS IN HEALING Chapter 2 SENSING “FEELING” IN INDONESIA’S PERSATUAN GERAK BADAN (BODY MOVEMENT UNIFICATION) SCHOOL Chapter 2 SENSING “FEELING” IN INDONESIA’S PERSATUAN GERAK BADAN (BODY MOVEMENT UNIFICATION) SCHOOL Chapter 3 DRUMMING WITH WINDS: LEARNING FROM ZAR PRACTITIONERS IN QESHM ISLAND, IRAN Chapter 4 FIELDWORK ALOFT: EXPERIENCING WEATHER AND AIR IN FALCONRY PART II Moving Chapter 5 TRAVELING THROUGH LAYERS: INUITNESS IN FLIGHT Chapter 6 ALEX LA GUMA AND THE SMELL OF FREEDOM Chapter 7 (RE)TURNING MANIFOLD-ISH ALONG WITH MONGOLIAN REINDEER HERD(ER)S: TRIAL(S) BY VAGARY Chapter 8 ENSKILMENT INTO THE ENVIRONMENT: THE YIJIN JING WORLDS OF JIN AND QI PART III Imagining Chapter 9 LIVE TO TELL: IN AND OUT OF VIEW IN THE INTERVIEW Chapter 10 ON FAILING TO LEARN TO SHOOT A GUN Chapter 11 WONDERING WINDS: ALPINE FIRE LOOKOUTS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS Chapter 12 ETHNOGRAPHY AS BEWITCHMENT: A LITERARY STUDY OF JEANNE FAVRET-SAADA’S DEADLY WORDS AFTERWORD: META-ODOS (OR THE INSCRIPTION OF FIELDWORK) EPILOGUE INDEX "Reigniting a tradition of learning by experience, Search After Method is a plea for more lively forms of anthropology. The multiple voices resonating in the collection come from anthropologists in all walks of academia as well as outside of it. The chapters relate the contributor's first experiences of working in the field and use their experiences to link their work to the discipline of Anthropology, along with other broader fieldwork questions. This book thus provides a powerful introduction to lived experiences of contemporary fieldwork"-- Provided by publisher "Reigniting a tradition of learning by experience, Search After Method is a plea for more lively forms of anthropology. The multiple voices resonating in the collection come from anthropologists in all walks of academia as well as outside of it. The chapters relate the contributor's first experiences of working in the field and use their experiences to link their work to the discipline of Anthropology, along with other broader fieldwork questions. This book thus provides a powerful introduction to lived experiences of contemporary fieldwork"-- Résumé de l'éditeur