The Anthropologist As Writer : Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-First Century

4ème de couverture: Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction Introducing The Anthropologist As Writer : Across And Within Genres / Helena Wulff -- The Necessity Of Being A Writer In Anthropology Today / Dominic Boyer -- Reading, Writing, And Recognition In The Emerging Academy / Don Brenneis -- O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? : An Auto-ethnography Of Proposals / Sverker Finnström -- The Craft Of Editing : Anthropology's Prose And Qualms / Brian Moeran -- The Anglicization Of Anthropology : Opportunities And Challenges / Máiréd Nic Craith -- The Anthropologist As Storyteller / Alma Gottlieb -- Writing For The Future / Paul Stoller -- Life-writing : Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-making, And The Experiential / Narmala Halstead -- Chekhov As Ethnographic Muse / Kirin Narayan -- On Some Nice Benefits And One Big Challenge Of The Second File / Anette Nyqvist -- The Writer As Anthropologist / Oscar Hemer -- Writing Together : Tensions And Joy Between Scholars And Activists / Eva-maria Hardtmann, Vincent Manoharan, Urmila Devi, Jussi Eskola And Swarna Sabrina Francis -- Fiction And Anthropological Understanding : A Cosmopolitan Vision / Nigel Rapport -- On Timely Appearances : Literature, Art, Anthropology / Mattias Viktorin -- Digital Narratives In Anthropology / Paula Uimonen -- Writing Otherwise / Ulf Hannerz. Edited By Helena Wulff. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents Tables Acknowledgments Introducing the Anthropologist as Writer: Across and Within Genres I. The Role of Writing in Anthropological Careers Chapter 1 The Necessity of Being a Writer in Anthropology Today Chapter 2 Reading, Writing, and Recognition in the Emerging Academy Chapter 3 O Anthropology, Where Art Thou? An Auto-Ethnography of Proposals Chapter 4 The Craft of Editing: Anthropology’s Prose and Qualms Chapter 5 The Anglicization of Anthropology: Opportunities and Challenges II. Ethnographic Writing Chapter 6 The Anthropologist as Storyteller Chapter 7 Writing for the Future Chapter 8 Life-Writing: Anthropological Knowledge, Boundary-Making, and the Experiential Chapter 9 Chekhov as Ethnographic Muse III. Reaching Out: Popular Writing and Journalism Chapter 10 On Some Nice Benefits and One Big Challenge of the Second File Chapter 11 The Writer as Anthropologist Chapter 12 Writing Together: Tensions and Joy between Scholars and Activists IV. Writing across Genres Chapter 13 Fiction and Anthropological Understanding: A Cosmopolitan Vision Chapter 14 On Timely Appearances: Literature, Art, Anthropology Chapter 15 Digital Narratives in Anthropology Chapter 16 Writing Otherwise Index 4ème de couverture: Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21st century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction Writing is crucial to anthropology, but which genres are anthropologists expected to master in the 21th century? This book explores how anthropological writing shapes the intellectual content of the discipline and academic careers. First, chapters identify the different writing genres and contexts anthropologists actually engage with. Second, this book argues for the usefulness and necessity of taking seriously the idea of writing as a craft and of writing across and within genres in new ways. Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction Although academic writing is an anthropologist's primary genre, they also write in many others, from drafting administrative texts and filing reports to composing ethnographically inspired journalism and fiction. This book explores how writing shapes anthropologists and their discipline.