The Routledge companion to contemporary anthropology : Companion to contemporary anthropology

Contemporary anthropology is a lively and fast-moving discipline, responding to the challenges of globalisation with exciting new directions and an increasingly interdisciplinary approach. Written by an experienced international team of contributors, this Companion: introduces key contemporary perspectives and approaches within the field explores significant issues that can be analysed usefully through an anthropological lens includes essays by anthropologists working at the intersection of anthropology with other disciplines, providing a powerful overview of anthropology as a discipline that is always being transformed. The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology covers the concerns of the discipline and comments on its construction through texts, classroom interactions, engagements with various publics, and changing relations with other academic subjects. It is an invaluable guide and major reference source for students and scholars alike. Introduction To An Engaging Discipline : The Challenge Of Creating A Companion To Contemporary Anthropology / Simon Coleman, Susan Brin Hyatt, And Ann Kingsolver -- Engaging Theory In The New Millennium / Faye V. Harrison -- Participating, Observing, Witnessing / Deborah Reed-danahay -- Beyond Sites And Methods : The Field, History And Global Capitalism / Patrick Neveling -- Anthropology And The Internet / Anna Stewart -- Hand In Hand : Homelessness, Heritage And Collaborative Approaches To The Material Past / Rachael Kiddey -- Communicating Anthropology : Writing, Screening, And Exhibiting Culture / Paul Basu -- Teaching Anthropological Theory In Neoliberal Times / Elizabeth Chin -- Doing And Being : Process, Essence And Hierarchy In Making Kin / Susan Mckinnon -- Religion After Religion, Ritual After Ritual / Jon Bialecki -- Language, Gender, And Desire In Performance / Peter C. Haney -- Selves And Codified Bodies / Subhadra Mitra Channa --^ Law And Politics : An Anthropological History, And Research And Practice Among Vulnerable Populations / Carolyn Fluehr-lobban -- Objectifying Economies : Contemporary Themes In The Anthropology Of Economic Knowledge And Practice / Daromir Rudnycki -- Research, Representation, Redemption And Repatriation : Archaeology And Community Relationships In 21st Century America / Joe Watkins -- Critical Biocultural Anthropology : A Model For Anthropological Integration / Thomas Leatherman And Morgan Hoke -- Anthropology And Science / Jonathan Marks -- Joined At The Head : Anthropology, Geography And The Environment / Michael J. Watts -- Entangled Subjects And Art Objects / Shelly Errington -- Psychological Anthropology : An Awkward Hybrid? / Andrew Beatty -- Whither Anthropology In Public Policy? : Reflections From India / Soumendra Patnaik -- Health And Anthropology In The Era Of Anthropogenic Climatic And Environmental Change / Merrill Singer --^ Immersive Politics And The Ethnographic Encounter : Anthropology And Political Science / Joseph Mackay And Jamie Levin -- Social Movements As Process / Marianne Maeckelbergh -- Ethnography As Aprendizaje : Growing And Using Collaborative Knowledge With The People's Produce Project In San Diego / Anna L. Anderson-lazo -- Interdisciplinary Approaches To Cultural Citizenship And Migration / Mattia Fumanti. Edited By Simon Coleman, Susan B. Hyatt And Ann Kingsolver. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Contributors PART I: Introduction 1 Introduction to an engaging discipline: The challenge of creating a companion to contemporary anthropology PART II: Conceptualizing the field in/of anthropology 2 Engaging theory in the new millennium 3 Participating, observing, witnessing 4 Beyond sites and methods: The field, history and global capitalism 5 Anthropology and the internet 6 Hand in hand: Homelessness, heritage and collaborative approaches to the material past 7 Communicating anthropology: Writing, screening, and exhibiting culture 8 Teaching anthropological theory in neoliberal times PART III: Transforming disciplinary conversations 9 Doing and being: Process, essence, and hierarchy in making kin 10 “Religion” after religion, “ritual” after ritual 11 Language, gender, and desire in performance 12 Selves and codified bodies 13 Law and politics: An anthropological history, and research and practice among vulnerable populations 14 Objectifying economies: Contemporary themes in the anthropology of economic knowledge and practice 15 Research, representation, redemption, and repatriation: Archaeology and community relationships in 21st-century America 16 Critical biocultural anthropology: A model for anthropological integration PART IV: Anthropology in conversation with other fields 17 Anthropology and science 18 Joined at the head: Anthropology, geography and the environment 19 Entangled subjects and art objects 20 Psychological anthropology: An awkward hybrid? 21 Whither anthropology in public policy?: Reflections from India 22 Health and anthropology in the era of anthropogenic climatic and environmental change 23 Immersive politics and the ethnographic encounter: Anthropology and political science 24 Social movements as process 25 Ethnography as aprendizaje: Growing and using collaborative knowledge with the People’s Produce Project in San Diego 26 Interdisciplinary approaches to cultural citizenship and migration Index 4e de couv.: The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology is an invaluable guide and major reference source for students and scholars alike, introducing its readers to key contemporary perspectives and approaches within the field. Written by an experienced international team of contributors, with an interdisciplinary range of essays, this collection provides a powerful overview of the transformations currently affecting anthropology. The volume both addresses the concerns of the discipline and comments on its construction through texts, classroom interactions, engagements with various publics, and changing relations with other academic subjects. Persuasively demonstrating that a number of key contemporary issues can be usefully analyzed through an anthropological lens, the contributors cover important topics such as globalization, law and politics, collaborative archaeology, economics, religion, citizenship and community, health, and the environment. The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Anthropology is a fascinating examination of this lively and constantly evolving discipline