{"product_id":"designs-for-an-anthropology-of-the-contemporary-9780822343707","title":"Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary","description":"In this compact volume two of anthropology's most influential theorists, Paul Rabinow and George E. Marcus, engage in a series of conversations about the past, present, and future of anthropological knowledge, pedagogy, and practice. James D. Faubion joins in several exchanges to facilitate and elaborate the dialogue, and Tobias Rees moderates the discussions and contributes an introduction and an afterword to the volume. Most of the conversations are focused on contemporary challenges to how anthropology understands its subject and how ethnographic research projects are designed and carried out. Rabinow and Marcus reflect on what remains distinctly anthropological about the study of contemporary events and processes, and they contemplate productive new directions for the field. The two converge in Marcus's emphasis on the need to redesign pedagogical practices for training anthropological researchers and in Rabinow's proposal of collaborative initiatives in which ethnographic research designs could be analyzed, experimented with, and transformed.\u003cp\u003eBoth Rabinow and Marcus participated in the milestone collection \u003ci\u003eWriting Culture: The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography\u003c\/i\u003e. Published in 1986, \u003ci\u003eWriting Culture\u003c\/i\u003e catalyzed a reassessment of how ethnographers encountered, studied, and wrote about their subjects. In the opening conversations of \u003ci\u003eDesigns for an Anthropology of the Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e, Rabinow and Marcus take stock of anthropology's recent past by discussing the intellectual scene in which \u003ci\u003eWriting Culture\u003c\/i\u003e intervened, the book's contributions, and its conceptual limitations. Considering how the field has developed since the publication of that volume, they address topics including ethnography's self-reflexive turn, scholars' increased focus on questions of identity, the \u003ci\u003ePublic Culture\u003c\/i\u003e project, science and technology studies, and the changing interests and goals of students. \u003ci\u003eDesigns for an Anthropology of the Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e allows readers to eavesdrop on lively conversations between anthropologists who have helped to shape their field's recent past and are deeply invested in its future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Rabinow, George E. Marcus, James D. Faubion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822343707\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Rabinow is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include \u003ci\u003eMarking Time: On the Anthropology of the Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Machine to Make a Future: Biotech Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e (with Talia Dan-Cohen), and \u003ci\u003eAnthropos Today: Reflections on Modern Equipment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge E. Marcus is the Chancellor's Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. His books include \u003ci\u003eEthnography through Thick and Thin\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOcasião: The Marquis and the Anthropologist, A Collaboration\u003c\/i\u003e (with Fernando Mascarenhas); and \u003ci\u003eAnthropology as Cultural Critique: An Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael M. J. Fischer).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Faubion is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Rice University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shadows and Lights of Waco: Millennialism Today \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eModern Greek Lessons: A Primer in Historical Constructivism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTobias Rees is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine and the Department of Anthropology at McGill University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40808642150515,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":42.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_10ce6cad-970b-472f-b032-55ccb293dd68.jpg?v=1683034602","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/designs-for-an-anthropology-of-the-contemporary-9780822343707","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}