Thinking Through Things: Theorising Artefacts Ethnographically / Edition 1

by Amiria Henare, Martin Holbraad, Sari Wastell

Overview

Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting its philosophical foundations. The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of segregating the study of artefacts and society - this collection expands on the concerns about the place of objects and materiality in analytical strategies, and the obligation of ethnographers to question their assumptions and approaches.

The team of leading contributors put forward a positive programme for future research in this highly original and invaluable guide to recent developments in mainstream anthropological theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781844720712
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/2006
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Amiria Henare, Martin Holbraad, Sari Wastell

Table of Contents

1. Thinking through things 2. ‘Smuk is king’ 3. Taonga Maori 4. The ‘legal thing’ in Swaziland 5. Collection as a way of being 6. Separating and containing people and things in Mongolia 7. Talismans of thought 8. Differentiation and encompassment 9. The power of powder