In A Coincidence of Desires, Tom Boellstorff considers how interdisciplinary collaboration between anthropology and queer studies might enrich both fields. For more than a decade he has visited Indonesia, both as an anthropologist exploring gender and sexuality and as an activist involved in HIV prevention work. Drawing on these experiences, he provides several in-depth case studies, primarily …
Cliford Geertz, melalui karyanya ini, adalah salah seorang dari eksponen yang menggugat batasan ini. Karya yang ada di tangan pembaca ini merupakan suatu pemeriksaan kritis atas ke�dudukan ilmiah dan kedudukan literer ilmu antropologi, serta pada akhirnya masa depan ilmu antropologi. Geertz menelaah karya dari empat empu antropologi yang karya-karyanya kini telah menjadi klasik: Levi-Strauss,…
'Ethnography is a widely used and productive tool within media and cultural studies research. It is particularly useful for researching media audiences and the role of the media in everyday life. This book offers an introduction to ethnography: what it is, where it came from, how it can be used in media and cultural studies and how students can usefully use it.' 'By exploring ethnography's root…
Fieldwork and Footnotes discusses general themes within the history of anthropology in Europe and considers recent debates in the history of science on the construction of knowledge. Questioning whether it is possible to identify distinct anthropological traditions within European anthropology, it includes contributions on ethnography and ethnology in Europe, the United …
While doing fieldwork in the modernizing Javanese city of Solo during the late 1980s, Suzanne Brenner came upon a neighborhood that seemed like a museum of a bygone era: Laweyan, a once-thriving production center of batik textiles, had embraced modernity under Dutch colonial rule, only to fend off the modernizing forces of the Indonesian state during the late twentieth century.
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Keunggulan utama dari tulisan ini adalah kajiannya yang mendalam tentang keyakinan dan pandangan hidup masyarakat Mentawai, yang belum pernah diungkapkan sebelumnya oleh banyak antropolog kita.