Contrarian anthropology: the unwritten rules of academia

Analyzing the workings of boundary maintenance in the areas of anthropology, energy, gender, and law, Nader contrasts dominant trends in academia with work that pushes the boundaries of acceptable methods and theories. Although the selections illustrate the history of one anthropologist’s work over...

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Main Author: Nader, Laura 1930- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY ; Oxford Berghahn Books 2018
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Analyzing the workings of boundary maintenance in the areas of anthropology, energy, gender, and law, Nader contrasts dominant trends in academia with work that pushes the boundaries of acceptable methods and theories. Although the selections illustrate the history of one anthropologist’s work over half a century, the wider intent is to label a field as contrarian to reveal unwritten rules that sometimes hinder transformative thinking and to stimulate boundary crossing in others
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 489 Seiten)
ISBN:9781785337079

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