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.

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Information

Publisher

Routledge

Year

2007

ISBN

9781135392710

Edition

Topic

Social Sciences

Subtopic

Anthropology

Index

Social Sciences

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 ‘Smuk is King’
3 Taonga MÄOri
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