Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology
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Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology

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Epistemology, Fieldwork, and Anthropology provides a systematic examination of the empirical foundations of interpretations and grounded theories in anthropology. Olivier de Sardan explores the nature of the links between observed reality and the data produced during fieldwork, and between the data gathered and final interpretative statements. Olivier de Sardan's research asks how anthropologists develop a 'policy of fieldwork', what the advantages and limits of observation are, and if the dangers of over-interpretation and scientific ideologies be minimized. Exploring the space between epistemology and methodology, the book critically juxtaposes Anglo and Francophone writings about fieldwork, plausible interpretations, emicity, reflexivity, comparison, and scientific rigor.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
ISBN
9781137477880
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures and Tables
  7. 1 Introduction: Empirical Adequacy, Theory, Anthropology
  8. 2 The Policy of Fieldwork: Data Production in Anthropology and Qualitative Approaches
  9. 3 Emic and the Actors’ Point of View
  10. 4 From Observation to Description
  11. 5 The Methodological “I”: Implication and Explicitation in Fieldwork
  12. 6 Methodological Populism and Ideological Populism in Anthropology
  13. 7 The Violence Done to Data: On a Few Figures of Overinterpretation
  14. 8 Conclusion: Common Sense and Scholarly Sense
  15. Postface: Researcher and Citizen: Science and Ideology
  16. Notes
  17. References