Taking Sides
Ethics, Politics, and Fieldwork in Anthropology
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Methodology, Anthropology, Political Science
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780857454089 | |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books | Publication: | September 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780857454089 |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Publication: | September 1, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Language: | English |
Concerns with research ethics have intensified over recent years, in large part as a symptom of "audit cultures" (M. Strathern) but also as a serious matter of engagement with the ethical complexities in contemporary research fields. This volume, written by a new generation of scholars engaged with contemporary global movements for social justice and peace, reflects their efforts in trying to integrate their scholarly pursuits with their understanding of social science, politics and ethics, and what political commitment means in practice and in fieldwork. This is a book of argument and analysis, written with passion, clarity and intellectual sophistication, which touches on issues of vital significance to social scientists and activists in general.
Concerns with research ethics have intensified over recent years, in large part as a symptom of "audit cultures" (M. Strathern) but also as a serious matter of engagement with the ethical complexities in contemporary research fields. This volume, written by a new generation of scholars engaged with contemporary global movements for social justice and peace, reflects their efforts in trying to integrate their scholarly pursuits with their understanding of social science, politics and ethics, and what political commitment means in practice and in fieldwork. This is a book of argument and analysis, written with passion, clarity and intellectual sophistication, which touches on issues of vital significance to social scientists and activists in general.
