Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between Anthropology and History has taken d... more Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between Anthropology and History has taken diverse expressions. Yet it has developed with more coherence since the 1980s, largely in response to the declining promise of global modernity and the rise of poststructuralism and deconstructionism. Through a critical and contemporary engagement with this wave of scholarship, this volume challenges readers to think of work at the crossroads of Anthropology and History as transdisciplinary and anthrohistorical, moving beyond a partial integration of the disciplines as it critically evaluates their assumptions and trajectories.
This approach permits Anthrohistory to present a broader perspective that unsettles the constraints of existing academic practice. The volume does not offer a blueprint for fulfilling this goal, but rather a variety of positions taken by anthrohistorians who work in diverse contexts. Adopting an innovative and accessible style, Anthrohistory opens a provocative window into broader questions of interdisciplinarity, representation, epistemology, methodology, and social commitment.
Chandra D. Bhimull is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the African American Studies Program at Colby College.
David William Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Fernando Coronil is Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Edward Murphy is Assistant Professor of History and Global Urban Studies at Michigan State University.
Monica Eileen Patterson is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence at Concordia University in Montreal.
Julie Skurski is Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology and History at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
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Table of Contents
Illustrations
Openings
A Prefatory Piece, Chandra D. Bhimull, Edward Murphy, and Monica Eileen Patterson
The Pursuits of Anthrohistory: Formation against Formation, David William Cohen
I. Encountering Boundaries
Notes on the Difficulty of Studying ‘el Pueblo’, Paul K. Eiss
Step into Anthrohistory, David Pedersen
Genealogies of Mediation: ‘Culture Broker’ and Imperial Governmentality, E. Natalie Rothman
Childhood, Memory and Gap: Reflections from an Anthrohistorian on George Perec’s 'W or the Memory of Childhood', Monica Eileen Patterson
Working in the In-Between: Archives, Ethnography, and Research in Gaza, Ilana Feldman
The Past and Present of the Future Perfect in Anthropology and History, Deirdre de la Cruz
II. Unsettling Knowledge
Past Warfare: Ethics, Knowledge, and the Yanamomi Controversy, Julie Skurski
Disaster Preparedness, Shannon Lee Dawdy
Reclaiming Tradition, Zareena A. Grewal
Impressions: An Interval
The Miracle of History: Temporality and Un-certainty in Southern Arabia, Mandana E. Limbert
The Politics of Burial in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Kerry Ward
Losing the Phenomenon: Time and Indeterminacy in the Practice of Anthrohistory, Oana Mateescu
III. Questioning Discipline
Anthrohistory and Phantom Limb Syndrome: Transdisciplinarity in a Disciplinary World, Thomas C. Wolfe
On the Subject of Governance, Anupama Rao and Steven Pierce
Between Disciplines, After Modernity, S. C. Humphreys
The Politics of Naming: Ethical Dilemmas and Disciplinary Divides in Anthropology and History, Dorothy L. Hodgson
On the Importance of Having a Method, or What Does Archival Work on Soviet Atheism have to do with Ethnography of Post-Soviet Religion?, Sonja Luehrmann
Wanderings beyond Codification and Desire, Setrag Manoukian
Openings
Pieces for Anthrohistory: A Puzzle to be Assembled Together, Fernando Coronil
Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between anthropology and history has taken d... more Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between anthropology and history has taken diverse expressions. Yet it has developed with more coherence since the 1980s, largely in response to the declining promise of global modernity and the rise of poststructuralism and deconstructionism. Through a critical and contemporary engagement with this wave of scholarship, this volume challenges readers to think of work at the crossroads of anthropology and history as transdisciplinary and anthrohistorical, moving beyond a partial integration of the disciplines as it critically evaluates their assumptions and trajectories.
Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between Anthropology and History has taken d... more Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between Anthropology and History has taken diverse expressions. Yet it has developed with more coherence since the 1980s, largely in response to the declining promise of global modernity and the rise of poststructuralism and deconstructionism. Through a critical and contemporary engagement with this wave of scholarship, this volume challenges readers to think of work at the crossroads of Anthropology and History as transdisciplinary and anthrohistorical, moving beyond a partial integration of the disciplines as it critically evaluates their assumptions and trajectories.
This approach permits Anthrohistory to present a broader perspective that unsettles the constraints of existing academic practice. The volume does not offer a blueprint for fulfilling this goal, but rather a variety of positions taken by anthrohistorians who work in diverse contexts. Adopting an innovative and accessible style, Anthrohistory opens a provocative window into broader questions of interdisciplinarity, representation, epistemology, methodology, and social commitment.
Chandra D. Bhimull is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the African American Studies Program at Colby College.
David William Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Fernando Coronil is Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Edward Murphy is Assistant Professor of History and Global Urban Studies at Michigan State University.
Monica Eileen Patterson is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence at Concordia University in Montreal.
Julie Skurski is Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology and History at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
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Table of Contents
Illustrations
Openings
A Prefatory Piece, Chandra D. Bhimull, Edward Murphy, and Monica Eileen Patterson
The Pursuits of Anthrohistory: Formation against Formation, David William Cohen
I. Encountering Boundaries
Notes on the Difficulty of Studying ‘el Pueblo’, Paul K. Eiss
Step into Anthrohistory, David Pedersen
Genealogies of Mediation: ‘Culture Broker’ and Imperial Governmentality, E. Natalie Rothman
Childhood, Memory and Gap: Reflections from an Anthrohistorian on George Perec’s 'W or the Memory of Childhood', Monica Eileen Patterson
Working in the In-Between: Archives, Ethnography, and Research in Gaza, Ilana Feldman
The Past and Present of the Future Perfect in Anthropology and History, Deirdre de la Cruz
II. Unsettling Knowledge
Past Warfare: Ethics, Knowledge, and the Yanamomi Controversy, Julie Skurski
Disaster Preparedness, Shannon Lee Dawdy
Reclaiming Tradition, Zareena A. Grewal
Impressions: An Interval
The Miracle of History: Temporality and Un-certainty in Southern Arabia, Mandana E. Limbert
The Politics of Burial in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Kerry Ward
Losing the Phenomenon: Time and Indeterminacy in the Practice of Anthrohistory, Oana Mateescu
III. Questioning Discipline
Anthrohistory and Phantom Limb Syndrome: Transdisciplinarity in a Disciplinary World, Thomas C. Wolfe
On the Subject of Governance, Anupama Rao and Steven Pierce
Between Disciplines, After Modernity, S. C. Humphreys
The Politics of Naming: Ethical Dilemmas and Disciplinary Divides in Anthropology and History, Dorothy L. Hodgson
On the Importance of Having a Method, or What Does Archival Work on Soviet Atheism have to do with Ethnography of Post-Soviet Religion?, Sonja Luehrmann
Wanderings beyond Codification and Desire, Setrag Manoukian
Openings
Pieces for Anthrohistory: A Puzzle to be Assembled Together, Fernando Coronil
Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between anthropology and history has taken d... more Stretching back to the 1950s, interdisciplinary work between anthropology and history has taken diverse expressions. Yet it has developed with more coherence since the 1980s, largely in response to the declining promise of global modernity and the rise of poststructuralism and deconstructionism. Through a critical and contemporary engagement with this wave of scholarship, this volume challenges readers to think of work at the crossroads of anthropology and history as transdisciplinary and anthrohistorical, moving beyond a partial integration of the disciplines as it critically evaluates their assumptions and trajectories.
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This approach permits Anthrohistory to present a broader perspective that unsettles the constraints of existing academic practice. The volume does not offer a blueprint for fulfilling this goal, but rather a variety of positions taken by anthrohistorians who work in diverse contexts. Adopting an innovative and accessible style, Anthrohistory opens a provocative window into broader questions of interdisciplinarity, representation, epistemology, methodology, and social commitment.
Chandra D. Bhimull is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the African American Studies Program at Colby College.
David William Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Fernando Coronil is Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Edward Murphy is Assistant Professor of History and Global Urban Studies at Michigan State University.
Monica Eileen Patterson is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence at Concordia University in Montreal.
Julie Skurski is Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology and History at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
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Table of Contents
Illustrations
Openings
A Prefatory Piece, Chandra D. Bhimull, Edward Murphy, and Monica Eileen Patterson
The Pursuits of Anthrohistory: Formation against Formation, David William Cohen
I. Encountering Boundaries
Notes on the Difficulty of Studying ‘el Pueblo’, Paul K. Eiss
Step into Anthrohistory, David Pedersen
Genealogies of Mediation: ‘Culture Broker’ and Imperial Governmentality, E. Natalie Rothman
Childhood, Memory and Gap: Reflections from an Anthrohistorian on George Perec’s 'W or the Memory of Childhood', Monica Eileen Patterson
Working in the In-Between: Archives, Ethnography, and Research in Gaza, Ilana Feldman
The Past and Present of the Future Perfect in Anthropology and History, Deirdre de la Cruz
II. Unsettling Knowledge
Past Warfare: Ethics, Knowledge, and the Yanamomi Controversy, Julie Skurski
Disaster Preparedness, Shannon Lee Dawdy
Reclaiming Tradition, Zareena A. Grewal
Impressions: An Interval
The Miracle of History: Temporality and Un-certainty in Southern Arabia, Mandana E. Limbert
The Politics of Burial in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Kerry Ward
Losing the Phenomenon: Time and Indeterminacy in the Practice of Anthrohistory, Oana Mateescu
III. Questioning Discipline
Anthrohistory and Phantom Limb Syndrome: Transdisciplinarity in a Disciplinary World, Thomas C. Wolfe
On the Subject of Governance, Anupama Rao and Steven Pierce
Between Disciplines, After Modernity, S. C. Humphreys
The Politics of Naming: Ethical Dilemmas and Disciplinary Divides in Anthropology and History, Dorothy L. Hodgson
On the Importance of Having a Method, or What Does Archival Work on Soviet Atheism have to do with Ethnography of Post-Soviet Religion?, Sonja Luehrmann
Wanderings beyond Codification and Desire, Setrag Manoukian
Openings
Pieces for Anthrohistory: A Puzzle to be Assembled Together, Fernando Coronil
Contributors
Bibliography
Index
Papers by David Cohen
This approach permits Anthrohistory to present a broader perspective that unsettles the constraints of existing academic practice. The volume does not offer a blueprint for fulfilling this goal, but rather a variety of positions taken by anthrohistorians who work in diverse contexts. Adopting an innovative and accessible style, Anthrohistory opens a provocative window into broader questions of interdisciplinarity, representation, epistemology, methodology, and social commitment.
Chandra D. Bhimull is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and the African American Studies Program at Colby College.
David William Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Fernando Coronil is Presidential Professor at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan.
Edward Murphy is Assistant Professor of History and Global Urban Studies at Michigan State University.
Monica Eileen Patterson is Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Ethnographic Research and Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence at Concordia University in Montreal.
Julie Skurski is Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology and History at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Openings
A Prefatory Piece, Chandra D. Bhimull, Edward Murphy, and Monica Eileen Patterson
The Pursuits of Anthrohistory: Formation against Formation, David William Cohen
I. Encountering Boundaries
Notes on the Difficulty of Studying ‘el Pueblo’, Paul K. Eiss
Step into Anthrohistory, David Pedersen
Genealogies of Mediation: ‘Culture Broker’ and Imperial Governmentality, E. Natalie Rothman
Childhood, Memory and Gap: Reflections from an Anthrohistorian on George Perec’s 'W or the Memory of Childhood', Monica Eileen Patterson
Working in the In-Between: Archives, Ethnography, and Research in Gaza, Ilana Feldman
The Past and Present of the Future Perfect in Anthropology and History, Deirdre de la Cruz
II. Unsettling Knowledge
Past Warfare: Ethics, Knowledge, and the Yanamomi Controversy, Julie Skurski
Disaster Preparedness, Shannon Lee Dawdy
Reclaiming Tradition, Zareena A. Grewal
Impressions: An Interval
The Miracle of History: Temporality and Un-certainty in Southern Arabia, Mandana E. Limbert
The Politics of Burial in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Kerry Ward
Losing the Phenomenon: Time and Indeterminacy in the Practice of Anthrohistory, Oana Mateescu
III. Questioning Discipline
Anthrohistory and Phantom Limb Syndrome: Transdisciplinarity in a Disciplinary World, Thomas C. Wolfe
On the Subject of Governance, Anupama Rao and Steven Pierce
Between Disciplines, After Modernity, S. C. Humphreys
The Politics of Naming: Ethical Dilemmas and Disciplinary Divides in Anthropology and History, Dorothy L. Hodgson
On the Importance of Having a Method, or What Does Archival Work on Soviet Atheism have to do with Ethnography of Post-Soviet Religion?, Sonja Luehrmann
Wanderings beyond Codification and Desire, Setrag Manoukian
Openings
Pieces for Anthrohistory: A Puzzle to be Assembled Together, Fernando Coronil
Contributors
Bibliography
Index