George H Marcus
Biographic Data
| ID | 1468151 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George H Marcus |
| GIVEN NAMES | George H |
| FAMILY NAME | Marcus |
| SIGNATURE | MARCUS G H |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Assembly |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Diseños curatoriales
La versión en inglés de este ensayo, «Curatorial Designs: Act II», fue publicada originalmente en 2020 en el libro Anthropologist as Curator, editado por Roger Sansi y publicado por Routledge. Agradecemos profundamente a los autores por permitirnos hacer esta traducción
Curatorial designs
This chapter is a conversation between Tarek Elhaik and George Marcus. The point of departure is the ‘writing culture’ debate of the 1980s, led by Marcus among others, and the legacy of its call for experimental methods. From there, the two authors discuss the possibility of developing new forms of anthropological practice beyond traditional fieldwork, towards more experimental models of research, such as Marcus’s notion of the ‘para-site’ and El…
Afterword
In view of this issue's focus on time and temporalities, I want to discuss a distinctive problem concerning the ethnographic representation of fieldwork experiences. Faced with increased time pressure to complete degree work and the present trend that emphasizes efficiency in graduate training, scholars are finding traditional ideals of temporality in research to be challenged as a professional standard of ethnography at the outset of their caree…
The Green Room, Off-Stage
Ces dernières années, George Marcus a exposé ses propositions pour un renouvellement de l’anthropologie et des méthodes de l’ethnographie dans diverses discussions et collaborations (Navigators of the Contemporary : Why Ethnography Matters, par David Westbrook, 2008 ; Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, 2008 ; Centre d’Ethnographie de l’Université de Californie, Irvine – http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ethnog). Son travail consiste à repe…
Ethnographica Moralia
Frazer as (1) a slightly later Bachofen (both retranslated Pausanias, Frazer correcting Bachofen's version) or (2) a considerably earlier Benjamin.Much as Benjamin's imaginative excursions among modernity's ''ruins'' (via the work of litterateurs) recalled the ''ancient labyrinths that Pausanias had entered,'' so did Frazer's forays among primitivity's ''ruins'' (via the work of ethnographers).Boon engages the affinities adhering Bachofen, Frazer…
Rereading Cultural Anthropology
Introduction vii On Being out of Words / Stephen A. Tyler 1 Tactility and Distraction / Michael Taussig 8 The Rhetoric of Ethnographic Holism / Robert J. Thornton 15 Putting Hierarchy in Its Place / Arjun Appadurai 34 Reflecting on the Yanomami: Ethnographic Images and the Pursuit of the Exotic / Alcida R. Ramos 48 Occupational Hazards: Palestine Ethnography / Ted Swedenburg 69 The Politics of Remembering: Notes on a Pacific Conference / Geoffrey…
Design since 1945
Rereading Cultural Anthropology
Introduction vii On Being out of Words / Stephen A. Tyler 1 Tactility and Distraction / Michael Taussig 8 The Rhetoric of Ethnographic Holism / Robert J. Thornton 15 Putting Hierarchy in Its Place / Arjun Appadurai 34 Reflecting on the Yanomami: Ethnographic Images and the Pursuit of the Exotic / Alcida R. Ramos 48 Occupational Hazards: Palestine Ethnography / Ted Swedenburg 69 The Politics of Remembering: Notes on a Pacific Conference / Geoffrey…
Ethnographica Moralia
Frazer as (1) a slightly later Bachofen (both retranslated Pausanias, Frazer correcting Bachofen's version) or (2) a considerably earlier Benjamin.Much as Benjamin's imaginative excursions among modernity's ''ruins'' (via the work of litterateurs) recalled the ''ancient labyrinths that Pausanias had entered,'' so did Frazer's forays among primitivity's ''ruins'' (via the work of ethnographers).Boon engages the affinities adhering Bachofen, Frazer…
Design since 1945
Rereading Cultural Anthropology
Introduction vii On Being out of Words / Stephen A. Tyler 1 Tactility and Distraction / Michael Taussig 8 The Rhetoric of Ethnographic Holism / Robert J. Thornton 15 Putting Hierarchy in Its Place / Arjun Appadurai 34 Reflecting on the Yanomami: Ethnographic Images and the Pursuit of the Exotic / Alcida R. Ramos 48 Occupational Hazards: Palestine Ethnography / Ted Swedenburg 69 The Politics of Remembering: Notes on a Pacific Conference / Geoffrey…
Ethnographica Moralia
Frazer as (1) a slightly later Bachofen (both retranslated Pausanias, Frazer correcting Bachofen's version) or (2) a considerably earlier Benjamin.Much as Benjamin's imaginative excursions among modernity's ''ruins'' (via the work of litterateurs) recalled the ''ancient labyrinths that Pausanias had entered,'' so did Frazer's forays among primitivity's ''ruins'' (via the work of ethnographers).Boon engages the affinities adhering Bachofen, Frazer…
The Green Room, Off-Stage
Ces dernières années, George Marcus a exposé ses propositions pour un renouvellement de l’anthropologie et des méthodes de l’ethnographie dans diverses discussions et collaborations (Navigators of the Contemporary : Why Ethnography Matters, par David Westbrook, 2008 ; Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary, 2008 ; Centre d’Ethnographie de l’Université de Californie, Irvine – http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ethnog). Son travail consiste à repe…
Afterword
In view of this issue's focus on time and temporalities, I want to discuss a distinctive problem concerning the ethnographic representation of fieldwork experiences. Faced with increased time pressure to complete degree work and the present trend that emphasizes efficiency in graduate training, scholars are finding traditional ideals of temporality in research to be challenged as a professional standard of ethnography at the outset of their caree…
Curatorial designs
This chapter is a conversation between Tarek Elhaik and George Marcus. The point of departure is the ‘writing culture’ debate of the 1980s, led by Marcus among others, and the legacy of its call for experimental methods. From there, the two authors discuss the possibility of developing new forms of anthropological practice beyond traditional fieldwork, towards more experimental models of research, such as Marcus’s notion of the ‘para-site’ and El…
Diseños curatoriales
La versión en inglés de este ensayo, «Curatorial Designs: Act II», fue publicada originalmente en 2020 en el libro Anthropologist as Curator, editado por Roger Sansi y publicado por Routledge. Agradecemos profundamente a los autores por permitirnos hacer esta traducción
Anthropology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work)