Documents as Ethnographic Objects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22369603 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol J Greenhouse (0009-0008-9447-9513, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2066 |
| OpenAlex | W3081933770 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Documents interest anthropologists not just as platforms for recording and stabilizing information but also as ethnographic objects in themselves. The materiality of documents is central to new ethnographies of bureaucratic management, governance, rights claiming, and other aspects of citizenship. Ethnographers' attention to documents as objects has also yielded new insights regarding the production and consumption of documents, illuminating documentation and reading (for example) in novel ways. Documents in this sense are of particular interest to anthropologists interested in law, politics, media, and various forms of professional expertise
Aesthetics · Art · Bureaucracy · Citizenship · Documentation · Ethnography · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · Law · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |