Ethnographic Memories
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6013439 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maxime Polleri (0000-0002-9645-4773, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-18 |
| Publication date | 1969-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contingent Horizons The York University Student Journal of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2292-6739 • E-ISSN: 2292-7514 |
| Publisher | York University Libraries (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.25071/2292-6739.76 |
| OpenAlex | W3164570921 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article explores the similarities between a memoir and an ethnographic work. A memoir stands as an historical account written from personal knowledge. It is a form of writing that should resonate deeply within the heart of the anthropologist, whose very own specificity is to be, first and foremost, an ethnographer. That is, anthropologists are individuals full of (hi) stories, contingence, and subjectivity, who nevertheless struggle to bring “objective” accounts of what had happened under their eyes during fieldwork. I use this short comparative act as a jumping board to examine the politics of knowledge in the history of anthropological inquiry since the Enlightenment. More precisely, this comparison represents an opportunity to look at what is silently invested in the practices of ethnographical writing. In a brief discussion, I highlight the political implications that surround issues of knowledge production, expert voices, and translation amidst the discourse and narrative of anthropologists
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Ethnography · Knowledge production · Literature · Memoir · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Anthropology · History · Law · Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |