At Home and in the Field: Ethnographic Encounters in Asia and the Pacific Islands - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0824853792 ISBN 13: 9780824853792

Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015

Synopsis

Crossing disciplinary boundaries, At Home and in the Field is an anthology of twenty-first century ethnographic research and writing about the global worlds of home and disjuncture in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Unique in its inclusion of ""homework""―ethnography that directly engages with issues and identities in which the ethnographer finds political solidarity and belonging in fields at home―the anthology contributes to growing trends that complicate the distinction between ""insiders"" and ""outsiders."" In its focus on Asia and the Pacific Islands, the collection offers ethnographic updates on topics that range from ritual money burning in China to the militarization of Hawai'i to the cultural power of robots in Japan. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous, these cultural encounters will resonate with readers and provide valuable talking points for exploring the human diversity that makes the study of ourselves and each other simultaneously rewarding and challenging.

About this title

About the Author

Suzanne S. Finney is president of the Maritime Archaeology and History of the Hawaiian Islands Foundation (MAHHI).

Mary Mostafanezhad is assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA.

Guido Carlo Pigliasco is adjunct assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA and a foreign law consultant in the State of Hawaii.

Forrest Wade Young is lecturer in anthropology and Pacific Island studies at the University of Hawai'i at M?noa, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0824853792
• ISBN 13: 9780824853792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Finney Suzanne, Mostafanezhad Mary, Pigliasco Guido Carlo, Young Forrest Wade