1st Edition

Ethnographic Experimentation An Inventory for Devicing Fieldwork

By Adolfo Estalella Copyright 2027
220 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Ethnographic Experimentation introduces readers to an experimental style of ethnography in which ethnographers and their companions conduct inquiries together. This is not a conventional methods manual, since there can be no single, shared method for experimentation. Instead, the book offers a collection of ethnographic case studies and concepts through which readers can think with and... Read more

Dedication; Acknowledgements; How to read this book; List of figures; Introduction. Companion Experimentation: An Ethnographic Adventure; Chapter 1. Relating to others; Chapter 2. ‘Devicing’ encounters; Chapter 3. Inscribing the social; Chapter 4. Reversing participation; Chapter 5. Relating to data; Chapter 6. Ethnographic expressions; Chapter 7. Articulating publics; Afterword: Thinking through the effects of ethnographic experiments; Index.

Biography

Adolfo Estalella is a Tenured Scientist in the Department of Anthropology at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid. He is the co-editor of 'An Ethnographic Inventory. Field Devices for Anthropological Inquiry' and the co-author of 'Free Culture and the City. Hackers, Commoners, and Neighbors in Madrid, 1997–2017'.