1st Edition

Shifting Worlds, Shaping Fieldwork A Memoir of Anthropology and Art

By Susan Ossman Copyright 2021
190 Pages 50 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 50 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 50 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

Reflecting on fieldwork for the twenty-first century, anthropologist and artist Susan Ossman invites readers on a journey across North Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. She reveals that fieldwork today is not only about being immersed in a place or culture; instead, it is an active way of focusing attention and engendering encounters and experiences. She conceives a new... Read more

Introduction

First Wave

Chapter One: Gathering

Chapter Two: Spinning

Second Wave

Chapter Three: Call and Response

Chapter Four: Vibrant Circles

Third Wave

Chapter Five: Moving Subjects

Chapter Six: Concept to Community

Biography

Susan Ossman is Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies at University of California, Riverside, USA.