Product Description
Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting its philosophical foundations. The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of segregating the study of artefacts and society - this collection expands on the concerns about the place of objects and materiality in analytical strategies, and the obligation of ethnographers to question their assumptions and approaches.
The team of leading contributors put forward a positive programme for future research in this highly original and invaluable guide to recent developments in mainstream anthropological theory.
About the Author
Dr. Amiria Henare is the Curator for Anthropology at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Martin Hollbraad is a R.A. Butler Research Fellow at Penbroke College at the University of Cambridge. Dr. Sari Wastell lectures in the Department of Anthropology at Goldsmiths College.