| The Sage Handbook of Social Anthropology Contributor(s): Fardon, Richard (Editor), Harris, Oliva (Editor), Marchand, Trevor H. J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1847875475 ISBN-13: 9781847875471 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $480.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306 |
| Physical Information: 2.8" H x 7.4" W x 10" (5.25 lbs) 1184 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The SAGE Handbook of Social Anthropology is a contemporary landmark volume that defines the field and outlines new directions in research. Divided into four sections, each edited by leading figures in social anthropology, this exhaustive Handbook covers interfaces, places, methodologies and futures. Within each section authors at the leading edge of the discipline contribute in-depth chapters on the central principles and latest developments in their area of expertise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harris, Oliva: - Olivia Harris was a Professor of Anthropology at LSE and served as head of the Anthropology Department from 2005 to 2008.Shore, Cris: - Professor Cris Shore is Chair in Social Anthropology at the University of Auckland, NZ.Strang, Veronica: - Professor Veronica Strang is Executive Director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University.Wilson, Richard A.: - Richard Ashby Wilson is the Gladstein Distinguished Chair of Human Rights and Professor of Law and Anthropology at UConn Law School, and founding director of the Human Rights Institute at University of Connecticut, US.Marchand, Trevor H. J.: - "Trevor H.J. Marchand was born in Montreal, Quebec. He is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, and is recipient of the Royal Anthropological Institute's Rivers Memorial Medal (2014). He was trained as an architect (McGill), received a PhD in anthropology (SOAS), and qualified as a fine woodworker at London's Building Crafts College (2007). During the past 25 years, Marchand has conducted fieldwork with craftspeople in Nigeria, Yemen, Mali, and London. His research has been supported by prestigious grants from the British Academy, the Economic & Social Research Council, SOAS, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and the Canadian International Development Agency. His books include Craftwork as Problem Solving (2016), Making Knowledge (2010), The Masons of Djenné (2009), Knowledge in Practice (2009, with K. Kresse), and Minaret Building and Apprenticeship in Yemen (2001). The Masons of Djenné was winner of three international prizes, including the African Studies Association Herskovits Award. Marchand's documentary films include The Art of Andrew Omoding (2016, for the UK "Radical Craft" Exhibition), The Intelligent Hand (2015), Masons of Djenné (2013, for the Smithsonian Institution), and Future of Mud (2007, with S. Vogel). He has curated exhibitions for the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (Mud Masons of Mali, 2013 - present), the Royal Institute of British Architects (Djenné African City of Mud, 2010), and the Brunei Gallery in London (Yemen: Space, Place & Architecture, 2017). Marchand's forthcoming monograph is titled The Pursuit of Pleasurable Work. The motivation behind his research is to challenge popular ideas about the value and intelligence of skilled craftsmanship."Fardon, Richard: - Richard Fardon is Professor of West African Anthropology and Head of the Doctoral School at SOAS, University of London. He writes as a social anthropologist and an ethnographer of West Africa with wide interests that include art, intellectual history, religion, politics, and identity. |