{"product_id":"the-objects-of-evidence-isbn-9781405192965","title":"The Objects of Evidence","description":"Part of \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series\u003c\/i\u003e, the contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ways in which anthropologists carry out their work (methodology) or present and justify their findings (epistemology).  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates that evidence is something that all anthropologists must possess\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the collection of evidence in the field is still, without doubt, one of the main ingredients of what Bronislaw Malinowski once referred to as 'the ethnographer’s magic'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how the concept of evidence has received little sustained attention in print – especially when compared to related concepts, such as 'fieldwork', 'truth', 'facts', and 'knowledge'\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgued from a variety of theoretical perspectives and a rarity in its ability to orchestrate some many different – and vibrant – paradigms and points of view\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on editor and contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Matthew Engelke The objects of evidence 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Maurice Bloch Truth and sight: generalizing without universalizing 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Christopher Pinney The prosthetic eye: photography as cure and poison 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Anthony Good Cultural evidence in courts of law 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Sharad Chari The antinomies of political evidence in post-Apartheid Durban, South Africa 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Stefan Ecks Three propositions for an evidence-based medical anthropology 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Martin Holbraad Definitive evidence, from Cuban gods 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Webb Keane The evidence of the senses and the materiality of religion 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Charles Stafford Linguistic and cultural variables in the psychology of numeracy 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Nicola Knight \u0026amp; Rita Astuti Some problems with property ascription 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 151\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This volume is successful is in transforming the problem of evidence into a productive inquiry.\" (\u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cb\u003eMatthew Engelke\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the London School of Economics.  Evidence is something that all anthropologists must possess, and the collection of evidence in the field is still one of the main ingredients of what Bronislaw Malinowski once referred to as ‘the ethnographer’s magic’. And yet, despite this, the concept of evidence has received little sustained attention in print − especially when compared to related concepts, such as ‘fieldwork’, ‘truth’, ‘facts’, and ‘knowledge’. All anthropologists use evidence, but precious few reflect on what it is − or isn’t. This volume goes some way to correcting this state of affairs.  \u003cp\u003eThe volume’s contributors share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ways in which anthropologists carry out their work (methodology) or present and justify their findings (epistemology). But the real strength of the volume comes from the ways in which the contributors argue the case from a variety of theoretical perspectives. This volume is a first when it comes to the care with which it treats such an important subject, and a rarity in its ability to orchestrate so many different paradigms and points of view.\u003c\/p\u003e  ‘A satisfyingly complex and lucid collection, these essays are ordered to create a ripple effect of themes and arguments that emerge as related, overlapping and contingent to one another - a nice reflection on the substance of the authors' concerns with evidence. Compulsive, not just imperative, reading for anyone engaged with the analysis of field materials.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMarilyn Strathern, Girton College, University of Cambridge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Objects of Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e provides signal advances to thinking about two topics of fundamental importance, namely the anthropology of epistemology - how people make claims to knowledge - and the epistemology of anthropology - the claims on which anthropological knowledge rests.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Lambek, University of Toronto\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990302965989,"sku":"NP9781405192965","price":36.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405192965.jpg?v=1761787272","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-objects-of-evidence-isbn-9781405192965","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}