Networked Anthropology

Networked Anthropology is an essential roadmap for conducting engaged anthropology on a rapidly changing digital terrain. Collins and Durington detail how anthropologists can make use of social media to link classrooms to local communities in ways that span the corporeal and the digital. They also point out both the potential ethical pitfalls and the unexpected benefits of embracing social networks at every stage of the research process.-P. Kerim Friedman, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, and founding member of Savage Minds.Contemporary anthropologists share a networked world with research participants and other interlocutors -- a world in which we are all producing and consuming media throughout the ethnographic encounter. Collins and Durington examine how social media inexorably reshapes 'the field' in both senses (fieldsite and disciplinary practice) and can potentially generate a more nuanced, ethical, public anthropology premised on reciprocity, sharing, and dialogue with participants and audiences.-Krista Harper, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Autorentext

Samuel Collins is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Towson University.

Matthew S. Durington is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice at Towson University.

Klappentext

Networked Anthropology explores the increasing appropriation of diverse media platforms and social media into anthropological research and teaching.

Zusammenfassung
Networked Anthropology explores the increasing appropriation of diverse media platforms and social media into anthropological research and teaching.

Inhalt

Introduction: What is Networked Anthropology? 1. Anthropology Confronts a Networked World 2. Networked Ecologies 3. Towards a Networked Ethics 4. Moving from Visual Anthropology to Networked Anthropology 5. Case Study 1: Sharp Leadenhall 6. Case Study 2: JACQUES Conclusion: Tomorrow s Networks ACTIVITIES (Pre-Field, The Networked Field, Recursive Analysis)