Knowing How to Know

Narmala Halstead is a Senior Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of East London and was awarded a Teaching Fellowship by this university. She was a lecturer at Cardiff University and also taught at Brunel University. She has carried out research in Guyana, the U.S. and the UK . She has published numerous articles examining fieldwork encounters, belonging, violence and related issues.

• Introduction: Experiencing the Ethnographic Present: Knowing through ‘Crisis’Narmala HalsteadChapter 1. Knowing, Not Knowing, Knowing AnewEric HirschChapter 2. The Transformation of Indigenous Knowledge into Anthropological Knowledge: Whose Knowledge Is It?David P. CrandallChapter 3. Knowing without NotesJudith OkelyChapter 4. To Know the Dancer: Formations of Fieldwork in the Ballet WorldHelena WulffChapter 5. Knowledge as Gifts of Self and OtherNarmala HalsteadChapter 6. Knowledge from the Body: Fieldwork, Power and the Acquisition of a New SelfKonstantinos RetsikasChapter 7. What is Sacred about that Pile of Stones at Mt Tendong? Serendipity, Complicity and Circumstantial Activism in the Production of Anthropological Knowledge of Sikkim, IndiaVibha AroraChapter 8. Learning to See: World-views, Skilled Visions, Skilled PracticeCristina GrasseniChapter 9. Rescuing Theory from the NationViranjini MunasingheNotes on ContributorsIndex

“This book is an important stimulus to ongoing debate, and showcases some of the best of recent approaches and challenges to the ways we know what we know.”  ·  Ethos