Time and the Field

Steffen Dalsgaard is Associate Professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. He is currently deputy chair of the Young Academy of Denmark. Among his recent publications are articles in HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Social Anthropology, Environment and Society, and Social Analysis. Morten Nielsen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Aarhus University and coordinator of the interdisciplinary research network Urban Orders (URO). Recent publications include articles in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Social Analysis, and Social Anthropology.

• Introduction: Time and the Field Steffen Dalsgaard and Morten Nielsen Chapter 1. Limits and Limitlessness: Exploring Time in Scientific Practice Antonia Walford Chapter 2. The Time of the State and the Temporality of the Gavman in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea Steffen Dalsgaard Chapter 3. Out of Conclusion: On Recurrence and Open-Endedness in Life and Analysis Anne Line Dalsgaard and Martin Demant Frederiksen Chapter 4. Times of the Other: The Temporalities of Ethnographic Fieldwork Ton Otto Chapter 5. Surfacing Moves: Spatial-Timings of Senior Home Care Peter A. Lutz Chapter 6. Boredom, Rhythm, and the Temporality of Ritual: Recurring Fieldwork in the Brazilian Candomble Inger Sjorslev Chapter 7. Episodic Fieldwork, Updating, and Sociability Michael Whyte Chapter 8. Trans-temporal Hinges: Reflections on an Ethnographic Study of Chinese Infrastructural Projects in Mozambique and Mongolia Morten Axel Pedersen and Morten Nielsen Review Essay: A Quantum Anthropology of Contemporary Moments of Being: Seven Observations Nigel Rapport Afterword: Ethnography between the Virtue of Patience and the Anxiety of Belatedness Once Coevalness Is Embraced George Marcus Index

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