Expeditionary Anthropology: Teamwork, Travel and the ''Science of Man''
Martin Thomas · Amanda Harris
Jan 2018 · Methodology & History in Anthropology Book 33 · Berghahn Books
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The origins of anthropology lie in expeditionary journeys. But since the rise of immersive fieldwork, usually by a sole investigator, the older tradition of team-based social research has been largely eclipsed. Expeditionary Anthropology argues that expeditions have much to tell us about anthropologists and the people they studied. The book charts the diversity of anthropological expeditions and analyzes the often passionate arguments they provoked. Drawing on recent developments in gender studies, indigenous studies, and the history of science, the book argues that even today, the ‘science of man’ is deeply inscribed by its connections with expeditionary travel.
About the author
Amanda Harris is Senior Research Fellow at Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney and Director of the Sydney Unit of the digital archive PARADISEC (Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures). Her book Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-70 was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2020. Her edited book Circulating Cultures: Exchanges of Australian Indigenous Music, Dance and Media was published in 2014.
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