{"product_id":"the-objects-of-evidence-9781405192965","title":"The Objects of Evidence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 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 an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407926501719,"sku":"9781405192965","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405192965.jpg?v=1730500980","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-objects-of-evidence-9781405192965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}