Remoboko will host anthropologist Paul Stoller, who has worked on West Africa for over 30 years. He has published widely on the region and beyond, in the fields of anthropology of religion, visual anthropology, the anthropology of senses and economic anthropology, to name but a few.
On 21 June 2924, he will present his most recent book Wisdom from the Edge: Writing Ethnography in Turbulent Times. Here is an excerpt from the blurb describing the book:
Wisdom From the Edge describes what anthropologists can do to contribute to the social and cultural changes that shape a social future of wellbeing and viability. Paul Stoller shows how anthropologists can develop sensuously ethnographic narratives to communicate powerfully their insights to a wide range of audiences. These insights are filled with wisdom about how respect for nature is central to the future of humankind. Stoller demonstrates how the ethnographic evocation of space and place, the honing of dialogue, and the crafting of character depict the drama of social life, and borrows techniques from film, poetry, and fiction to expand the appeal of anthropological knowledge and heighten its ability to connect the public to the idiosyncrasies of people and locale. Ultimately, Wisdom from the Edge underscores the importance of recognizing and applying indigenous wisdom to the social problems that threaten the future.
In the afternoon, he will lead a conversation on academic writing and visual anthropology.
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Frédérick Madore (June 21, 2024). Academic Writing and Visual Anthropology. Remoboko. Retrieved October 13, 2024 from https://doi.org/10.58079/129pi