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Ethnographic Sorcery

After reading this book, having enjoyed the witty descriptions of intimate ethnographic encounters (such as the one about the Boers in the lumber camp and the encounter with Chombo), one is left with the feeling that West's own theoretical position-that ethnographic knowledge is a form of sorce...

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Published in:African Studies Quarterly 2010, Vol.12 (1), p.104
Main Author: Krige, Detlev
Format: Review
Language:English
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Summary:After reading this book, having enjoyed the witty descriptions of intimate ethnographic encounters (such as the one about the Boers in the lumber camp and the encounter with Chombo), one is left with the feeling that West's own theoretical position-that ethnographic knowledge is a form of sorcery and that everyone is really an anthropologist-has as much to do about searching for "interpretative transcendence" than about the weight of history his own position carries.
ISSN:1093-2658
2152-2448