Theorizing Fieldwork in the Humanities Methods, Reflections, and App
This volume, the first of its kind, launches a conversation amongst humanities scholars doing fieldwork on the global south. It both offers indispensable tools and demonstrates the value of such work inside and outside of the academy. The contributo
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Shalini Puri and Debra A. Castillo
Theorizing Fieldwork in the Humanities
Shalini Puri • Debra A. Castillo Editors
Theorizing Fieldwork in the Humanities Methods, Reflections, and Approaches to the Global South
Editors Shalini Puri Department of English University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Debra A. Castillo Department of Comparative Literature Cornell University Ithaca, New York, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-60331-9 (hardcover) ISBN 978-1-349-92834-7 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-349-92836-1 (softcover) DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-92834-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958189 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © 2015 Saul Landell Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii About the Contributors ix List of Figures xiii 1 Introduction: Conjectures on Undisciplined Research 1 Debra A. Castillo and Shalini Puri Part I Memory, Conflict, Contestation 27 2 Finding the Field: Notes on Caribbean Cultural Criticism, Area Studies, and the Forms of Engagement 29 Shalini Puri 3 Women’s Naked Protest in Africa: Comparative Literature and Its Futures 51 Naminata Diabate 4 Aesthetics in the Making of History: The Tebhaga Women’s Movement in Bengal 73 Kavita Panjabi
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Part II Place, Performance, Practices 93 5 Locating Palestine Within American Studies: Transitory Field Sites and Borrowed Methods 95 Jennifer Lynn Kelly 6 Absent Performances: Distant Fieldwork on Social Movement Theater of Algeria and India 109 Neil Doshi 7 Ethical Dilemmas in Studying Blogging by Favela Residents in Brazil 131 Tori Holmes 8 Reading Delhi, Writing Delhi: An Ethnography of Literature 151 Rashmi Sadana Part III Medium
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