Ethnographies for a Global Century

<i>Ethnographies for a Global Century</i> introduces readers to topics in sociocultural anthropology viewed through the lens of contemporary ethnography. The readings highlight the importance of anthropology in a future when understanding the points of contact and engagement between humans and non-human things will become critical.<br><br>The readings are organized into fifteen chapters which address topics such as past present and place language and expression relatedness and personhood health and healing gender and sexuality religion politics and economy and livelihood. Each chapter includes an original introduction and study questions that encourage critical thinking. The essays were chosen for their ability to destabilize common anthropological boundaries particularly those between traditional and novel concepts such as gender and robotics as well as the boundaries that are typically established between humans animals the natural world and technology.<br><br><i>Ethnographies for a Global Century</i> asks readers to question long-held distinctions and envision the future of anthropology in an increasingly interconnected global world. The book is a unique thought-provoking choice for any course in cultural or social anthropology.<br><br><b>Cheyenne Laue</b> is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Montana where she studies computational anthropology. Her current research involves programming a computer simulation of the social cultural and environmental influences on the process of technological innovation. She is broadly interested in how humans interact with non humans including both other species and advanced technologies.<br><br><b>G.G. Weix</b> is a professor in the Department of Anthropology and the South and Southeast Asian Studies Program at the University of Montana. Prior to joining the faculty in 1992 she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Economic Culture at Boston University and a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral fellow to Java Indonesia. She has published articles on gender household political economy and religion as well as popular culture and visual media in Java. Her current interests include archival projects and the ethnography of higher education. She is a fellow in the American Anthropological Association and a member of the Association of Asian Studies where she serves on the Indonesian and East Timor Studies Committee.