The ethnographic present revisited

The old methodological injunction to focus on the ethnographic present has been taken negatively to mean a refusal of history. In this paper, I propose that the notion of ethnographic present be used conjecturally to reflect the situated nature of all ethnographic research.

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Main Author: Pina-Cabral, Joao (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/48144
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/48144
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Summary:The old methodological injunction to focus on the ethnographic present has been taken negatively to mean a refusal of history. In this paper, I propose that the notion of ethnographic present be used conjecturally to reflect the situated nature of all ethnographic research.