What happens when anthropologists lose themselves during fieldwork while
attempting to understand divergent cultures? When they stray from
rigorous agendas and are forced to confront radically unexpected or
unexplained experiences? In Extraordinary Anthropology leading
ethnographers from across the globe discuss the importance of the deeply
personal and emotionally volatile "ecstatic" side of
fieldwork.?Anthropologists who have worked in communities in Central
America, North America, Australia, Africa, and Asia share their intimate
experiences of tranformations in the field through details of
significant dreams, haunting visions, and their own conflicting
emotional tensions. Their experiences demonstrate the necessary fluidity
of research agendas, the value of going beyond an accepted (and safe)
cultural and academic vantage point, and the inevitability of wrestling
with tension and unhappiness when faced with irreconcilable cultural and
psychological dichotomies. The contributors explore ways in which
conventional research methods can be adapted to creatively engage the
intellectual, ethical, and practical dimensions of these dislocations
and capitalize on them. Unsettling and revealing, Extraordinary
Anthropology will spark debate and reflection among anthropologists for
years to come.
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