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dc.contributor.authorChua, L-
dc.contributor.authorGrinberg, O-
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-19T10:11:02Z-
dc.date.available2021-03-01-
dc.date.available2021-04-19T10:11:02Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationThe Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, 2021, 39 (1), pp. 1 - 17en_US
dc.identifier.issn0305-7674-
dc.identifier.urihttp://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/22548-
dc.description.abstractThis introduction sets the scene for the special issue through an overview of extant anthropological approaches to witnessing and a discussion of the collection’s three main themes: truths, technologies and transformations. It lays the groundwork for a distinctly anthropological approach to witnessing in three ways. First, by drawing together disparate ethnographic takes on witnessing, it expands the anthropological analysis of witnessing beyond its conventional foci (e.g. legal or media settings). Second, it makes a case for attending not only to witnessing’s semantics and subjectivities but also to its structural, relational, performative and material dimensions. Finally, it puts ethnographic analyses of witnessing in dialogue with reflexive discussions of anthropological witnessing, asking what each can bring to the other. In a ‘post-truth’ moment, when our interlocutors are producing their own testimonies and representations, it is vital to rethink what it means for anthropologists to (bear) witness – and who/what we do it for.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBrunel University London; European Research Councilen_US
dc.format.extent1 - 17-
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBerghahn Booksen_US
dc.subjectanthropological knowledge-practicesen_US
dc.subjecttechnologiesen_US
dc.subjecttransformationsen_US
dc.subjecttruthsen_US
dc.subjectwitnessingen_US
dc.titleIntroductionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3167/cja.2021.390102-
dc.relation.isPartOfThe Cambridge Journal of Anthropology-
pubs.issue1-
pubs.publication-statusPublished-
pubs.volume39-
dc.identifier.eissn2047-7716-
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