Thinking Through Things: Theorising Artefacts Ethnographically

Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet revolution growing in anthropology and its related disciplines, shifting itsВ philosophical foundations.В The first text to offer a direct and provocative challenge to disciplinary fragmentation - arguing for the futility of segregating the study of artefacts and society - this collection expands on the concerns about the place of objects and materiality in analytical strategies, and the obligation of ethnographers to question their assumptions and approaches. The team of leading contributorsВ put forward a positive programme for future research inВ thisВ highly original and invaluable guide to recent developments in mainstream anthropological theory.