The Anthropologist as Writer

“Overall, the collection should be a mandatory reference for all working ethnographers in the social sciences and required reading in all graduate courses on ethnographic methods.”• Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)

“Due to the volume’s overall approach to the writing process as part of the profession, the chapters offer insightful observations for scholars in both early and later stages of their careers… The strength of the edited volume is that each chapter takes a very concrete situation as departure point, from perspectives such as journalism, administration, publishing, activism or funding. These are the basis for wider observations about challenges and opportunities for the writer – the anthropologist – to take into account. As such, it is an extremely valuable resource for anthropologists and ethnographers working in academia.”• Anthropological Journal of European Cultures (AJEC)

“This well-written collection of essays is not merely a programmatic statement about the need for anthropologists to experiment with genres, but indicates how it can be done. It succeeds in showing just as much as telling, with examples ranging from the thought-provoking to the entertaining.”• Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo