Francisco Ferrándiz (ILLA) publica el libro "Contemporary Ethnographies"

Contemporary Ethnographies. Moorings, Methods, and Keys for the Future es el título del nuevo libro de Francisco Ferrándiz (ILLA, CCHS-CSIC)

Contemporary Ethnographies  is a call to use ethnography in imaginative ways, adjusting to rapidly evolving social circumstances. It is based on a reflexive and theoretically grounded exploration of the author’s two main research projects – the study of the spiritist possession cult of María Lionza in Venezuela, and the analysis of the contemporary exhumation of Civil War (1936–1939) mass graves in contemporary Spain. Ferrándiz critically reviews the labyrinthine and continuous transforming nature of ethnographic engagement. He defends both the need for methodological rigour and the astounding flexibility of ethnography to adjust in creative ways to shifting realities in a dynamic world – a world in which research scenarios multiply, social actors are on the move (physically or digitally), acts of violence proliferate, new technologies are transforming the experience and perception of human life, and the demand, production, circulation and consumption of knowledge is greatly diversified, overshadowing former well established and more hierarchical patterns of diffusion.

The book is conceived of as a historically grounded open debate, providing as many certainties as moments of unpredictability and unresolved dilemmas. It is valuable reading for students and scholars interested in ethnographic methods and anthropological theory.

Francisco Ferrándiz.  Contemporary Ethnographies. Moorings, Methods, and Keys for the Future. 1st Edition. London: Routledge, 2020 - 238 pages - Book Series: Theorizing Ethnography - ISBN 9780367483852 - eBook ISBN: 9781003039631