Le Terrain comme mise en scène

Description

In the social sciences, fieldwork is essential. Yet while the classical approach is based on the traditional opposition between the field and the office, and on the supposed objectivity of the researcher, in situ work is understood here as a rugged terrain-an experience whose roughness, misunderstandings, and disruptions constitute the very substance of research.

At the crossroads of several practices, the contributors to this volume challenge established boundaries by creating unprecedented situations capable of revealing society in a new light. Artistic practices (theatre, performance, cinema) inform anthropological inquiry, while this renewed perspective emerges from a critical reexamination of the entire processes of writing and representation. This immersion in the wanderings of research is sure to engage readers, whether anthropologists or artists.