Abstract
This article explores some implications of cross-disciplinarity, as experienced in
practice. Anthropologists are used to fuse different styles of reasoning by
integrating the points of view and unspoken certainties of their partners in the field into their analysis. Fieldwork can be seen as an experiment in real time, where insights gained intersubjectively gradually shape up as knowledge through analysis. This line of thought is brought to bear on a discussion of collaboration between anthropologists, archaeologists, and biologists in North West Greenland. Through actual experiences from the field, this article shows how knowledge generated on the edge of one’s familiar disciplinary territory may both expand and intensify the anthropological field. Collaborative moments are seen to make new anthropological insights emerge through the co-presence of several analytical perspectives in the field.
practice. Anthropologists are used to fuse different styles of reasoning by
integrating the points of view and unspoken certainties of their partners in the field into their analysis. Fieldwork can be seen as an experiment in real time, where insights gained intersubjectively gradually shape up as knowledge through analysis. This line of thought is brought to bear on a discussion of collaboration between anthropologists, archaeologists, and biologists in North West Greenland. Through actual experiences from the field, this article shows how knowledge generated on the edge of one’s familiar disciplinary territory may both expand and intensify the anthropological field. Collaborative moments are seen to make new anthropological insights emerge through the co-presence of several analytical perspectives in the field.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Ethnos. Journal of Anthropology |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 316-334 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISSN | 0014-1844 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Mar 2018 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Collaboration
- cross-disciplinarity
- knowledge-making
- fieldwork
- the High Arctic
- landscape