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Antropologia: Para que serve?
A humanidade está em uma encruzilhada. Defrontamos a desigualdade crescente, a escalada da violência política, fundamentalismos beligerantes e uma crise ambiental de proporções planetárias. Como podemos construir, para as futuras gerações, um mundo onde haja lugar para todos? Em tal mundo, quais são as possibilidades de vida humana coletiva? Essas são questões urgentes e nenhuma disciplina está melhor situada para enfrentá-las do que a Antropologia. Ela o faz apoiando-se na sabedoria e na experiência dos povos de todo o mundo, não importa sua origem e sua vocação. Neste livro passional, Tim Ingold narra como um campo de estudo, antes comprometido com os ideais do progresso, colapsou em meio às ruínas da guerra e do colonialismo para renascer como uma disciplina da esperança, destinada a assumir o protagonismo no debate das questões intelectuais, éticas e políticas mais urgentes do nosso tempo. Ele demonstra para que a antropologia nos serve, a todos nós.
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First published March 28, 2018
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Tim Ingold
66 books214 followersTim Ingold (born 1948) is a British social anthropologist, currently Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. He was educated at Leighton Park School and Cambridge University. He is a fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His bibliography includes The Perception of the Environment: Essays in Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill, Routledge, 2000, which is a collection of essays, some of which had been published earlier.
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October 8, 2024
Mandatory read voor school, de heerlijke schrijfstijl opent de ziel voor nieuwe inzichten.
February 23, 2019
I expected this little book to tell me something about human history, and why the study matters. I was surprised to find it hardly addresses this at all.
The book is short, at only about 130 pages. Most of it is spent expounding upon and lamenting about the in-fighting between various branches of anthropological studies. The book is more of an admonishment toward scholars, and perhaps a plea for unity in this field. It's really not a book that offers much to those of us outside this branch of academia.
Still, there are a few interesting nuggets of information. And it does hold appeal for anyone who wants a brief history of this field of study.
*I received a review copy from the publisher, via Amazon Vine.*
The book is short, at only about 130 pages. Most of it is spent expounding upon and lamenting about the in-fighting between various branches of anthropological studies. The book is more of an admonishment toward scholars, and perhaps a plea for unity in this field. It's really not a book that offers much to those of us outside this branch of academia.
Still, there are a few interesting nuggets of information. And it does hold appeal for anyone who wants a brief history of this field of study.
*I received a review copy from the publisher, via Amazon Vine.*
October 27, 2019
I have rarely enjoyed reading a book as well as I did this one. It is difficult to know what to expect with a book title like "Why it matters?", there could be twenty entirely different books that fulfil the promise of such a title well.
Of those, however, I couldn't have hoped for a better one that this written by professor Tim Ingold. Getting over the skepticism of an anthropology book written by an older white man and picking it of my shelf where it sat for a while, I was pleasantly surprised by an unapologetic powerful rhetoric that explains what it means to be an anthropologist, how the history of mixing physical anthropology and bad definitions of social and cultural anthropology put the discipline in a bad place, and how that should and can be changed.
Ingold talks about taking other seriously, and by that he means moving the "studied people" from the place of being objects of research into being teachers and partners in a serious conversation. In that, he advocates against equating participation to ethnography, the former is a philosophy, the latter a mere tool.
Then, he talks about culture, race, and the job of anthropology. He moves us from a classical anthropological role of "observe, record, analyse" to one where imagining, learning, speculating, and acting are integral parts of the work. If anthropologists are serious about preventing their work from being exploited by people much less benevolent than themselves, then they better say clearly what it means and where it leads.
Finally, he talks about the anthropology of the future where the discipline is neither a mere art that deals with pieces of data nor a narrow "does culture" kind of work but one that has a lot of art and science together, action and activism are parts of it.
I know that this might not be the image of anthropology that many academics would partake in, but it is a good read, one that challenges the convention and goes into making it the business of more people than the academics to be part of taking others seriously, conversing with them respectfully, and ultimately helping answer the fundamental question: "How should we live?".
Of those, however, I couldn't have hoped for a better one that this written by professor Tim Ingold. Getting over the skepticism of an anthropology book written by an older white man and picking it of my shelf where it sat for a while, I was pleasantly surprised by an unapologetic powerful rhetoric that explains what it means to be an anthropologist, how the history of mixing physical anthropology and bad definitions of social and cultural anthropology put the discipline in a bad place, and how that should and can be changed.
Ingold talks about taking other seriously, and by that he means moving the "studied people" from the place of being objects of research into being teachers and partners in a serious conversation. In that, he advocates against equating participation to ethnography, the former is a philosophy, the latter a mere tool.
Then, he talks about culture, race, and the job of anthropology. He moves us from a classical anthropological role of "observe, record, analyse" to one where imagining, learning, speculating, and acting are integral parts of the work. If anthropologists are serious about preventing their work from being exploited by people much less benevolent than themselves, then they better say clearly what it means and where it leads.
Finally, he talks about the anthropology of the future where the discipline is neither a mere art that deals with pieces of data nor a narrow "does culture" kind of work but one that has a lot of art and science together, action and activism are parts of it.
I know that this might not be the image of anthropology that many academics would partake in, but it is a good read, one that challenges the convention and goes into making it the business of more people than the academics to be part of taking others seriously, conversing with them respectfully, and ultimately helping answer the fundamental question: "How should we live?".
December 25, 2019
I really really loved the first chapter of this book. It resonated with my heart so much in appealing to my pure unadulterated optimistic naivety. I would almost go as far to say that it is one chapter which sums up why I fell in love with anthropology as a field. The chapter lays out the ideal relationship between social researchers and the people they are researching. It emphasizes that it must be a relationship of equals, wherein those being researched are recognized as sentient and acting agents. Highlighting that communication itself is dependent on people being able to cross idiosyncratic barriers within cultures, already as it is. That these skills can necessarily also be applied to cross cultural communication. In a very real sense it reminded my of Ghassan Hage's call for dialogue as a preferred medium for cross cultural relations. The other chapters were interesting but a bit of a downer after starting so strongly. I still really enjoyed the book and love the writing style of Ingold. He is very accessible and well enjoyable.
October 17, 2020
"We are forever creating ourselves and one another. Our word for this process of collective self-fashioning is history. We make ourselves historically by establishing, in the things we do, the conditions under which generations to follow will grow to maturity.
History, then, does not stand like an edifice on the pedestal of an evolved human nature. Most attempts to spell out this nature turn out on closer inspection to be but thinly disguised portraits of what their authors, steeped in the values of modernity, take to be the ideal accomplishments of humanity, including things like art, technology, science and reason"
History, then, does not stand like an edifice on the pedestal of an evolved human nature. Most attempts to spell out this nature turn out on closer inspection to be but thinly disguised portraits of what their authors, steeped in the values of modernity, take to be the ideal accomplishments of humanity, including things like art, technology, science and reason"
July 19, 2018
This is a very decent, short read.
One part a call to take others seriously and one part a challenge to move beyond prevailing ideas of cultural/biological determinism. I heartily recommend, especially if you’ve ever been confused about what anthropology is and what it means to be human.
One part a call to take others seriously and one part a challenge to move beyond prevailing ideas of cultural/biological determinism. I heartily recommend, especially if you’ve ever been confused about what anthropology is and what it means to be human.
June 10, 2022
Unfortunately, either this was not well written, or I was just not in the mood, because I did not feel persuaded. Perhaps there is just too much going on right now.
December 30, 2025
Este libro ha conseguido recordarme cuánto me gustó mi carrera y cuánto me gustaría seguir estudiando
October 9, 2020
Tim Ingold foi um dos meus heróis académicos durante a faculdade. Conseguiu abrir me a mente, fazê la crescer. Do analógico ao digital, das causas e efeitos para o processual. Dos começos para as teias. A vida não como uma linha recta mas como um círculo. O conhecimento como um empreendimento humilde, nunca despótico, nunca colonial. A antropologia como a disciplina que desconstroi a realidade dura de conceitos e paradigmas pré concebidos. Tal como a filosofia, a sua maior arte é fazer perguntas. No entanto, não de cima de nenhuma torre eremita mas no seio da propria vida. Para ingold a antropologia aparenta se como uma arte, mais que uma ciencia. Mergulha e mostra o centro das coisas, o mundo aos nossos olhos e aos olhos de outrem. É uma conversa, nao um estudo de pessoas ou sociedades mas um estudo com essas mesmas pessoas.
Ingold faz um breve resumo das origens da antropologia como disciplina. O seu passado de que pouco nos podemos orgulhar, onde corroborou racismos e fundamentou dicotomias erróneas de natureza e cultura, assim como raça, primitivismo e progresso.
Os obstáculos que existem para a antropologia prendem se com o seu passado e exotismo. Na verdade, a antropologia nunca foi tão necessária, mas uma antropologia renovada, holística, esta antropologia defendida por Ingold - redimida, reunificada, processual, em diálogo com a arte, com a ação, com os temas atuais mais prementes. Dirigida não ao passado mas ao presente para criar um futuro sem barreiras, onde os problemas são resolvidos em conjunto tomando a vida humana como imersa neste mundo que todos habitamos. Uma perspetiva ecológica, sustentável, em todos os campos de ação.
Deixou a desejar um objetivismo maior nas questões prementes a que faz referência. Demasiado vago, no entanto, precioso na sua reformulação do que deve ser a antropologia - não uma disciplina exótica ocupada em colecionar dados de culturas como se estas fossem objetos inertes e fixos no tempo, mas como uma disciplina que deve transformar as nossas categorias de pensamento, de olhar o mundo e, portanto, de nele melhor participar e mudar. No campo da saúde, da política, do ambiente, da ética, etc
Ingold faz um breve resumo das origens da antropologia como disciplina. O seu passado de que pouco nos podemos orgulhar, onde corroborou racismos e fundamentou dicotomias erróneas de natureza e cultura, assim como raça, primitivismo e progresso.
Os obstáculos que existem para a antropologia prendem se com o seu passado e exotismo. Na verdade, a antropologia nunca foi tão necessária, mas uma antropologia renovada, holística, esta antropologia defendida por Ingold - redimida, reunificada, processual, em diálogo com a arte, com a ação, com os temas atuais mais prementes. Dirigida não ao passado mas ao presente para criar um futuro sem barreiras, onde os problemas são resolvidos em conjunto tomando a vida humana como imersa neste mundo que todos habitamos. Uma perspetiva ecológica, sustentável, em todos os campos de ação.
Deixou a desejar um objetivismo maior nas questões prementes a que faz referência. Demasiado vago, no entanto, precioso na sua reformulação do que deve ser a antropologia - não uma disciplina exótica ocupada em colecionar dados de culturas como se estas fossem objetos inertes e fixos no tempo, mas como uma disciplina que deve transformar as nossas categorias de pensamento, de olhar o mundo e, portanto, de nele melhor participar e mudar. No campo da saúde, da política, do ambiente, da ética, etc
May 27, 2020
Ben bu kitabı çok beğendim. Zor bir okuma değil, ama konsantrasyon istiyor.
Eser, hem antropoloji biliminin geleneksel yaklaşım biçimine bir eleştri getiriyor. Hem de, insanlar olarak, etrafımızı değerlendirme metodolojimizi sorguluyor.
"İnsan sosyal bir varlıktır" cümlesindeki sosyallik ihtiyacımızın sebeplerine güzel göndermeler yaptığını düşünüyorum.
Bir vadide akan minik dereler gibi farklı olduğumuz, arada birleşip tekrar ayrıldığımız ve benzeri betimlemelere bayıldım, Ingold, tartıştığı meseleleri oldukça net bir şekile açıklayabildi. Keza, siz-biz ayrımının topluluk değil bireysel seviyede değerlendirilmesi meselesi de öyle.
Bu kitabı Küçüküstel'in Dukhalar kitabında verdiği bir referans sayesinde seçtim. Gerek antropologlara verilen öğütler (dünya bir tiyatro sahnesi değil!), gerekse, özellikle pozitif bilimlerin ışığına fazla maruz kalmaktan kaynaklanabilecek körleşmeye dikkat çekilmesi yine akılda kalanlardan.
Kısacası bu sıska eser, beni fazlası ile tatmin etti. İlginç konusu olan, hayatı ve düşünüş tarzımızı ilgilendiren, anlaşılabilir, ayakları yere basan bir çalışma bu.
Eser, hem antropoloji biliminin geleneksel yaklaşım biçimine bir eleştri getiriyor. Hem de, insanlar olarak, etrafımızı değerlendirme metodolojimizi sorguluyor.
"İnsan sosyal bir varlıktır" cümlesindeki sosyallik ihtiyacımızın sebeplerine güzel göndermeler yaptığını düşünüyorum.
Bir vadide akan minik dereler gibi farklı olduğumuz, arada birleşip tekrar ayrıldığımız ve benzeri betimlemelere bayıldım, Ingold, tartıştığı meseleleri oldukça net bir şekile açıklayabildi. Keza, siz-biz ayrımının topluluk değil bireysel seviyede değerlendirilmesi meselesi de öyle.
Bu kitabı Küçüküstel'in Dukhalar kitabında verdiği bir referans sayesinde seçtim. Gerek antropologlara verilen öğütler (dünya bir tiyatro sahnesi değil!), gerekse, özellikle pozitif bilimlerin ışığına fazla maruz kalmaktan kaynaklanabilecek körleşmeye dikkat çekilmesi yine akılda kalanlardan.
Kısacası bu sıska eser, beni fazlası ile tatmin etti. İlginç konusu olan, hayatı ve düşünüş tarzımızı ilgilendiren, anlaşılabilir, ayakları yere basan bir çalışma bu.
January 22, 2021
Antropologia di Tim Ingold è il libro definitivo per comprendere come mai l’antropologia sarà una delle discipline fondamentali d’ora in avanti. Buon testo anche per chi vuole avvicinarsi alla materia con approccio aperto. Antropologia come intereducazione, come dialogo, come prospettiva di pensiero e come strumento per “forgiare approcci alternativi al problema di come vivere”. Bellissimo, si legge in due ore e ti apre un mondo.
September 6, 2025
Ingold me surpreendeu com uma escrita leve e fluída, bem adequada para um público geral (meu caso), e bem diferente de outros textos mais acadêmicos dele. Ele faz uma síntese muito boa de uma história geral da antropologia, situando o devido contexto à medida que vai narrando. Nesse sentido, esse livro é um ótimo apanhado geral bem inicial.
Mas... não dou 5 estrelas porque algumas concepções que parecem subjacentes deixam uma pulga atrás da (minha) orelha. Além do brado por uma disciplina enfim unificada — ainda que ele pareça diagnosticar como prejudicial um "excesso de subespecializações", e não tanto a uma multiplicidade disciplinar interna por si só—, não me bateu tão bem uma certa insistência de Ingold em um projeto futuro para uma antropologia cujo horizonte é um mundo comum, um mundo único onde haja lugar para "todos". Mas não se trata aqui apenas das generalizações: eu acho comum (dependendo, é claro, de como isso é feito), até certo ponto, mobilizar algumas generalizações quando o público desejado é mais amplo. A questão é que, em diversos momentos, aparece um desejo pouco justificado por unificações. Ingold preconiza a construção de "um" mundo único que seja amplo o suficiente para incluir a um "todos" meio genérico — uma coisa meio à la Lawrence Grossberg sobre a modernidade. Esse meu estranhamento em relação a isso se deve em parte ao fato de que grande parte das humanidades ambientais hoje parece ir em uma direção bem diferente.
Enfim, apesar de pequenas divergências teóricas e práticas, eu achei esse um ótimo livro e com certeza vou retornar a essa leitura muitas vezes.
Mas... não dou 5 estrelas porque algumas concepções que parecem subjacentes deixam uma pulga atrás da (minha) orelha. Além do brado por uma disciplina enfim unificada — ainda que ele pareça diagnosticar como prejudicial um "excesso de subespecializações", e não tanto a uma multiplicidade disciplinar interna por si só—, não me bateu tão bem uma certa insistência de Ingold em um projeto futuro para uma antropologia cujo horizonte é um mundo comum, um mundo único onde haja lugar para "todos". Mas não se trata aqui apenas das generalizações: eu acho comum (dependendo, é claro, de como isso é feito), até certo ponto, mobilizar algumas generalizações quando o público desejado é mais amplo. A questão é que, em diversos momentos, aparece um desejo pouco justificado por unificações. Ingold preconiza a construção de "um" mundo único que seja amplo o suficiente para incluir a um "todos" meio genérico — uma coisa meio à la Lawrence Grossberg sobre a modernidade. Esse meu estranhamento em relação a isso se deve em parte ao fato de que grande parte das humanidades ambientais hoje parece ir em uma direção bem diferente.
Enfim, apesar de pequenas divergências teóricas e práticas, eu achei esse um ótimo livro e com certeza vou retornar a essa leitura muitas vezes.
March 12, 2023
It took me 6 months after studying anthropology to finally start reading this book. The urge kicked in as I started to question, amidst my forever fascination towards this discipline, is anthropology enough.
Finished in just a few hours, this book is short and not only good as an introduction to the discipline but also good as a reminder of why I chose this discipline after I feel not satisfied with philosophy. Anthropology seeks wisdom in the first place as it lets others into our presence, for us to pay attention and to care. It cares because it lets people converse with us thus learning about this life together (mostly us learning from them). Isn't it why I choose anthropology over anything else?
Just a night before I read the book, I was in a conversation with my coursemate and both of us were thinking that anthropology might not be the best tool to look for solutions to problems that surround us. This is so because we have been told over and over in class that it is not anthropology's task for creating strategies. But maybe that is not the weakness of anthropology; that is the very reason why it matters and I found it resonates in this book too. "Anthropology does not tell you what you want to know; it unsettles the foundation of what you thought you knew already. Students of the subject may end up knowing less than when they started, albeit wiser than before" (p.107).
But the question still lingers in my head, is anthropology enough?
Finished in just a few hours, this book is short and not only good as an introduction to the discipline but also good as a reminder of why I chose this discipline after I feel not satisfied with philosophy. Anthropology seeks wisdom in the first place as it lets others into our presence, for us to pay attention and to care. It cares because it lets people converse with us thus learning about this life together (mostly us learning from them). Isn't it why I choose anthropology over anything else?
Just a night before I read the book, I was in a conversation with my coursemate and both of us were thinking that anthropology might not be the best tool to look for solutions to problems that surround us. This is so because we have been told over and over in class that it is not anthropology's task for creating strategies. But maybe that is not the weakness of anthropology; that is the very reason why it matters and I found it resonates in this book too. "Anthropology does not tell you what you want to know; it unsettles the foundation of what you thought you knew already. Students of the subject may end up knowing less than when they started, albeit wiser than before" (p.107).
But the question still lingers in my head, is anthropology enough?
July 1, 2023
Recuerdo que leí una parte en la playa de Santa Pola en un viaje que hice con Martín. Tiene ideas interesantes sobre como estar en el mundo y como nos relacionamos con los demás.
«Me di cuenta de que esta concepción bipartita del ser humano con un pie en la naturaleza y otro en la sociedad tendría que desaparecer. (...) Los humanos son seres biosociales no porque sean producto de genes y sociedad, sino porque continuamente se producen a sí mismos y entre ellos como criaturas vivientes que respiran. No son dos cosas sino una sola».
«Nuestro equipamiento para la vida, incluyendo las técnicas del cuerpo y los hábitos de la mente, no es algo ya formado, sino que se forma constantemente en el crisol de actividades realizadas con o al lado de otros. (...) Cada uno de nosotros somos lanzados a este mundo de continúa variación y no tenemos otra alternativa más que seguir adelante a partir de ahí, convergiendo y divergiendo con/de las formas de vida de otras personas».
«A lo largo de la vida, las personas se asemejan y diferencian entre sí en el mismo proceso de avanzar juntas. Es decir, los seres en relación se constituyen mutuamente ya que las relaciones de unos con otros son interiorizadas y convierten a uno en el ser que es, y a la vez también son interiorizadas por los demás».
«No es sólo pensar cómo fue o es la vida humana en ciertos lugares o momentos sino cómo podría ser, qué tipo de vida podríamos vivir».
«Me di cuenta de que esta concepción bipartita del ser humano con un pie en la naturaleza y otro en la sociedad tendría que desaparecer. (...) Los humanos son seres biosociales no porque sean producto de genes y sociedad, sino porque continuamente se producen a sí mismos y entre ellos como criaturas vivientes que respiran. No son dos cosas sino una sola».
«Nuestro equipamiento para la vida, incluyendo las técnicas del cuerpo y los hábitos de la mente, no es algo ya formado, sino que se forma constantemente en el crisol de actividades realizadas con o al lado de otros. (...) Cada uno de nosotros somos lanzados a este mundo de continúa variación y no tenemos otra alternativa más que seguir adelante a partir de ahí, convergiendo y divergiendo con/de las formas de vida de otras personas».
«A lo largo de la vida, las personas se asemejan y diferencian entre sí en el mismo proceso de avanzar juntas. Es decir, los seres en relación se constituyen mutuamente ya que las relaciones de unos con otros son interiorizadas y convierten a uno en el ser que es, y a la vez también son interiorizadas por los demás».
«No es sólo pensar cómo fue o es la vida humana en ciertos lugares o momentos sino cómo podría ser, qué tipo de vida podríamos vivir».
June 1, 2025
Good overview. Ingold makes great points, although I think he could have made his argument a little more clearly (thinking back on it I'm not sure I could easily summarize why exactly Ingold thinks anthropology matters).
Despite the very basic title suggesting it's an introduction to anthropology, I think this book may be more appropriate for those with some background in anthropology rather than complete beginners. I think a newcomer may find it a bit dense and jargon-laden. Still, I think anyone at any level could find this useful. A newcomer could take away some basic information about the field (e.g. historical debates, brief discussion of methodology unique to the field, theoretical orientations like structuralism, functionalism, etc.). A professional "anthropologist" would be able to take away much more from Ingold's discussion about the direction of the field. For anyone in between, it would be a good refresher. I'd recommend multiple reads.
Despite the very basic title suggesting it's an introduction to anthropology, I think this book may be more appropriate for those with some background in anthropology rather than complete beginners. I think a newcomer may find it a bit dense and jargon-laden. Still, I think anyone at any level could find this useful. A newcomer could take away some basic information about the field (e.g. historical debates, brief discussion of methodology unique to the field, theoretical orientations like structuralism, functionalism, etc.). A professional "anthropologist" would be able to take away much more from Ingold's discussion about the direction of the field. For anyone in between, it would be a good refresher. I'd recommend multiple reads.
December 31, 2024
In this short book, the author argues from the heart as to why the discipline matters. He does so brilliantly by explicating out the discipline's ultimate purpose, engages the readers in a short historical tour of anthropology, exorcised the demons that plagued it, expounds reminiscingly his experiences as a student and teacher, and ends with a beautiful conclusion that many introductory books missed. Indeed, anthropology ought to be regarded not as a social science anymore but rather as conversations.
June 26, 2021
Insightful and important. In support of the pursuit of excellence within the anthropological field. I read this book for my ethnography course in uni and I left that course ( and this book) with a better understanding of the anthropological field and what we ought to do within it to straighten out our ignorance and ethnocentrism. I will always remember to “ take differences seriously” and hold myself accountable to avoid language that exoticsizes and fetishizes others.
April 27, 2024
“Vivere è questione di decidere come si vive, e racchiude in ogni momento il potenziale diramarsi in molteplici direzioni, nessuna delle quali è più normale o naturale delle altre. Così come il sentiero nasce camminando, allo stesso modo dobbiamo continuamente improvvisare modi di vita per andare avanti, cambiando rotta anche quando seguiamo le orme dei predecessori. Agiamo in questo modo, comunque, non in isolamento, ma in compagnia degli altri”
May 21, 2020
A true gem. An overview, short, easy and fun to read, accessible to the layman, of what anthropology is about, how it came to be, how it asks questions, why it's different and important, and how it could change us and the world.
(Also, bonus points for firing shots at Pinker, Dawkins and E.O. Wilson.)
(Also, bonus points for firing shots at Pinker, Dawkins and E.O. Wilson.)
June 21, 2020
Tim Ingold has a kind of poetic prose. In Anthropology, Why it matters? Ingold explains how he got involved with ethnography and how differences among humans and their social groups make us unique as individuals. Thus, the anthropologist is the one who tells this experience. The last chapter is developed on the racial bias that drove Anthropology as study field of otherness, the non-Europeans.
May 15, 2022
En apenas 128 páginas dice mucho al respecto de la disciplina. Gran capacidad de síntesis apuntalando bien tanto los aciertos como errores e historia en general de la Antropología.
Nos deja esta ciencia un testigo por recoger, queda en nuestra mano saber utilizarlo.
Buena capacidad formal de la obra a la hora de decir tanto en tan poco de forma tan precisa.
Nos deja esta ciencia un testigo por recoger, queda en nuestra mano saber utilizarlo.
Buena capacidad formal de la obra a la hora de decir tanto en tan poco de forma tan precisa.
December 5, 2018
In university I was told on entering third year that 'you have all chosen to be anthropologists, and this will now forever be in your mind' or something as dramatic.
Seven years later and not in academia it's true.
This book does good to explain why. Ingold at his readable greatness.
Seven years later and not in academia it's true.
This book does good to explain why. Ingold at his readable greatness.
January 7, 2020
I would say that this is a must read. The discipline needs re-orientation in my opinion and Ingold's concise summary of it and prospective future as an expanded discipline re-awoke my fire which once led me to study it!
June 13, 2021
A solid overview of where anthropology has been and where it is now. This is a great piece for advanced undergraduates or early grad students to have more context on their field for forging the next generation of scholars.
December 2, 2021
Great entry point into the discipline. Also a bittersweet reminder that I should've fought harder to pick anthropology as my undergraduate major when I had the chance; we would have fit right in together.
February 11, 2023
I wouldn’t advice this book to anyone. Felt like Tim Ingold chose to become an anthropologist just because he didn’t have what it takes to become a physical or archaeological anthropologist or other scientific disciplines.
November 25, 2024
I really enjoyed the book, I think it summed up pretty well on what I think anthropology is and prompted interesting questions. I absolutely hated chapter 3, found it very boring but I liked the rest!
December 28, 2020
Super interesting but now my brain is a puddle
February 22, 2021
This was very easy to read and understand. I will note that it was awfully philosophical for claiming anthropology is not exactly philosophy :)
April 12, 2022
I particularly loved the first and last chapters! I will read it again to get a better grasp of the information and ideas, since it was so jam packed.
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