Return to the Village

by Francisco Ferreira, Billie Jean Isbell

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"Compiled by Dr. Francisco Ferreira and eminent American anthropologist Professor Billie Jean Isbell, this edited volume brings together several scholars who have produced outstanding ethnographies of Andean communities. Originally published between the 1970s and 2000s by eminent scholars in the field, the stories behind these ethnographies have now been brought together for the first time and give a fascinating insight into 20th-century South American communities. Contributors also review their original methodological and theoretical approaches and findings, reassessing their validity and explaining how their views have evolved or changed since they originally conducted their fieldwork."--

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1
How does the act of "returning" to their original field sites change the way these anthropologists view their past conclusions, and what does this reveal about the evolving nature of memory and scholarship?
2
Consider a place or community you belonged to decades ago; if you were to return today with the perspective you have now, what aspects of it do you think would surprise you the most?
3
The book bridges several decades of fieldwork from the 1970s to the 2000s in Andean communities. In what ways do you think the relationship between the outside researcher and the local community shifted over this historical period?

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