If truth be told : the politics of public ethnography /

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Imprint:	Durham : Duke University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	358 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Ethnology -- Philosophy. Ethnology -- Methodology. Publicity. Ethnology -- Methodology. Ethnology -- Philosophy. Publicity.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11058715

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Other authors / contributors:	Fassin, Didier, editor.
ISBN:	9780822369653 0822369656 9780822369776 082236977X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	What happens when ethnographers go public via books, opinion papers, media interviews, court testimonies, policy recommendations, or advocacy activities? Calling for a consideration of this public moment as part and parcel of the research process, the contributors explore the challenges, difficulties, and stakes of having ethnographic research encounter various publics, ranging from journalists, legal experts, and policymakers to activist groups, local populations, and other scholars. The experiences they analyze include Didier Fassin's interventions on police and prison, Gabriella Coleman's multiple roles as intermediary between hackers and journalists, Kelly Gillespie's and Jonathan Benthall's experiences serving as expert witnesses, the impact of Manuela Ivone Cunha's and Vincent Dubois's work on public policies, and the vociferous attacks on the work of Unni Wikan and Nadia Abu El-Haj. With case studies from five continents, this collection signals the global impact of the questions that the publicization of ethnography raises about the public sphere, the role of the academy, and the responsibilities of social scientists.
Other form:	Online version: If truth be told. Durham : Duke University Press, 2017 9780822372875

Table of Contents:

Introduction: when ethnography goes public / Didier Fassin
Strategies
Gopher, translator, and trickster : the ethnographer and the media / Gabriella Coleman
What is a public intervention? : speaking truth to the oppressed / Ghassan Hage
Before the commission: ethnography as public testimony / Kelly Gillespie
Addressing policy-oriented audiences: relevance and persuasiveness / Manuela Ivone Cunha
Engagements
Serendipitous involvement : making peace in the geto / Federico Neiburg
Tactical versus critical : indigenizing public ethnography / Lucas Bessire
Experto crede? : a legal and political conundrum / Jonathan Benthall
Policy ethnography as a combat sport : analyzing the welfare state against the grain / Vincent Dubois
Tensions
Academic freedom at risk : the occasional worldliness of scholarly texts / Nadia Abu El-Haj
Perils and prospects of going public : between academia and real life / Unni Wikan
Ethnography prosecuted : facing the fabulation of power / Jo?o Biehl
How publics shape ethnographers : translating across divided audiences / Sherine Hamdy
Epilogue: the public afterlife of ethnography / Didier Fassin.

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