Ethno-graphy in times of flux and instant connectivity
Organizers: Gabriela Vargas-Cetina and Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz, Autonomous
University of Yucatan
In the 21st century anthropologists must work with groups that change
continuously and whose members connect with each other not only
presentially but also through ample use of real time communications
technology, including phones, faxes, cell phones and the internet.
Anthropologists themselves have to respond to increasing pressures brought
on by these same technologies. While in the past an anthropologist in the
field was effectively cut from friends and colleagues at her university
and home town, today the maze of our social relations follows us with the
help of different media. The 'ethnos' of 'ethno-graphy' is also being
challenged as we increasingly work in places and with groups where it is
almost impossible to assume a group's temporal or geographical continuity.
How is the recording of the anthropological experience changing under
these new conditions of flux and full connectivity? What is the impact of
these circumstances on resulting ethno-graphies?
Please send abstracts to Gabriela Vargas-Cetina (gvcetina@uady.mx) and
Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz (siayora@uady.mx)
