Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology: Past and Present Perspectives

Author: Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Category: Islamic Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Social & Cultural Anthropology
Book Format: Paperback

In all, these useful and informative articles assess the status of anthropology of/in Iran realistically, even candidly... [They] reflect the cautiously optimistic attitude at the time of the conference, a hopefulness that meanwhile has withered...[and] illustrate the difficulties of transplanting a young social science based on humanism and curiosity (rather than pragmatism) to a society that is distrustful of intellectual pursuits deemed as potentially dangerous to an authoritarian state. Anthropos





The authors present an incisive and illuminating overview of Iranian anthropology...Despite [considerable] difficulties, the authors uniformly demonstrate a reflexive, ethically responsible, and politically aware anthropology and offer valuable insights about the greater emphasis on problem-focused research by Iranian anthropologists and the potential for a valuable future role for applied anthropology in Iran. Choice





This book... is certainly an indispensable tool for anyone interested in anthropological research on the country. Essays are accompanied by bibliographies that often contain hidden or forgotten treasures. A comprehensive bibliography of anthropological studies of Iran in English collated by Hegland completes the book. JRAI





During recent years, attempts have been made to move beyond the Eurocentric perspective that characterized the social sciences, especially anthropology, for over 150 years. A debate on the anthropology of anthropology was needed, one that would consider other forms of knowledge, modalities of writing, and political and intellectual practices. This volume undertakes that challenge: it is the result of discussions held at the first organized encounter between Iranian, American, and European anthropologists since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is considered an important first step in overcoming the dichotomy between peripheral anthropologies versus central anthropologies. The contributors examine, from a critical perspective, the historical, cultural, and political field in which anthropological research emerged in Iran at the beginning of the twentieth century and in which it continues to develop today.





Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi is a social anthropologist, who worked at UNESCO in Paris from 1977 to 1984. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology at the Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen (Germany) and a member of the Competence Network Crossroads.

Table Of Contents
Introduction
Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi

PART I: FROM FOLKLORE TO ANTHROPOLOGY: THE PASSAGE

Chapter 1. The Contribution of Foreign Anthropologists to Iranology
Ali A. Bulookbashi

Chapter 2. Storytelling as a Constituent of Popular Culture: Folk Narrative Research in Contemporary Iran
Ulrich Marzolph

Chapter 3. Iranian Anthropology - Crossing Boundaries: Influences of Modernization, Social Transformation and Globalization
Mary Elaine Hegland

PART II: VOICES FROM WITHIN: INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONS

Chapter 4. Anthropology in Post-revolutionary Iran
Nematollah Fazeli

Chapter 5. Making and Remaking an Academic Tradition: Towards an Indigenous Anthropology in Iran
Nasser Fakouhi

Chapter 6. Iranian Anthropologists Are Women
Soheila Shahshahani

PART III: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRACTICE: CONSTRAINTS AND POSSIBILITIES

Chapter 7. Applied Anthropology in Iran?
Jean-Pierre Digard

Chapter 8. Past Experiences and Future Perspectives of an Indigenous Anthropologist on Anthropological Work in Iran
Mohammad Shahbazi

Chapter 9. Anthropological Research in Iran
Lois Beck

Chapter 10. Being from There: Dilemmas of a 'Native Anthropologist'
Ziba Mir-Hosseini

PART IV: PAST AND PRESENT PERSPECTIVES: CHALLENGING THE FUTURE

Chapter 11. Usual Topics: Taboo Themes and New Objects in Iranian Anthropology
Christian Bromberger

Chapter 12. Islamophobia and Malaise in Anthropology
Fariba Adelkhah

Chapter 13. Personal Reflections on Anthropology of and in Iran
Richard Tapper

Select Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index
About Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi
Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi is a social anthropologist, who worked at UNESCO in Paris from 1977 to 1984. She is a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology at the Eberhard Karls Universitat, Tubingen (Germany) and a member of the Competence Network Crossroads Asia. Her research is focused on mobility and development in the Iranian coastal areas of the Persian Gulf and the eastern Provinces of Khorassan.

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