2007/06/25 by Fredrik Barth · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies #Cambodian History and Society #Ethnography #Anthropology #Generative grammar #Sociology #New guinea #Empirical research #Field (mathematics) #Cultural anthropology #Ethnology #Epistemology #Linguistics #Philosophy
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.anthro.36.081406.094407
openalex publication_date 2007/06/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
My main efforts in anthropology have sought to unite ethnographic and theoretical work by using empirical findings as provocations to critique received theory and raise unasked questions. I have used generative modeling to identify the empirical processes that, in their aggregate, shape social and cultural forms. Much of my time has been spent in ethnographic field studies in the Middle East, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Himalayas, as well as Norway. This review traces the reflections and opportunities that connect these activities.