The scholarship of Ulf Hannerz is characterized by its extraordinary breadth and visionary nature. He has contributed to the understanding of urban life and transnational networks, and the role of media, paradoxes of identity and new forms of community, suggesting to see culture in terms of flows rather than as bounded entities. Contributions honor Hannerz legacy by addressing theoretical, epistemological, ethical and methodological challenges facing anthropological inquiry on topics from cultural diversity policies in Europe to transnational networks in Yemen, and from pottery and literature to multinational corporations.
Thomas Hylland Eriksenis Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo. His research in complex societies ranges from identity politics to the cultural implications of new information technology, and he now studies local responses to global crises. His books includeEthnicity and Nationalism(1993/2010),Engaging Anthropology(2006) andGlobalization: The Key Concepts(2007/2014).
Introduction:Ulf Hannerz and the Militant Middle Ground
Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Christina Garsten, and Shalini Randeria
Chapter 1.Divided by a Shared Destiny: An Anthropologists Notes from an Overheated World
Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Chapter 2.Juxtapositions: Social and Material Connectedness in a Pottery Community
Brian Moeran
Chapter 3.Connecting and Disconnecting: Intentionality, Anonymity, and Transnational Networks in Upper Yemen
Andre Gingrich
Chapter 4.Global Swirl at Dupont Circle: Think Tanks, Connectivity, and the Making of The Global
Christina Garsten
Chapter 5.Reflexivity Reloaded: From Anthropology of Intellectuals to Critique of Method to Studying Sideways
Dominic Boyer
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