Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos by Stolz, Rosalie

Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789813253032)

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Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos by Stolz, Rosalie

Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos

$32.00
Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos by Stolz, Rosalie

Being Present: Emerging Ethnographic Perspectives and the Study of Laos

$32.00
Format: Paperback
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As Laos navigates development and globalization, Being Present examines the shifting role of ethnography in capturing the country's changing realities.

Ethnography has long called on researchers to immerse themselves in the worlds they study--but what does it mean to "be present" in the field today? Being Present investigates this question through innovative research on Laos, a country rapidly changing at the crossroads of Southeast Asia and China. This volume brings together a new generation of scholars to explore Chinese-built railways, shifting farmlands, urban mourning rituals, and changing aspirations in Laos.

Covering infrastructure, health, trade, and spirituality, these studies challenge assumptions about ethnography. They show how immersion and reflexivity remain essential in a connected world. Being Present offers a fresh look at contemporary Laos and a timely reflection on ethnographic practice.

Author: Rosalie Stolz
ISBN-10: 9813253037
ISBN-13: 9789813253032
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Language: English
Published: 12/25/2025
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
By Rosalie Stolz
By Rosalie Stolz
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Rosalie Stolz is a postdoctoral researcher at the Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne, Germany. She conducts research among Khmu-speaking uplanders of northwestern Laos with a focus on the prevalent transformations of houses. She is also the author of Living Kinship, Fearing Spirits. Paul-David Lutz is an anthropologist and (former) rural development advisor with a longstanding focus on Laos. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. His ongoing research focuses on animism in the context of agrarian transition among ethnic Khmu.

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