{"product_id":"towards-an-anthropology-of-data-rachel-douglas-jones-9781119816768","title":"Towards an Anthropology of Data","description":"This volume presents a set of theoretically inventive pieces that engage with data across its many locations, from government databases to ecological field stations, from kitchen tables to concrete bunkers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContributors demonstrate how thinking with data can be conceptually generative for anthropology, prompting us to reconsider our understanding of topics including bodies, persons, and the social itself\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how 'big' data which may have once seemed limited to business or high tech, ethnographers are now finding data - and its attendant values and practices - in their field sites around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines how data has motivated a sweep of dystopian visions, signaling the invasion of privacy, political manipulation, or shadowy data doubles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how anthropologists have been cautious in taking data itself as an object of theoretical interest, even as the effects of data become manifest in our ethnographies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBy putting data in its place, the chapters collected here develop conceptual tools that will prove useful for anthropologists who find 'data' in their data\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Douglas-Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1119816769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781119816768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 9.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Rachel Douglas-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982147682559,"sku":"9781119816768","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_23abf957-5b57-4405-89f3-3444db6860f5.jpg?v=1683259503","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/towards-an-anthropology-of-data-rachel-douglas-jones-9781119816768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}