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The Objects of Evidence: Anthropological Approaches to the Production of Knowledge
Matthew Engelke (Editor)
ISBN: 978-1-4051-9296-5
Paperback
168 pages
April 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Foreword: Wendy James.

1. The objects of evidence: Matthew Engelke.

2. Truth and sight: generalizing without universalizing: Maurice Bloch.

3. The prosthetic eye: photography as cure and poison: Christopher Pinney.

4. Cultural evidence in courts of law: Anthony Good.

5. The antinomies of political evidence in post-Apartheid Durban, South Africa: Sharad Chari.

6. Three propositions for an evidence-based medical anthropology: Stefan Ecks.

7. Definitive evidence, from Cuban gods: Martin Holbraad.

8. The evidence of the senses and the materiality of religion: Webb Keane.

9. Linguistic and cultural variables in the psychology of numeracy: Charles Stafford.

10. Some problems with property ascription: Nicola Knight and Rita Astuti.

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