And the garden is you essays on fieldwork, writingwork, and readingwork / Michael Taussig.

Author/creator Taussig, Michael T.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Descriptionx, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Contents The manglewort : in which the content becomes the form -- Mooning Texas -- Tom the naturalist -- Darkness at noon -- Kobane : mastery of non-mastery -- War games -- Unpacking my library -- Lost & found -- And the garden is you : a sketch -- Cities of Yagé : "larval entities waiting for a live one" -- The cry of the donkey.
Abstract "Michael Taussig's works are known not only for their critical insights, but also for their bold and experimental style. In these essays, Taussig finds himself reflecting on the act of writing itself, revealing its importance for anthropological practice and calling for the discipline to keep experiential knowledge from extinguishing as fieldnotes become scholarship. Taussig calls for and exemplifies a form of exploratory writing that preserves the spontaneity and magic of notes scribbled down in haste. His reflections take us from his childhood in Sydney to trips to Afghanistan, Colombia, Finland, Italy, Turkey, and Syria. Along the way, Taussig also explores themes of fabulation and provocation that are central to his work, in addition to the thinkers dearest to him--Bataille, Benjamin, Burroughs, and Nietzsche, among others. This collection is vintage Taussig, bound to interest longtime readers and newcomers alike"-- Provided by publisher.
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LCCN 2023057878
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ISBN9780226832401 (paperback)
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