Zoológicos humanos

This collective book is the outcome of the discussion between historians and anthropologists from different professional backgrounds and affiliations. Its nine chapters reveal the larger paradox faced by these Mexicanist anthropologists and historians who propose research with an interdisciplinary vocation: as studies looking for a common ground of anthropology and historiography are more developed, the distance between anthropologists and historians as a professional discipline becomes larger. This book is a commitment to an interdisciplinary dialogue and an invitation to a...

La etnografía es una de las bases de la investigación en an­tropología social y cultural. A partir del trabajo de campo en un territorio y con una población específica, busca alcanzar un conocimiento profundo de las distintas realidades exis­tentes, ejerciendo una mirada externa para aprender sus interioridades. Este libro plantea cómo los etnógrafos abordan su compromiso al emprender la investigación, en un proceso de análisis y reflexión que los obliga a replantearse continua­mente sus supuestos. Todos los artículos contenidos en él es­tán inspirados en las líneas de...

Contains an interview with Adam Kuper, as well as translations of three articles which were originally presented at meetings held at the universities of Barcelona, Tarragona and Madrid in 1988.